diff --git a/backend/src/api/admin.ts b/backend/src/api/admin.ts
index cab1487..48b7d9c 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/admin.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/admin.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ export const adminRouter = (wss: WebSocketServer) => {
   router.post('/dashboard', requireSuperAdmin, async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     const db = await readDB();
 
-    // Sort users by last login (most recent first)
+    if (!req.user) {
+      return res.status(401).send('Unauthorized');
+    }
     const currentAdmin = req.user.username;
+    // Sort users by last login (most recent first)
     const users = db.users
       .filter((user) => user.username !== currentAdmin) // Don't show the current admin user in the list
       .map((user) => ({
diff --git a/backend/src/api/users.ts b/backend/src/api/users.ts
index cf1a3aa..6fdae68 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/users.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/users.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 const router = Router();
 const saltRounds = 10;
 
-const JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'supersecretkey';
-const JWT_EXPIRES_IN = '7d'; // 7 days
+const JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'supersecretkeylkj3lfgdklvadsvi2rsdfh';
 
 function generateToken(user: any) {
-  return jwt.sign({ username: user.username, isSuper: user.isSuper || false }, JWT_SECRET, {
-    expiresIn: JWT_EXPIRES_IN
-  });
+  return jwt.sign({ username: user.username, isSuper: user.isSuper || false }, JWT_SECRET);
 }
 
 // JWT auth middleware
diff --git a/backend/src/types/express/index.d.ts b/backend/src/types/express/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d48c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/types/express/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// backend/src/types/express/index.d.ts
+import 'express';
+
+declare module 'express' {
+  export interface Request {
+    user?: {
+      username: string;
+      isSuper: boolean;
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index 2700030..67b7d18 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-  }
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src",
+    "src/types/express/index.d.ts"
+  ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2cf2622..c6f36db 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ services:
     container_name: turn-tracker
     build: .
     ports:
-      - '3001:3001'
+      - '3821:3001'
     volumes:
       - ./data:/data
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=production
+      - JWT_SECRET=supersecretkeykklvadb13as5lkj3lfgdsvi2rsdfh
       - SUPER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=l2jkb13as5kldjba6lj4sdf6weh6oo2
     restart: unless-stopped