diff --git a/server/Maybe.ts b/server/Maybe.ts
index 694c7ac..6a1ff74 100644
--- a/server/Maybe.ts
+++ b/server/Maybe.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export type Maybe<T> = Just<T> | { just?: never, error: { message: string }};
-export type Just<T> = { just: T, error?: never };
+export type Maybe<T> = Just<T> | { just?: never; error: { message: string } };
+export type Just<T> = { just: T; error?: never };
diff --git a/server/StoccaTreRequest.ts b/server/StoccaTreRequest.ts
index a510e1c..6401dc3 100644
--- a/server/StoccaTreRequest.ts
+++ b/server/StoccaTreRequest.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 export type HttpMethod = "POST" | "GET" | "PUT" | "DELETE";
 
-export default interface StoccaTreRequest {
-    method: HttpMethod,
-    route: string,
-    body: string | null,
+export type RouteDefinition = {
+    pattern: RegExp;
+    method: HttpMethod;
+};
+
+export default class StoccaTreRequest {
+    constructor(
+        public method: HttpMethod,
+        public route: string,
+        public body: string | null,
+    ) {}
+
+    match(route: RouteDefinition): RegExpExecArray | null {
+        const patternResult = route.pattern.exec(this.route);
+        if (route.method !== this.method) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return patternResult;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/StoccaTreRequestHandler.ts b/server/StoccaTreRequestHandler.ts
index a37f553..2e55595 100644
--- a/server/StoccaTreRequestHandler.ts
+++ b/server/StoccaTreRequestHandler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import StoccaTreRequest from "./StoccaTreRequest.ts";
-import {Maybe} from "./Maybe.ts";
-import {JSONObject} from "./JSON.ts";
+import { Maybe } from "./Maybe.ts";
+import { JSONObject } from "./JSON.ts";
 
 export default interface StoccaTreRequestHandler {
-    handleRequest(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>>,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    handleRequest(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>>;
+}
diff --git a/server/config.json b/server/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index faccf9b..0000000
--- a/server/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "username": "root",
-  "port": 8080,
-  "hostname": "127.0.0.1",
-  "password": "sekna123jk"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/config.ts b/server/config.ts
index a633c94..96240e4 100644
--- a/server/config.ts
+++ b/server/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
-type ServerConfig = {
-    username: string,
-    hostname: string,
-    password: string,
-    port: number,
-}
+const config = {
+    username: Deno.env.get("DB_USER") ?? "postgres",
+    hostname: Deno.env.get("DB_HOST") ?? "localhost",
+    password: Deno.env.get("DB_PW") ?? "",
+    dbPort: Number(Deno.env.get("DB_PORT") ?? 5432),
+    port: Number(Deno.env.get("PORT") ?? 8080),
+};
+
+console.log(`ENV: 
+db username: ${config.username}
+db pass: ******
+db port: ${config.dbPort}
+server port: ${config.port}
+server hostname: ${config.hostname}
+`);
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/server/database.ts b/server/database.ts
index 01ed4d8..5636afd 100644
--- a/server/database.ts
+++ b/server/database.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,41 @@
-import { Client } from "https://deno.land/x/mysql/mod.ts";
-import config from "./config.json" assert { type: "json" };
+import { Client } from "postgres";
+import config from "./config.ts";
 import {Maybe} from "./Maybe.ts";
+import {JSONObject} from "./JSON.ts";
 
 export type WithoutId<T> = Omit<T, "id">;
+
 export interface StoccaTreDbConn {
-    query<T>(query: string): Promise<Maybe<T>>;
+    query<T extends JSONObject | JSONObject[]>(query: string): Promise<Maybe<T>>,
 }
-export default async function createNewDbConnection(): Promise<StoccaTreDbConn> {
-    const mysqlClient = await new Client().connect({
+
+export default function createNewDbConnection(): StoccaTreDbConn {
+    const postgresClient = new Client({
         hostname: config.hostname,
-        username: config.username,
-        db: "stocca_tre",
         password: config.password,
+        user: config.username,
+        database: "stocca_tre",
+        port: config.port,
     });
+    await postgresClient.connect();
     return {
-        query: async <T>(query: string): Promise<Maybe<T>> => {
-            let errMessage: string;
+        async queryMany<T extends JSONObject[]>(query: string): Promise<Maybe<{ rows: T, count: number }>> {
             try {
-                const result = await mysqlClient.query(query);
+                const result = await postgresClient.queryArray<T>(query);
                 return {
-                    just: result as T,
+                    just: {
+                        rows: result.rows,
+                        count: result.rowCount ?? NaN,
+                    },
                 };
             } catch (e: unknown) {
-                if (e && typeof (e as { message?: any }).message === "string") {
-                    errMessage = (e as { message: string}).message;
-                } else {
-                    errMessage = "An unknown error occurred in the database.";
-                }
             }
-            return {
-                error: {
-                    message: errMessage
-                },
-            };
+        },
+        queryOne<T extends JSONObject>(query: string): Promise<Maybe<T>> {
+            try {
+                const result = await postgresClient.queryObject<T>(query);
+                return { just: result };
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/import_map.json b/server/import_map.json
index 899e37c..7c0cdd1 100644
--- a/server/import_map.json
+++ b/server/import_map.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "imports": {
-  }
+    "imports": {
+        "zod": "https://deno.land/x/zod@v3.17.3/mod.ts",
+        "postgres": "https://deno.land/x/postgres@v0.16.1/mod.ts",
+        "bcrypt": "https://deno.land/x/bcrypt@v0.4.0/mod.ts"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/main.ts b/server/main.ts
index 9b2f7fc..3569f1f 100644
--- a/server/main.ts
+++ b/server/main.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import createNewDbConnection, {StoccaTreDbConn} from "./database.ts";
+import createNewDbConnection, { StoccaTreDbConn } from "./database.ts";
 import * as resources from "./resources/main.ts";
-import config from "./config.json" assert { type: "json" };
-import StoccaTreRequest, {HttpMethod} from "./StoccaTreRequest.ts";
+import config from "./config.ts";
+import StoccaTreRequest, { HttpMethod } from "./StoccaTreRequest.ts";
 import StoccaTreRequestHandler from "./StoccaTreRequestHandler.ts";
-import {JSONObject} from "./JSON.ts";
+import { JSONObject } from "./JSON.ts";
 
 type StoccaTreApiBody = {
-    data: JSONObject,
-    error?: string,
-}
+    data: JSONObject;
+    error?: string;
+};
 
 function newStoccaTreApiBody(): StoccaTreApiBody {
     return {
@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@ function newStoccaTreApiBody(): StoccaTreApiBody {
 }
 
 type StoccaTreServer = StoccaTreRequestHandler & {
-    dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn,
-}
+    dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn;
+};
 
 async function processRequest(server: StoccaTreServer, requestEvent: Deno.RequestEvent) {
     const route = /^https?:\/\/[^\/]*(\/.*)$/.exec(requestEvent.request.url)?.[1] ?? "/";
-    const requestBody = (await requestEvent.request.body?.getReader().read())?.value?.toString() ?? null;
-    console.log(requestBody);
+    const requestBody = (await (await requestEvent.request.blob()).text()) ?? null;
     const method: HttpMethod = requestEvent.request.method as HttpMethod;
     const body: StoccaTreApiBody = newStoccaTreApiBody();
-    const result = await server.handleRequest({
-        route,
-        body: requestBody,
-        method,
-    });
+    const result = await server.handleRequest(new StoccaTreRequest(method, route, requestBody));
     if (result.error) {
-        await requestEvent.respondWith(Response.json({ ...body, error: `Internal server error: ${result.error.message}` }, { status: 500 }));
+        await requestEvent.respondWith(
+            Response.json({
+                ...body,
+                error: `Internal server error: ${result.error.message}`,
+            }, { status: 500 }),
+        );
     } else {
         body.data = result.just;
         await requestEvent.respondWith(Response.json(body, { status: 200 }));
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ async function processRequest(server: StoccaTreServer, requestEvent: Deno.Reques
 
 const stoccaTreListener = Deno.listen({ port: config.port ?? 8080 });
 
-console.log(`Stocca Tre Server is running. Access it at: http://localhost:${ config.port }/`);
+console.log(`Stocca Tre Server is running. Access it at: http://localhost:${config.port}/`);
 
-const database = await createNewDbConnection();
+const database = createNewDbConnection();
 const ingredientResource = new resources.IngredientResource(database);
+const userResource = new resources.UserResource(database);
 const stoccaTreServer: StoccaTreServer = {
     dbConnection: database,
     handleRequest: (request: StoccaTreRequest) => ingredientResource.handleRequest(request),
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aae7f5..0000000
--- a/server/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "stocca-tre-server",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "scripts": {
-    "start": "deno run --allow-net --import-map=import_map.json main.ts"
-  },
-  "description": "Backend for StoccaTre",
-  "author": "Daniel Ledda",
-  "license": "MIT"
-}
diff --git a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientCollection.ts b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientCollection.ts
index 0b6bf3f..c7d4a89 100644
--- a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientCollection.ts
+++ b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientCollection.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,42 @@
-import {StoccaTreDbConn, WithoutId} from "../../database.ts";
-import {IngredientModel} from "./IngredientModel.ts";
-import {Maybe} from "../../Maybe.ts";
+import { StoccaTreDbConn, WithoutId } from "../../database.ts";
+import { IngredientModel } from "./IngredientModel.ts";
+import { Maybe } from "../../Maybe.ts";
 
 export default class IngredientCollection {
-    private dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn;
+    private db: StoccaTreDbConn;
     private mapById: Map<number, IngredientModel> = new Map<number, IngredientModel>();
-    private allGotten = false;
 
     constructor(database: StoccaTreDbConn) {
-        this.dbConnection = database;
+        this.db = database;
     }
 
-    async addIngredient(ingredient: WithoutId<IngredientModel>): Promise<any> {
-        return await this.dbConnection.query<any>(
-            `INSERT INTO ingredients (id, name, displayName, displayNameDE) VALUES (NULL, '${ingredient.name}', '${ingredient.displayName}', '${ingredient.displayNameDE}');`
+    async addIngredient(ingredient: WithoutId<IngredientModel>): Promise<Maybe<IngredientModel[]>> {
+        return await this.db.query(sql =>
+            sql<IngredientModel[]>`INSERT INTO ingredients ${ sql(ingredient) }`
         );
     }
 
+    async getById(id: number): Promise<Maybe<IngredientModel>> {
+        const found = this.mapById.get(id);
+        if (found) {
+            return { just: found };
+        }
+        const result = await this.db.query(sql => sql<IngredientModel[]>`SELECT * FROM ingredients WHERE id is ${ id }`);
+        if (result.error) {
+            return result;
+        }
+        const ingredient = result.just[0];
+        this.mapById.set(ingredient.id, ingredient);
+        return { just: ingredient };
+    }
     async getAllIngredients(): Promise<Maybe<IterableIterator<IngredientModel>>> {
-        if (!this.allGotten) {
-            const result = await this.dbConnection.query<IngredientModel[]>("SELECT * FROM ingredients");
-            if (!result.error) {
-                result.just.forEach((ingredient: IngredientModel) => this.mapById.set(ingredient.id, ingredient));
-            } else {
-                return result;
-            }
-            this.allGotten = true;
+        const result: Maybe<IngredientModel[]> = await this.db.query(sql =>
+            sql<IngredientModel[]>`SELECT * FROM ingredients`
+        );
+        if (!result.error) {
+            result.just.forEach(ingredient => this.mapById.set(ingredient.id, ingredient));
+        } else {
+            return result;
         }
         return {
             just: this.mapById.values(),
diff --git a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientModel.ts b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientModel.ts
index 27dd65d..69b9a4d 100644
--- a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientModel.ts
+++ b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientModel.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-export type IngredientModel = {
-    id: number,
-    name: string,
-    displayName: string,
-    displayNameDE: string,
-};
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const IngredientSchema = z.object({
+    id: z.number(),
+    name: z.string().nonempty(),
+    displayName: z.string().nonempty(),
+    displayNameDE: z.string().nonempty(),
+});
+
+export const IngredientSchemaWithoutId = IngredientSchema.omit({ id: true });
+
+export type IngredientModel = z.infer<typeof IngredientSchema>;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientResource.ts b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientResource.ts
index 93d07f7..109bc07 100644
--- a/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientResource.ts
+++ b/server/resources/ingredient/IngredientResource.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,48 @@
 import {StoccaTreDbConn} from "../../database.ts";
 import IngredientCollection from "./IngredientCollection.ts";
-import StoccaTreRequest from "../../StoccaTreRequest.ts";
+import StoccaTreRequest, {RouteDefinition} from "../../StoccaTreRequest.ts";
 import {Maybe} from "../../Maybe.ts";
 import {JSONObject} from "../../JSON.ts";
-import {IngredientModel} from "./IngredientModel.ts";
+import {IngredientSchemaWithoutId} from "./IngredientModel.ts";
 
 export default class IngredientResource {
     private dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn;
     private collection: IngredientCollection;
+    private routes: Readonly<Record<string, RouteDefinition>> = {
+        Add: {
+            pattern: /\/add/,
+            method: "POST"
+        },
+        GetAll: {
+            pattern: /\/all/,
+            method: "GET"
+        },
+    } as const;
 
     constructor(dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn) {
         this.dbConnection = dbConnection;
         this.collection = new IngredientCollection(dbConnection);
     }
 
-    static isIngredient(json: JSONObject): json is IngredientModel {
-        if (json) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     async handleRequest(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>> {
-        switch (request.route) {
-            case "/add":
-                if (request.method === "POST") {
-                    const ingredient = JSON.parse(request.body ?? "");
-                    return await this.collection.addIngredient(JSON.parse(request.body));
-
-
-                }
-                break;
-            case "/all":
-                return await this.allIngredients(request);
-            default:
-                break;
+        if (request.match(this.routes.Add)) {
+            return await this.addIngredient(request);
         }
-        return { error: {message: "Invalid route" }};
+        if (request.match(this.routes.GetAll)) {
+            return await this.allIngredients(request);
+        }
+        return { error: { message: "Invalid route" }};
     }
 
-    async allIngredients(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>> {
+    private async addIngredient(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<{ insertedId: number }>> {
+        const ingredient = IngredientSchemaWithoutId.safeParse(JSON.parse(request.body ?? "{}"));
+        if (!ingredient.success) {
+            return { error: new Error("Ingredient was malformed.") };
+        }
+        return await this.collection.addIngredient(ingredient.data);
+    }
+
+    private async allIngredients(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>> {
         const getAllIngredientResult = await this.collection.getAllIngredients();
         if (getAllIngredientResult.error) {
             return getAllIngredientResult;
diff --git a/server/resources/main.ts b/server/resources/main.ts
index 6954655..dc13ef2 100644
--- a/server/resources/main.ts
+++ b/server/resources/main.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+export * from "./user/main.ts";
 export * from "./ingredient/main.ts";
diff --git a/server/resources/user/UserCollection.ts b/server/resources/user/UserCollection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0422050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/resources/user/UserCollection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as bcrypt from "bcrypt";
+import { StoccaTreDbConn, WithoutId } from "../../database.ts";
+import { UserModel } from "./UserModel.ts";
+import { Maybe } from "../../Maybe.ts";
+
+export default class UserCollection {
+    private db: StoccaTreDbConn;
+    private mapById: Map<number, UserModel> = new Map<number, UserModel>();
+
+    constructor(database: StoccaTreDbConn) {
+        this.db = database;
+    }
+
+    async addUser(user: WithoutId<UserModel>): Promise<Maybe<{ insertedId: number }>> {
+        let hash: string;
+        try {
+            hash = await bcrypt.hash(user.password);
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+            const error = e as { message?: string };
+            if (typeof error.message === "string") {
+                return { error: { message: error.message }};
+            }
+            return { error: new Error("Failed to create user") };
+        }
+        user.password = hash;
+        const result: Maybe<UserModel[]> = await this.db.query(sql => sql`
+            INSERT INTO users ${ sql(user, "displayName") }
+            RETURNING *
+        `);
+        if (result.error) {
+            return result;
+        }
+        return {
+            just: { insertedId: result.just[0]?.id ?? NaN }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    async getAllUsers(): Promise<Maybe<UserModel[]>> {
+        const result = await this.db.query((sql) => sql<UserModel[]>`SELECT * FROM users`);
+        if (!result.error) {
+            result.just.forEach(user => this.mapById.set(user.id, user));
+        } else {
+            return result;
+        }
+        return {
+            just: Array.from(this.mapById.values()),
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/resources/user/UserModel.ts b/server/resources/user/UserModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dda2dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/resources/user/UserModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const UserSchema = z.object({
+    id: z.number(),
+    displayName: z.string(),
+    email: z.string().email(),
+    password: z.string().min(256).max(256),
+});
+
+export const UserSchemaWithoutId = UserSchema.omit({ id: true });
+
+export type UserModel = z.infer<typeof UserSchema>;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/resources/user/UserResource.ts b/server/resources/user/UserResource.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e13427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/resources/user/UserResource.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {StoccaTreDbConn} from "../../database.ts";
+import StoccaTreRequest, {RouteDefinition} from "../../StoccaTreRequest.ts";
+import {Maybe} from "../../Maybe.ts";
+import {JSONObject} from "../../JSON.ts";
+import UserCollection from "./UserCollection.ts";
+import {UserSchemaWithoutId} from "./UserModel.ts";
+
+export default class UserResource {
+    private dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn;
+    private collection: UserCollection;
+    private routes: Readonly<Record<string, RouteDefinition>> = {
+        Add: {
+            pattern: /\/add/,
+            method: "POST"
+        },
+        GetAll: {
+            pattern: /\/all/,
+            method: "GET"
+        },
+    } as const;
+
+    constructor(dbConnection: StoccaTreDbConn) {
+        this.dbConnection = dbConnection;
+        this.collection = new UserCollection(dbConnection);
+    }
+
+    async handleRequest(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>> {
+        if (request.match(this.routes.Add)) {
+            return await this.addUser(request);
+        }
+        if (request.match(this.routes.GetAll)) {
+            return await this.allUsers(request);
+        }
+        return { error: { message: "Invalid route" }};
+    }
+
+    private async addUser(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<{ insertedId: number }>> {
+        const user = UserSchemaWithoutId.safeParse(JSON.parse(request.body ?? "{}"));
+        if (!user.success) {
+            return { error: new Error("Ingredient was malformed.") };
+        }
+        return await this.collection.addUser(user.data);
+    }
+
+    private async allUsers(request: StoccaTreRequest): Promise<Maybe<JSONObject>> {
+        const allUsers = await this.collection.getAllUsers();
+        if (allUsers.error) {
+            return allUsers;
+        }
+        return {
+            just: {
+                ingredients: Array.from(allUsers.just),
+            },
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/resources/user/main.ts b/server/resources/user/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93a4084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/resources/user/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from "./UserModel.ts";
+export * from "./UserCollection.ts";
+export * from "./UserResource.ts";
diff --git a/server/start.sh b/server/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..863833e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DB_USER=postgres && DB_PASS=postgres && deno run --allow-env --allow-net --import-map=import_map.json main.ts