diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8123a0d..1e373af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone",
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "time 0.1.45",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "winapi",
@@ -1989,6 +1990,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "log",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a52f675..b687879 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.3.1"
 argon2 = "0.5.1"
-chrono = "0.4.26"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.26", features = ["serde"] }
 config = "0.13.3"
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ handlebars = "4.3.7"
 jsonwebtoken = "8.3.0"
 log = "0.4.19"
 serde = { version = "1.0.177", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.104"
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["runtime-async-std-native-tls", "postgres", "chrono", "uuid"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.30.0", features = ["full"] }
 
diff --git a/src/auth/extractors.rs b/src/auth/extractors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d76fb8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auth/extractors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::{ops::Deref, pin::Pin};
+
+use actix_web::{FromRequest, HttpMessage, error::ErrorUnauthorized};
+use futures_util::Future;
+
+use crate::models::dto_models::ResponseDTO;
+
+use super::models::AuthenticationInfo;
+
+pub struct Authenticated {
+    value: AuthenticationInfo,
+}
+
+impl Authenticated {
+    pub fn new(auth_info: AuthenticationInfo) -> Self {
+        Authenticated { value: auth_info }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for Authenticated {
+    type Target = AuthenticationInfo;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.value
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromRequest for Authenticated {
+    type Error = actix_web::Error;
+    type Future = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Self, Self::Error>> + Send>>;
+
+    fn from_request(req: &actix_web::HttpRequest, _: &mut actix_web::dev::Payload) -> Self::Future {
+        let auth_info = req.extensions().get::<AuthenticationInfo>().cloned();
+
+        return Box::pin(async {
+            match auth_info {
+                Some(auth_info) => Ok(Authenticated::new(auth_info)),
+                None => {
+                    Err(ErrorUnauthorized(ResponseDTO::new("Unauthorized").message("Authentication required for this resource")))
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/auth/handlers.rs b/src/auth/handlers.rs
index 0c74d61..1adfb91 100644
--- a/src/auth/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/auth/handlers.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use super::extractors::Authenticated;
+use super::middlewares::require_auth_middleware::RequireAuthMiddlewareInitializer;
 use super::models::JsonTokenClaims;
+use crate::auth::dto::*;
 use crate::auth::repositories::Repository;
 use crate::models::dto_models::ResponseDTO;
+use crate::models::user_models::FilteredUser;
 use crate::states::db_state::DBState;
 use crate::{auth::utils::JwtUtils, models::user_models::User};
-use actix_web::{post, web, HttpResponse, Responder};
+use actix_web::{get, post, web, HttpResponse, Responder};
 use argon2::password_hash::rand_core::OsRng;
 use argon2::password_hash::SaltString;
 use argon2::{Argon2, PasswordHash, PasswordHasher, PasswordVerifier};
 use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
-use crate::auth::dto::*;
 
 pub fn auth_config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
-    cfg.service(web::scope("api/auth").service(login).service(register));
+    cfg.service(
+        web::scope("api/auth")
+            .service(login)
+            .service(register)
+            .service(
+                web::scope("")
+                    .wrap(RequireAuthMiddlewareInitializer)
+                    .service(user_route),
+            ),
+    );
 }
 
 #[post("login")]
@@ -64,7 +76,10 @@ pub async fn login(data: web::Json<LoginDTO>, db_state: web::Data<DBState>) -> i
 } //end function login
 
 #[post("register")]
-pub async fn register(data: web::Json<RegisterDTO>, db_state: web::Data<DBState>) -> impl Responder {
+pub async fn register(
+    data: web::Json<RegisterDTO>,
+    db_state: web::Data<DBState>,
+) -> impl Responder {
     let RegisterDTO {
         email,
         password,
@@ -97,4 +112,23 @@ pub async fn register(data: web::Json<RegisterDTO>, db_state: web::Data<DBState>
             ResponseDTO::new(HashMap::from([("id", user.id)])).message("User created successfully"),
         ),
     }
-}
+} //end function register
+
+#[get("user")]
+pub async fn user_route(auth: Authenticated, db_state: web::Data<DBState>) -> impl Responder {
+    let user: Option<User> = Repository::<User>::get_by_email(&db_state.pool, &auth.email).await;
+
+    match user {
+        Some(user) => {
+            let filtered_user: Result<FilteredUser, _> = user.try_into();
+            match filtered_user {
+                Ok(filtered_user) => HttpResponse::Ok()
+                    .json(ResponseDTO::new(filtered_user).message("Authenticated user")),
+                Err(e) => HttpResponse::InternalServerError()
+                    .json(ResponseDTO::new(e.to_string()).message("Unable to build user response")),
+            }
+        }
+        None => HttpResponse::NotFound()
+            .json(ResponseDTO::new("Not found").message("User record not found")),
+    }
+} // end user function
diff --git a/src/auth/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs b/src/auth/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
index 352e0fd..c057174 100644
--- a/src/auth/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
+++ b/src/auth/middlewares/auth_middleware.rs
@@ -68,14 +68,8 @@ where
                 .get(http::header::AUTHORIZATION)
                 .map(|h| {
                     let authorization_header = h.to_str().expect("Unable to convert to str");
-                    log::error!(
-                        "Authorization header({}): {}",
-                        authorization_header.len(),
-                        authorization_header
-                    );
                     if authorization_header.len() > 7 {
                         let (_, token) = authorization_header.split_at(7);
-                        log::error!("Authorization token: {}", token);
                         token.to_string()
                     } else {
                         "".to_string()
@@ -98,13 +92,11 @@ where
                             .await;
 
                     if let Ok(record) = record {
-                        log::error!("Record: {:?}", record);
                         let auth_info = AuthenticationInfo {
                             id: record.id as u32,
                             email: record.email,
                             name: record.name,
                         };
-                        log::error!("Auth info: {:?}", auth_info);
                         req.request()
                             .extensions_mut()
                             .insert::<AuthenticationInfo>(auth_info);
diff --git a/src/auth/mod.rs b/src/auth/mod.rs
index 3bb11e8..dee539a 100644
--- a/src/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/auth/mod.rs
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ pub mod models;
 pub mod handlers;
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod repositories;
-pub mod middlewares;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod middlewares;
+pub mod extractors;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/handlers/mod.rs b/src/handlers/mod.rs
index 35bd23c..72e87b0 100644
--- a/src/handlers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-use actix_web::{Responder, HttpResponse};
+use actix_web::{HttpResponse, Responder};
 
 use crate::models::dto_models::ResponseDTO;
 
 pub mod healthcheck;
 
 pub async fn authenticated_route() -> impl Responder {
-    log::error!("Authenticated route");
     return HttpResponse::Ok().json(ResponseDTO::new("This is the authenticated route"));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/models/dto_models.rs b/src/models/dto_models.rs
index 93746a3..9a17c4a 100644
--- a/src/models/dto_models.rs
+++ b/src/models/dto_models.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use core::fmt;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -7,6 +8,12 @@ pub struct ResponseDTO<T> {
     data: T,
 }
 
+impl<T: serde::Serialize> fmt::Display for ResponseDTO<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", serde_json::to_string(&self).unwrap())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> ResponseDTO<T> {
     pub fn new(data: T) -> Self {
         return ResponseDTO {
diff --git a/src/models/user_models.rs b/src/models/user_models.rs
index 0b65da0..172dacf 100644
--- a/src/models/user_models.rs
+++ b/src/models/user_models.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub struct User {
     pub updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct FilteredUser {
     pub id: u32,
     pub name: String,
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ pub struct FilteredUser {
     pub created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
     pub updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
+
+impl TryFrom<User> for FilteredUser {
+    type Error = &'static str;
+
+    fn try_from(user: User) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Ok(FilteredUser { id: user.id, name: user.name, email: user.email, created_at: user.created_at, updated_at: user.updated_at })
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file