diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index 49613df..ff71896 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,44 @@
-
+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, make_response
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash
+import datetime
+import jwt
 # Secret Key and Connection to DB
 app=Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY']='thisisthesecretkey'
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']='sqlite:///library.db'
 
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+
+class User(db.Model):
+    user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    user_name = db.Column(db.String(50), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    password = db.Column(db.String(100), nullable=False)
+
+# Create a route to register a new user
+@app.route('/register', methods=['POST'])
+def register_user():
+    # Get user data from the request body
+    user_id = request.json.get('user_id')
+    user_name = request.json.get('user_name')
+    password = request.json.get('password')
+
+    # Check if user_name already exists in the database
+    existing_user = User.query.filter_by(user_name=user_name).first()
+    if existing_user:
+        return jsonify({"message": "User already exists"}), 400
+
+    # Hash the password using SHA-256
+    hashed_password = generate_password_hash(password, method='sha256')
+
+    # Create a new User object
+    new_user = User(user_id=user_id, user_name=user_name, password=hashed_password)
+
+    # Add the user to the database
+    db.session.add(new_user)
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    return jsonify({"message": "New user created successfully"}), 201
 
 # login route has been provided for you , creates JWT valid for 20 mins and the roken is returned
 # This token needs to be present in the request header to authorize users
@@ -19,10 +54,7 @@ def login():
         token=jwt.encode({"user_id":user.user_id,"exp":datetime.datetime.utcnow()+datetime.timedelta(minutes=20)},app.config['SECRET_KEY'])
         return jsonify({"token":token})
     return make_response("Could not verify",401,{"WWW-Authenticate" :'Basic realm="Login required"'})
-
-
-
-
+    
 # Run the flask app
 
 if __name__=='__main__':