diff --git a/Controller/UserController.php b/Controller/UserController.php
index 3194e3b..fae0cf2 100644
--- a/Controller/UserController.php
+++ b/Controller/UserController.php
@@ -2,28 +2,31 @@
 
 namespace ppa\Controller;
 
-use ppa\Model\NotesModel;
+use ppa\Model\UserModel;
 use ppa\Library\View;
 
-class NotesController
+class UserController
 {
-    private $notesModel;
+    private $userModel;
     protected $view;
 
     public function __construct($view)
     {
-        $this->notesModel = new NotesModel();
+        $this->userModel = new UserModel();
         $this->view = $view;
     }
 
-    public function showNotes() 
+
+    public function loginUser() 
+    {
+        echo "test";
+        //verifyLogin($_POST['username'] ?? '', $_POST['password'] ?? '')
+    }
+
+
+
+    public function showUserLoginForm() 
     {
-        $sortBy = $_GET['sort_by'] ?? 'updated_at';
-        $sortOrder = strtoupper($_GET['sort_order'] ?? 'DESC');
-        
-        $this->view->setVars([
-            "notes" => $this->notesModel->selectNotesForUser(2, $sortBy, $sortOrder) //$_SESSION['user_id']
-        ]);
     }
 
 }
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diff --git a/Model/UserModel.php b/Model/UserModel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..798743e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Model/UserModel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ppa\Model;
+use ppa\Model\ParticipantModel;
+use ppb\Library\Msg;
+use PDOException;
+
+class UserModel extends Database
+{
+    function verifyLogin($pdo, $username, $password) 
+    {
+        $pdo = $this->linkDB();
+        if (!$pdo) return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database connection error.'];
+        try {
+            $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT id, username, password, role FROM users WHERE username = ?");
+            $stmt->execute([$username]);
+            $user = $stmt->fetch();
+
+            if ($user && password_verify($password, $user['password'])) {
+                $_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' => false, 'message' => 'Invalid username or password.'];
+        } catch (PDOException $e) {
+            error_log("Login Error: " . $e->getMessage());
+            return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'An error occurred during login.'];
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml b/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb0784f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Views/User/showUserLoginForm.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php include dirname(__DIR__).'/header.phtml'; ?>   
+<script src="JavaScript/script.js"></script>
+<div class="form-container">
+    <h2>Login</h2>
+    <form id="login-form" method="POST">
+        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="login">
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <label for="username">Username:</label>
+            <input type="text" id="username" name="username" required>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <label for="password">Password:</label>
+            <input type="password" id="password" name="password" required>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-actions">
+           
+            <button type="submit" href="?controller=User&do=loginUser">Login</button>
+            <p style="margin-top:15px; text-align:center;">Don't have an account? <a href="index.php?page=register">Register here</a></p>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+<?php include dirname(__DIR__).'/footer.phtml'; ?>
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