diff --git a/inventory-manager/src/App.jsx b/inventory-manager/src/App.jsx
index 539bd716901ca8374f1cfa68672653d16c5652cb..c913e15501418b5110e971f36fc40092361abe2b 100644
--- a/inventory-manager/src/App.jsx
+++ b/inventory-manager/src/App.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "./components/user/index";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import useToken from "./components/useToken";
+import AccountInformation from "./components/user/AccountInformation";
 
 
 function App() {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function App() {
         <Route path="/register" element={<Register />} />
         <Route path="/deleteUser" element={<DeleteUser token={token}/>} />
         <Route path="/updatepassword" element={<UpdatePassword />} />
+        <Route path="/accountinfo" element={<AccountInformation token={token}/> } />
       </Routes>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/inventory-manager/src/components/Navbar.jsx b/inventory-manager/src/components/Navbar.jsx
index a80a03812e335c3d8da08a6d9773b87857e5b806..201968a58fe2d32a8dea784b3ea5f1155bb5b811 100644
--- a/inventory-manager/src/components/Navbar.jsx
+++ b/inventory-manager/src/components/Navbar.jsx
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export const Navbar = () => {
         <li>
           <NavLink to="/updatepassword">Update Password</NavLink>
         </li>
+        <li>
+          <NavLink to="/accountinfo">Account Information</NavLink>
+        </li>
       </ul>
     </nav>
   );
diff --git a/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.css b/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.css
index ce3388d7489802f4359e9ed7a4074a51d5243525..b44c18c9862137588e0ea6f70e6f0a13f2319804 100644
--- a/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.css
+++ b/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.css
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ button {
 button:hover {
   background-color: #0056b3;
 }
+
+.success-message {
+  color: green;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.jsx b/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.jsx
index 7884328e9ce5c013b6c4c2c74d066f0999f245e3..61e8007769a936e361a8c56925789670c3ec6c3e 100644
--- a/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.jsx
+++ b/inventory-manager/src/components/user/AccountInformation.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const AccountInformation = ({ token }) => {
     email: "",
   });
 
+  const [updateSuccess, setUpdateSuccess] = useState(false);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     // Fetch user information when the component mounts
     getUserInfo();
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ const AccountInformation = ({ token }) => {
         }
       );
       setUserInfo(response.data);
+      setUpdateSuccess(true);
       console.log("User information updated successfully");
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error updating user information:", error);
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ const AccountInformation = ({ token }) => {
   return (
     <div className="account-info-container">
       <h2>Account Information</h2>
+      {updateSuccess && <p className="success-message">Information updated successfully!</p>}
       <div className="info-form">
         <label htmlFor="fname">First Name</label>
         <input
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/MainController.java b/src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/MainController.java
index b3933ca29db98d1634e9b660732cd11c5f6009f3..0fb782e6733d1e312def9a08cfe92aa7684cd9f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/MainController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/MainController.java
@@ -63,11 +63,24 @@ public class MainController {
         return userRepository.findAll();
     }
 
-    @GetMapping(path = "/user")
-    public @ResponseBody Optional<User> getUser(@RequestBody Map<String, String> json)
+    @PostMapping(path = "/user")
+    public @ResponseBody User getUser(@RequestBody Map<String, String> json)
     {
-        String email = json.get("email");
-        return userRepository.findById(email);
+        User found = new User();
+        AuthController au = new AuthController();
+        Map<String, String> res =  au.verify(json); // if the jwt token could not be verified
+        if (res.containsKey("login") && res.get("login").equals("failed"))
+        {
+            found.setEmail("failed");
+            return found;
+        }
+        Optional<User> usr = userRepository.findById(res.get("user"));
+        if (!usr.isPresent())
+        {
+            found.setEmail("not found");
+            return found;
+        }
+        return usr.get();
     }
 
     @PostMapping(path = "/delete")
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 9dca1e157892d572a9afe5a7b1ac4084aa26316f..f791667e1463c0933552a2a6d33e06865c2276c9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${MYSQL_HOST:localhost}:3306/inventory
 spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.password=czarthak