diff --git a/server/src/infrastructure/database.ts b/server/src/infrastructure/database.ts
index df0549a..c657808 100644
--- a/server/src/infrastructure/database.ts
+++ b/server/src/infrastructure/database.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Connection, Pool, createPool } from 'mariadb';
+import { PoolConnection, Pool, createPool } from 'mariadb';
 
 type ConnectionConfig = {
     host: string,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class Database {
         return Database.instance;
     }
 
-    public async getConnection(): Promise<Connection> {
+    public async getConnection(): Promise<PoolConnection> {
         return this.pool.getConnection();
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/middleware/form-to-json.ts b/server/src/middleware/form-to-json.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46cc37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/middleware/form-to-json.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Context } from 'hono';
+
+export default async function parsedForm(c: Context, next) {
+    if (c.req.method == 'POST') {
+        if (c.req.header('Content-Type') == 'application/json') {
+            next();
+        } else {
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    
+}
diff --git a/server/src/routes/user.ts b/server/src/routes/user.ts
index 64ba7c7..801712f 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/user.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/user.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 import { Hono, Context } from 'hono';
-import { Connection } from 'mariadb';
-import User from '@slovo/models/User';
-import Database from '@slovo/infrastructure/database';
+import { PoolConnection } from 'mariadb';
+import User from 'slovo/models/User';
+import Database from 'slovo/infrastructure/database';
 
 const app = new Hono();
 
 // add routes and methods here
 app.post('/register', async (c: Context) => {
-    // check if form (from the web app) or JSON (from a blank API call);
-    let user: User;
-    if (c.req.header('Content-Type') == 'application/json') {
-        user = await c.req.json<User>();
-    } else {
-        user = await c.req.formData<User>();
-    }
+    const user: User = await c.req.json<User>();
 
-
-    const conn: Connection = await Database.getInstance().getConnection();
-    const query = `INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES (?, ?)`;
+    const conn: PoolConnection = await Database.getInstance().getConnection();
+    const query = `INSERT INTO users (username, name, password) VALUES (?, ?)`;
 
     try {
-        const results = await conn.query(query, [ user.username, user.password ]);
+        const results = await conn.query(query, [ 
+            user.username, 
+            user.name,
+            user.password
+        ]);
 
         console.log(results);
+
+        await conn.release();
+
         return c.json({
             message: "Registration successful.",
         });
diff --git a/server/tsconfig.json b/server/tsconfig.json
index 98da342..4751702 100644
--- a/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strict": true,
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "jsxImportSource": "hono/jsx"
-  },
-  "paths": {
-      "@slovo/*": [ "./src/*" ]
+    "jsxImportSource": "hono/jsx",
+    "baseUrl": "./src",
+      "paths": {
+          "slovo/*": [ "*" ]
+      }
   }
 }