diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 60563c2..a781b75 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -109,6 +109,32 @@ app.post('/api/users', async (req, res) => {
 // Login
 
 // TODO (Donatello & John): Create an endpoint to receive login data and check if the user exists in the database
+app.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
+    const { username, password } = req.body;
+
+    // DEBUG: console.log('Received login request:',  username );
+
+    try {
+        const user = await User.findOne({ username });
+        console.log('Database query result:', user);
+
+        if (user) {
+          if (user.password === password) {
+            console.log('Login successful for user:', username);
+            res.status(200).send('Login successful!');
+          } else {
+            console.log('Login failed: Incorrect password.');
+            res.status(401).send('Invalid password.');
+          }
+        } else {
+            console.log('Login failed: User not found');
+            res.status(401).send('Invalid username.');
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error during login.', error);
+        res.status(500).send({ message: 'Server Error.' });
+    }
+});
 
 
 // Contact
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 26d6c85..09a46f1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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-      "dev": true
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/concurrently/node_modules/has-flag": {
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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@@ -2152,14 +2160,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
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-    "node_modules/delayed-stream": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/delayed-stream/-/delayed-stream-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZySD7Nf91aLB0RxL4KGrKHBXl7Eds1DAmEdcoVawXnLD7SDhpNgtuII2aAkg7a7QS41jxPSZ17p4VdGnMHk3MQ==",
-      "engines": {
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "mime-db": "1.52.0"
       },
@@ -4379,7 +4382,8 @@
     "node_modules/proxy-from-env": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/punycode": {
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@@ -5121,6 +5125,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "tree-kill": "cli.js"
       }
diff --git a/src/pages/Login.jsx b/src/pages/Login.jsx
index 111990c..d075ef5 100644
--- a/src/pages/Login.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/Login.jsx
@@ -11,11 +11,34 @@ export default function Login() {
         setFormData({ ...formData, [e.target.name]: e.target.value });
     };
 
-    const handleSubmit = (e) => {
+    const handleSubmit = async (e) => {
         e.preventDefault();
-        const { username, password } = formData
-        alert(`Form submitted with\nusername: ${username}\nand password: ${password}`)
-    }
+        const { username, password } = formData;
+        // alert(`Form submitted with\nusername: ${username}\nand password: ${password}`)
+
+        try { 
+            const response = await fetch('http://localhost:4000/login', {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: {
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                },
+                body: JSON.stringify({ username, password }),
+            });
+
+            if (response.ok) {
+                const message = await response.text();
+                console.log(message);
+                alert("Login successful!");
+            } else {
+                const errorMessage = await response.text();
+                console.error(errorMessage);
+                alert("Login failed: " + errorMessage);
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error('Error during login: ', error);
+            alert("An error occurred during login.");
+        }
+    };
     
     return (
         <>