diff --git a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/userModule.py b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/userModule.py
index d5fb506..8c3af2e 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/userModule.py
+++ b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/userModule.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import jwt
+import time
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from prototype.filehandler.exceptions import UserAuthFailed
 
@@ -20,8 +23,14 @@ def loginUser(login, password):
     try:
         user = authenticate(username = login, password = password)
         if isinstance(user, User):
+            payload = {"iss": "NKADF",
+                       "iat": int(time.time()),
+                       "sub": user.id,
+                       "exp": int(time.time()) + 86400}
+            jwt_token = jwt.encode(payload, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorithm = "HS256").decode("utf-8")
             result = {"message": "User authenticated successfully",
-                      "statusCode": 200}
+                      "statusCode": 200,
+                      "token": jwt_token}
         else:
             raise UserAuthFailed("Error: User authentication failed")
     except UserAuthFailed as error:
@@ -29,3 +38,14 @@ def loginUser(login, password):
                   "statusCode": 401}
     finally:
         return result
+
+def decodeToken(token):
+    try:
+        payload = jwt.decode(token, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorith = "HS256")
+        result = payload
+        return payload
+    except Exception as error:
+        result = {"message": str(error),
+                  "statusCode": 500}
+    finally:
+        return result
diff --git a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
index fddb322..52f01e4 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
+++ b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from prototype.filehandler.models import Document, Forum
 from prototype.filehandler.forms import DocumentForm
 from prototype.filehandler.xmlParser import parseData
 from prototype.filehandler.functions import addToDatabase, listDiscussionsFromFile, listParagraphsFromDiscussion, createLabels, listPostsFromDiscussion, updateLabelsByParagraphId
-from prototype.filehandler.userModule import registerNewUser, loginUser
+from prototype.filehandler.userModule import registerNewUser, loginUser, decodeToken
 from prototype.filehandler.errorCodes import MethodNotAllowed
 
 
@@ -89,3 +89,11 @@ def login(request):
         return JsonResponse(result, status = result["statusCode"])
     else:
         return JsonResponse(MethodNotAllowed, status = MethodNotAllowed["statusCode"])
+
+@csrf_exempt
+def testToken(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        result = decodeToken(request.POST["token"])
+        return JsonResponse(result, status = 200)
+    else:
+        return JsonResponse(MethodNotAllowed, status = MethodNotAllowed["statusCode"])
diff --git a/backend/webapp/prototype/urls.py b/backend/webapp/prototype/urls.py
index db8c7d7..2f4cef4 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/prototype/urls.py
+++ b/backend/webapp/prototype/urls.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('discussions/<int:id>', views.discussions),
     path('visualize/<int:id>', views.visualize),
     path('user/', views.user),
-    path('login/', views.login)
+    path('login/', views.login),
+    path('testToken/', views.testToken)
 ]
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
diff --git a/backend/webapp/requirements.txt b/backend/webapp/requirements.txt
index 30a93cd..1458d9b 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/webapp/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 Django~=3.0.5
+pyjwt