diff --git a/src/user/auth.rs b/src/user/auth.rs
index bc131dff..ee7f554c 100644
--- a/src/user/auth.rs
+++ b/src/user/auth.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::error::Error;
 use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 
-use super::model::Model;
+use super::model::{Model, User};
 
 pub struct DatabaseConnectix {
     connection: Client
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ impl Default for DatabaseConnectix {
     fn default() -> Self {
         tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(async {
             let uri = std::env::var("DB_URL").unwrap();
-            let mut client = Client::connect(&uri, NoTls)?;
+            let mut client = Client::connect(&uri, NoTls).expect("can't connect to database!");
 
             return Self {
                 connection: client
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl Default for DatabaseConnectix {
 impl DatabaseConnectix {
     pub fn new(uri: &str) -> Self {
         tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(async {
-            let mut client = Client::connect(uri, NoTls)?;
+            let mut client = Client::connect(uri, NoTls).expect("can't connect to database!");
 
             return Self {
                 connection: client
@@ -33,13 +33,21 @@ impl DatabaseConnectix {
     }
 
     /// Gets a possible user id (if one exists) for a username.
-    pub async fn get_user_id(&self, name: &str) -> Result<i32, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        todo!("am eepy must finish tomorrow");
-        /*if let Some(res) = ModelEntity::find().expr(Expr::col("id").max()).filter(ModelColumn::Name.contains(name)).one(&self.connection).await? {
+    pub fn get_user_id(&self, name: &str) -> Result<i32, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        if let Some(res) = self.connection.query_one("select max(id) from users where name=$1", &[&name])? {
             if res.id == 9999 { return Err("username is taken".into()); }
             Ok(res.id+1)
         } else {
             Ok(1)
-        }*/
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn post_user(&self, user: User) {
+        let data: Model = user.into();
+        let Model { id, name, uuid, moderation_stats } = data;
+        self.connection.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO users (id, name, uuid, mod) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
+            &[&id, &name, &uuid, &moderation_stats],
+        )?;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/user/model.rs b/src/user/model.rs
index c2959904..2ad1ba85 100644
--- a/src/user/model.rs
+++ b/src/user/model.rs
@@ -40,15 +40,26 @@ impl User {
 /// A struct so that we can save user data in the database.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Model {
-    pub user_number: i32,
     pub id: i32,
     pub name: String,
     pub uuid: Uuid,
-    pub password: String,
-    pub email: String,
+    //pub password: String,
+    //pub email: String,
     /// This is just the DB equivalent of `glass`.
     /// It's in JSON format.
-    pub moderation_stats: String
+    pub moderation_stats: Json<GlassModeration>
+}
+
+impl From<User> for Model {
+    fn from(item: User) -> Self {
+        let (name, id) = item.name_split();
+        Self {
+            id,
+            name,
+            uuid: item.uuid,
+            moderation_stats: item.glass
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// What am I?