diff --git a/src/api/v1/auth/login.rs b/src/api/v1/auth/login.rs
index d65540b..81d1370 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/auth/login.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/auth/login.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use actix_web::{error, post, web, Error, HttpResponse};
-use argon2::{Argon2, PasswordHash, PasswordVerifier};
+use argon2::{PasswordHash, PasswordVerifier};
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use futures::StreamExt;
diff --git a/src/api/v1/auth/mod.rs b/src/api/v1/auth/mod.rs
index c7efc91..4cd06e7 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/auth/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-use actix_web::{Scope, web};
+use std::{str::FromStr, time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH}};
+
+use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse, Scope};
+use sqlx::Postgres;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 mod register;
 mod login;
@@ -10,3 +14,28 @@ pub fn web() -> Scope {
         .service(login::response)
         .service(refresh::res)
 }
+
+pub async fn check_access_token(access_token: String, pool: sqlx::Pool<Postgres>) -> Result<Uuid, HttpResponse> {
+    match sqlx::query_as("SELECT CAST(uuid as VARCHAR), created FROM access_tokens WHERE token = $1")
+        .bind(&access_token)
+        .fetch_one(&pool)
+        .await {
+        Ok(row) => {
+            let (uuid, created): (String, i64) = row;
+
+            let current_time = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs() as i64;
+        
+            let lifetime = current_time - created;
+        
+            if lifetime > 3600 {
+                return Err(HttpResponse::Unauthorized().finish())
+            }
+        
+            Ok(Uuid::from_str(&uuid).unwrap())
+        },
+        Err(error) => {
+            eprintln!("{}", error);
+            Err(HttpResponse::InternalServerError().finish())
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/v1/mod.rs b/src/api/v1/mod.rs
index 368b918..4eb1d63 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/mod.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ use actix_web::{Scope, web};
 
 mod stats;
 mod auth;
+mod user;
 
 pub fn web() -> Scope {
     web::scope("/v1")
         .service(stats::res)
         .service(auth::web())
+        .service(user::res)
 }
diff --git a/src/api/v1/user.rs b/src/api/v1/user.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9287e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/v1/user.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use actix_web::{error, post, web, Error, HttpResponse};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+
+use crate::{api::v1::auth::check_access_token, Data};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct AuthenticationRequest {
+    access_token: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Response {
+    uuid: String,
+    username: String,
+    display_name: String,
+}
+
+const MAX_SIZE: usize = 262_144;
+
+#[post("/user/{uuid}")]
+pub async fn res(mut payload: web::Payload, path: web::Path<(String,)>, data: web::Data<Data>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let mut body = web::BytesMut::new();
+    while let Some(chunk) = payload.next().await {
+        let chunk = chunk?;
+        // limit max size of in-memory payload
+        if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > MAX_SIZE {
+            return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("overflow"));
+        }
+        body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+    }
+
+    let request = path.into_inner().0;
+
+    let authentication_request = serde_json::from_slice::<AuthenticationRequest>(&body)?;
+
+    let authorized = check_access_token(authentication_request.access_token, data.pool.clone()).await;
+
+    if authorized.is_err() {
+        return Ok(authorized.unwrap_err())
+    }
+
+    let uuid = authorized.unwrap();
+
+    if request == "me" {
+        let row = sqlx::query_as(&format!("SELECT username, display_name FROM users WHERE uuid = '{}'", uuid))
+            .fetch_one(&data.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let (username, display_name): (String, Option<String>) = row;
+
+        return Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(Response { uuid: uuid.to_string(), username, display_name: display_name.unwrap_or_default() }))
+    } else {
+        println!("{}", request);
+        if let Ok(row) = sqlx::query_as(&format!("SELECT CAST(uuid as VARCHAR), username, display_name FROM users WHERE uuid = '{}'", request))
+            .fetch_one(&data.pool)
+            .await {
+            let (uuid, username, display_name): (String, String, Option<String>) = row;
+
+            return Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(Response { uuid, username, display_name: display_name.unwrap_or_default() }))
+        }
+
+        Ok(HttpResponse::NotFound().finish())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 44fca77..467cc29 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             email_verified boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
         );
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS instance_permissions (
-            uuid uuid REFERENCES users(uuid),
+            uuid uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES users(uuid),
             administrator boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
         );
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS refresh_tokens (
             token varchar(64) PRIMARY KEY UNIQUE NOT NULL,
-            uuid uuid REFERENCES users(uuid),
+            uuid uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES users(uuid),
             created int8 NOT NULL
         );
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS access_tokens (
             token varchar(32) PRIMARY KEY UNIQUE NOT NULL,
-            refresh_token varchar(64) UNIQUE REFERENCES refresh_tokens(token),
-            uuid uuid REFERENCES users(uuid),
+            refresh_token varchar(64) UNIQUE NOT NULL REFERENCES refresh_tokens(token),
+            uuid uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES users(uuid),
             created int8 NOT NULL
         )
     "#)