diff --git a/Controller/UserController.php b/Controller/UserController.php
index 47d8654..016ab91 100644
--- a/Controller/UserController.php
+++ b/Controller/UserController.php
@@ -19,19 +19,27 @@ class UserController
 
     public function loginUser() 
     {
-        var_dump($_POST);
-        echo $_POST["username"];
+        $erg = array();
+        $erg = $this->userModel->verifyLogin($_POST["username"], $_POST["password"]);
+        if ($erg["success"] == true) {
+            echo "success";
+        }
+        else {
+            $this->view->setDoMethodName("showUserLoginForm");
+            $this->view->setVars([
+                "errmsg" => $erg["message"]
+            ]);
+            $this->showUserLoginForm();
+        }
 
-        
-        // on fail
-        $this->view->setDoMethodName("showUserLoginForm");
-        $this->showUserLoginForm();
     }
 
 
-
     public function showUserLoginForm() 
     {
+
     }
 
+
+
 }
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diff --git a/Model/UserModel.php b/Model/UserModel.php
index 798743e..3fdc540 100644
--- a/Model/UserModel.php
+++ b/Model/UserModel.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace ppa\Model;
 use ppa\Model\ParticipantModel;
-use ppb\Library\Msg;
+//use ppb\Library\Msg;
 use PDOException;
 
 class UserModel extends Database
 {
-    function verifyLogin($pdo, $username, $password) 
+    public function verifyLogin($username, $password) 
     {
         $pdo = $this->linkDB();
         if (!$pdo) return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection error.'];
@@ -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' => showNotes()];
+                return ['success' => true, 'message' => 'Login successful!', 'redirect' => "xx"];
             }
             return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Invalid username or password.'];
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
diff --git a/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml b/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml
index cb0784f..25a63f0 100644
--- a/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml
+++ b/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@
             <input type="password" id="password" name="password" required>
         </div>
         <div class="form-actions">
-           
-            <button type="submit" href="?controller=User&do=loginUser">Login</button>
+            <button type="submit">Login</button>
+            <label><?php if (isset($errmsg)):?>
+                 <?php echo $errmsg;?> 
+                 <?php endif; ?>  
+            </label>
             <p style="margin-top:15px; text-align:center;">Don't have an account? <a href="index.php?page=register">Register here</a></p>
-        </div>
+        </div> 
+        <input type="hidden" name="controller" value="User">
+        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="loginUser">
     </form>
 </div>
 <?php include dirname(__DIR__).'/footer.phtml'; ?>
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