diff --git a/Controller/UserController.php b/Controller/UserController.php
index 016ab91..9d933a8 100644
--- a/Controller/UserController.php
+++ b/Controller/UserController.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class UserController
         $erg = array();
         $erg = $this->userModel->verifyLogin($_POST["username"], $_POST["password"]);
         if ($erg["success"] == true) {
-            echo "success";
+            
         }
         else {
             $this->view->setDoMethodName("showUserLoginForm");
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ class UserController
 
     }
 
+    public function logoutUser()
+    {
+        $this->userModel->logoutUser();
+    }
+
 
     public function showUserLoginForm() 
     {
diff --git a/Model/UserModel.php b/Model/UserModel.php
index 3fdc540..23975b8 100644
--- a/Model/UserModel.php
+++ b/Model/UserModel.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UserModel extends Database
                 $_SESSION['user_id'] = $user['id'];
                 $_SESSION['username'] = $user['username'];
                 $_SESSION['role'] = $user['role']; // Store role
-                return ['success' => true, 'message' => 'Login successful!', 'redirect' => "xx"];
+                return ['success' => true, 'message' => 'Login successful!'];
             }
             return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Invalid username or password.'];
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
@@ -28,4 +28,11 @@ class UserModel extends Database
             return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'An error occurred during login.'];
         }
     }
+
+    function logoutUser() 
+    {
+        session_unset(); // Unset all session variables
+        session_destroy();
+        return ['success' => true, 'message' => 'Logged out successfully.'];
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Views/header.phtml b/Views/header.phtml
index 0adee05..07ff82f 100644
--- a/Views/header.phtml
+++ b/Views/header.phtml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
                 <div class="user-info">
                     <span>Welcome, <?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['username'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>!</span>
                     <form id="logout-form" method="POST" style="display: inline;">
-                        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="logout">
-                        <button type="submit" class="icon-button" title="Logout">→</button>
+                         <a class="icon-button" href="?controller=User&do=logoutUser">→</a>
                     </form>
                     <!-- <button class="icon-button" title="More options">⋮</button> -->
                 </div>