diff --git a/app/Admin/layout.tsx b/app/Admin/layout.tsx
index 696a445..a59f214 100644
--- a/app/Admin/layout.tsx
+++ b/app/Admin/layout.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-export default function AdminLayout({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
+import ProtectedRoute from "@/components/wrappers/ProtectedRoute";
+
+export default async function AdminLayout({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
   // TODO: Put user state management here
   //redirect("wherever state says") <= stateRouteManager()
-  return (
-    <div>
-      {children}
-    </div>
-  )
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  return <ProtectedRoute>{children}</ProtectedRoute>;
+}
diff --git a/app/Admin/page.tsx b/app/Admin/page.tsx
index c19c6e1..05169a4 100644
--- a/app/Admin/page.tsx
+++ b/app/Admin/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
+import UnderConstruction from "@/components/static_pages/UnderConstruction";
 
 export default function Admin() {
-  // TODO: Replace with Layout State Manager
-  redirect("/Admin/Login");
+  return <UnderConstruction />;
 }
diff --git a/app/Admin/Login/page.tsx b/app/Authentication/Login/page.tsx
similarity index 50%
rename from app/Admin/Login/page.tsx
rename to app/Authentication/Login/page.tsx
index c176301..89264a1 100644
--- a/app/Admin/Login/page.tsx
+++ b/app/Authentication/Login/page.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
 
 import { login, signup } from "@/lib/server_functions/userAuth";
+import Form from "@/components/ui/Form";
 export default function Login() {
   const [createAccount, setCreateAccount] = useState(false);
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <form action={createAccount ? login : signup}>
+    <div className="flex h-full w-full justify-center py-10">
+      <Form
+        action={createAccount ? login : signup}
+        submitText={createAccount ? "Login" : "Signup"}
+      >
         <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username" required />
         <input
           type="password"
@@ -15,11 +19,12 @@ export default function Login() {
           placeholder="Password"
           required
         />
-        <button type="submit">{createAccount ? "Login" : "Signup"}</button>
-      </form>
-      <button onClick={() => setCreateAccount(!createAccount)}>
-        {createAccount ? "Don't have an account?" : "Already have an account?"}
-      </button>
+        <button onClick={() => setCreateAccount(!createAccount)}>
+          {createAccount
+            ? "Don't have an account?"
+            : "Already have an account?"}
+        </button>
+      </Form>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/api/users/login/route.ts b/app/api/users/login/route.ts
index 4270a0b..99226cf 100644
--- a/app/api/users/login/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/users/login/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 const BACKEND_URL = process.env.BACKEND_URL;
 
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
-  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users/auth`, request);
+  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users/auth`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: request.headers,
+    body: request.body,
+    duplex: "half",
+  });
 
   const data = await response.json();
 
diff --git a/app/api/users/route.ts b/app/api/users/route.ts
index b961291..399e135 100644
--- a/app/api/users/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/users/route.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ export async function GET() {
 }
 
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
-  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users`, request);
+  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: request.headers,
+    body: request.body,
+    duplex: "half",
+  });
 
   const data = await response.json();
 
diff --git a/app/api/users/user/route.ts b/app/api/users/user/route.ts
index 9f0e902..6969a22 100644
--- a/app/api/users/user/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/users/user/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 const BACKEND_URL = process.env.BACKEND_URL;
 
-export async function GET() {
-  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users/user`);
+export async function GET(request: Request) {
+  const authorization = request.headers.get("authorization");
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/users/user`, {
+    headers: {
+      Authorization: authorization ?? "",
+    },
+  });
 
   if (!response.ok) {
     return new Response("Request failed in backend", {
diff --git a/components/ui/Form.tsx b/components/ui/Form.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f0e323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ui/Form.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+import RoundedContainer from "./RoundedContainer";
+
+export default function Form({
+  action,
+  children,
+  submitText,
+}: {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  action?: string | ((formData: FormData) => void | Promise<void>);
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  submitText: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <form action={action}>
+        <RoundedContainer slim={false}>
+          {children}
+          <button type="submit">{submitText}</button>
+        </RoundedContainer>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/components/wrappers/ProtectedRoute.tsx b/components/wrappers/ProtectedRoute.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c75bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/wrappers/ProtectedRoute.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
+
+import { verifySession } from "@/lib/server_functions/dataAccessLayer";
+
+export default async function ProtectedRoute({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const session = await verifySession();
+  if (!session.isAuthed) {
+    redirect("/Authentication/Login");
+  }
+
+  return <div>{children}</div>;
+}
diff --git a/lib/api/cmFetch.ts b/lib/api/cmFetch.ts
index 544b23d..79446c4 100644
--- a/lib/api/cmFetch.ts
+++ b/lib/api/cmFetch.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,18 @@ export async function cmFetch<T>(
 
   return response.json();
 }
+
+export async function cmFetchRaw(
+  bffUrl: string | URL,
+  options?: RequestInit,
+  ignoreStatuses?: number[],
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const response = await fetch(`${FRONTEND_URL}/${bffUrl}`, options);
+
+  if (!response.ok && !ignoreStatuses?.includes(response.status)) {
+    throw new Error("Request failed");
+  }
+  console.log(response);
+
+  return response;
+}
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers/users.ts b/lib/api/helpers/users.ts
index 1c8dc9d..fc925f4 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers/users.ts
+++ b/lib/api/helpers/users.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,49 @@
-import { cmFetch } from "../cmFetch";
+import { getSessionToken } from "@/lib/server_functions/userAuth";
+
+import { cmFetch, cmFetchRaw } from "../cmFetch";
 import { Token, User } from "../types";
 
 export async function getUsers() {
   return cmFetch<User[]>(`/api/users`);
 }
 
+export async function getCurrentUser() {
+  return cmFetchRaw(
+    `/api/users/user`,
+    { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${await getSessionToken()}` } },
+    [401],
+  );
+}
+
 export async function getUser(id: number) {
   return cmFetch<User>(`/api/users/${id}`);
 }
 
 export async function loginUser(user: FormData) {
+  const body = {
+    username: user.get("username"),
+    password: user.get("password"),
+  };
   return cmFetch<Token>(`/api/users/login`, {
     method: "POST",
-    body: user,
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
   });
 }
 
 export async function createUser(user: FormData) {
+  const body = {
+    username: user.get("username"),
+    password: user.get("password"),
+    authority: 0,
+  };
   return cmFetch<Token>(`/api/users`, {
     method: "POST",
-    body: user,
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
   });
 }
diff --git a/lib/server_functions/dataAccessLayer.ts b/lib/server_functions/dataAccessLayer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98af205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/server_functions/dataAccessLayer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { cookies } from "next/headers";
+import { cache } from "react";
+
+import "server-only";
+import { getCurrentUser } from "../api/helpers/users";
+import { User } from "../api/types";
+
+export const verifySession = cache(async () => {
+  const cookie = (await cookies()).get("access_token")?.value;
+  if (!cookie) {
+    return { isAuthed: false };
+  }
+  const response = await getCurrentUser();
+  if (response.status == 401) {
+    return { isAuthed: false };
+  }
+  const user = (await response.json()) as User;
+  return {
+    isAuthed: true,
+    surface_auth_level: user.authority,
+    username: user.username,
+  };
+});
diff --git a/lib/server_functions/userAuth.ts b/lib/server_functions/userAuth.ts
index 3871280..538c665 100644
--- a/lib/server_functions/userAuth.ts
+++ b/lib/server_functions/userAuth.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function login(formData: FormData) {
   "use server";
   const token = await loginUser(formData);
   await createSession(token);
-  redirect("/admin/overview");
+  redirect("/Admin/Overview");
 }
 
 export async function signup(formData: FormData) {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export async function signup(formData: FormData) {
   "use server";
   const token = await createUser(formData);
   await createSession(token);
-  redirect("/admin/overview");
+  redirect("/Admin/Overview");
 }
 
 export async function createSession(token: Token) {
@@ -26,8 +26,16 @@ export async function createSession(token: Token) {
 
   cookieStore.set("access_token", access_token, {
     httpOnly: true,
-    secure: true,
+    secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
     sameSite: "lax",
     path: "/",
   });
 }
+
+export async function getSessionToken() {
+  const cookieStore = await cookies();
+  console.log(cookieStore.getAll());
+  const token = cookieStore.get("access_token")?.value;
+
+  return token ? token : null;
+}