diff --git a/backend/api/authentication.py b/backend/api/authentication.py
index e09ae93..927d8cd 100644
--- a/backend/api/authentication.py
+++ b/backend/api/authentication.py
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
 import jwt
-from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Header, status
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status, APIRouter
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer, HTTPAuthorizationCredentials
 from backend.models.user_model import User
 from ..services import UserService
 
+auth_router = APIRouter()
+api = APIRouter(prefix="/api/authentication")
+
+openapi_tags = {
+    "name": "Authentication",
+    "description": "Authentication of users and distributes bearer tokens",
+}
+
 JWT_SECRET = "Sample Secret"
 JWT_ALGORITHM = "HS256"
+ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 30
+
+def create_access_token(user_id: str) -> str:
+    expiration = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(minutes=ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES)
+    payload = {"user_id": user_id, "exp": expiration}
+    token = jwt.encode(payload, JWT_SECRET, algorithm=JWT_ALGORITHM)
+    return token
 
 def registered_user(
     token: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = Depends(HTTPBearer()),
@@ -13,16 +29,38 @@ def registered_user(
 ) -> User:
     try:
         payload = jwt.decode(token.credentials, JWT_SECRET, algorithms=[JWT_ALGORITHM])
-        user = user_service.get(payload["pid"])
+        user_id = payload.get("user_id")
+        
+        user = user_service.get_user_by_id(user_id)
         if not user:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
-                detail="User not found",
+                detail="User not found"
             )
         return user
+    except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Token expired"
+        )
     except jwt.PyJWTError:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
-            detail="Invalid or expired token",
-            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
-        )
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+            detail="Invalid token"
+        )
+
+@auth_router.post("/api/authentication", tags=["Authentication"])
+def login(user_id: str, user_service: UserService = Depends()):
+    user = user_service.get_user_by_id(user_id)
+    if not user:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid user ID"
+        )
+
+    access_token = create_access_token(user_id=user_id)
+    return {"access_token": access_token}
+
+@auth_router.get("/api/authentication", tags=["Authentication"])
+def userGet(user_service: UserService = Depends()):
+    return user_service.all()
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diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 5720633..3ddc472 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 
 
 
-from .api import user, health, service, resource, tag
+from .api import user, health, service, resource, tag, authentication
 
 description = """
 Welcome to the **COMPASS** RESTful Application Programming Interface.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ feature_apis = [user, health, service, resource, tag]
 for feature_api in feature_apis:
     app.include_router(feature_api.api)
 
+app.include_router(authentication.auth_router)
 
 # Add application-wide exception handling middleware for commonly encountered API Exceptions
 @app.exception_handler(Exception)