diff --git a/db/Pool.js b/db/Pool.js
index 6707147..8b93e75 100644
--- a/db/Pool.js
+++ b/db/Pool.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const pool = new Pool({ connectionString: process.env.CONNECTION });
 module.exports = {
     // text = SQL query; params = array of values to inject
     pool,
-    connect: async () => await pool.connect().then(console.log("Connection successful.")),
+    connect: async () => await pool.connect(),
     query: (text, params) => pool.query(text, params),
     end: async () => await pool.end()
 }
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diff --git a/loaders/index.js b/loaders/index.js
index 3af2f31..7ef64c2 100644
--- a/loaders/index.js
+++ b/loaders/index.js
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ const expressLoader = require('./express');
 const routes = require('../routes/API');
 
 module.exports = async (app) => {
-    // const passport = await passportLoader(app);
     const express = await expressLoader(app);
     const passport = await passportLoader(express);
     await routes(app, passport);
 
-    app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
-
-        const { message, status } = err;
-      
-        return res.status(status).send({ message });
-    });
+    console.log('loaders called');
 }
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diff --git a/routes/API.js b/routes/API.js
index fb33dfe..d8a91c6 100644
--- a/routes/API.js
+++ b/routes/API.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-const express = require('express');
-const apiRouter = express.Router();
-
 const userRouter = require('./user');
 const productsRouter = require('./products');
 const registerRouter = require('./register');
diff --git a/routes/login.js b/routes/login.js
index 4d7c842..b67065d 100644
--- a/routes/login.js
+++ b/routes/login.js
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 const loginRouter = require('express').Router();
 const { LoginService } = require('../services/Auth');
 
-// module.exports = loginRouter;
 module.exports = (app, passport) => {
     app.use('/api/login', loginRouter);
+    // loginRouter.use(passport.authenticate('local'));
 
-    loginRouter.post('/', passport.authenticate('local'), async (req, res, next) => {
+    loginRouter.route('/').post(async (req, res, next) => {
+        console.log('login post got called');
+        const { email, password } = req.body;
+
+        /**
+         * @function LoginService
+         * @returns: object, with keys:
+         * session: session object
+         * userProfile: postgres response from query
+         * 
+         * session object:
+         * authenticated: boolean,
+         * user: { email, password }
+         */
+        
         try {
-            const { email, password } = req.body;
-            const response = await LoginService(email, password);
-            if (response) console.log(response);
+            const data = await LoginService(email, password);
+            res.status(200).send(data);
         } catch(e) {
             next(e);
         }
-    });
+    })
 }
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diff --git a/services/Auth.js b/services/Auth.js
index 1a9635d..45d1c33 100644
--- a/services/Auth.js
+++ b/services/Auth.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const { connect } = require('../db/Pool');
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
 
-async function LoginService(email, password) {
+async function LoginService(email, password) { 
     const client = await connect();
+    let session;
 
     try {
         let hash = await client.query("SELECT password FROM users WHERE email = ($1)", [email]);
@@ -12,15 +13,27 @@ async function LoginService(email, password) {
 
         if (!match) res.status(403).json({ msg: "Login unsuccessful. Please try again" });
         if (match) {
-            req.session.authenticated = true;
-            req.session.user = { email: email, password: password }
+            session = {
+                authenticated: true,
+                user: {
+                    email: email,
+                    password: password
+                }
+            }
+            // req.session.authenticated = true;
+            // req.session.user = { email: email, password: password }
 
             let fullUserProfile = await client.query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ($1)", [email]);
 
             return {
-                session: req.session,
+                session: session,
                 userProfile: fullUserProfile.rows[0]
             }
+        } else {
+            return {
+                session: 'not found',
+                userProfile: 'not found'
+            }
         }
     } catch(e) {
         await client.query("ROLLBACK");