diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index be5f298..d0ec225 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@
         "version" : "2.8.0"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "jwt",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/vapor/jwt.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "d65f32bfd08fae5910d603028be5dec4f35b3482",
+        "version" : "4.2.2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "jwt-kit",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/vapor/jwt-kit.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "e05513b5aec24f88012b6e3034115b6bc915356a",
+        "version" : "4.13.2"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "multipart-kit",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index fd79d3d..c1b30ce 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent.git", from: "4.9.0"),
         // 🐘 Fluent driver for Postgres.
         .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent-postgres-driver.git", from: "2.8.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/jwt.git", from: "4.0.0-rc.1"),
     ],
     targets: [
         .executableTarget(
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "Fluent", package: "fluent"),
                 .product(name: "FluentPostgresDriver", package: "fluent-postgres-driver"),
                 .product(name: "Vapor", package: "vapor"),
+                .product(name: "JWT", package: "jwt"),
             ],
             swiftSettings: swiftSettings
         ),
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlAssociate.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlAssociate.swift
index f157b82..fa326a8 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlAssociate.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlAssociate.swift
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ struct cntrlAssociate: RouteCollection {
     
     @Sendable
     func index(req: Request) async throws -> Response {
-        guard let obj = try? await mdlAssociate.ObjQuery(req: req).all() else {
-            throw Abort(.badGateway, reason: "Something went wrong with this api.")
-        }
+        let obj = try await mdlAssociate.ObjQuery(req: req).all()
+//        guard let obj = try? await mdlAssociate.ObjQuery(req: req).all() else {
+//            throw Abort(.badGateway, reason: "Something went wrong with this api.")
+//        }
         guard let response = try? await obj.encodeResponse(status: .ok, for: req) else{
             throw Abort(.noContent, reason: "Something went wrong decoding data.  Array could not be shown.")
         }
diff --git a/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlJWT.swift b/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlJWT.swift
index 14fe8e8..f839460 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlJWT.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Controllers/cntrlJWT.swift
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@
 //  Created by Michiel Carman on 4/13/24.
 //
 
-import Foundation
+
+import Fluent
+import Vapor
+
+struct cntrlJWT: RouteCollection{
+    func boot(routes: Vapor.RoutesBuilder) throws {
+        let rts = routes.grouped("jwt")
+        rts.get{req in
+            try req.jwt.sign(mdlJWT(result: "test"), kid: .private)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/App/Migrations/AllMigrations.swift b/Sources/App/Migrations/AllMigrations.swift
index 1d916e6..d027d37 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Migrations/AllMigrations.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Migrations/AllMigrations.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public func doMigrations(_ app: Application) async throws{
     app.migrations.add(mdlDocument.Create())
     app.migrations.add(mdlXAssocDept.Create())
     app.migrations.add(mdlXDocDept.Create())
+    app.migrations.add(mdlDocument.tmpField())
     
     try await app.autoMigrate()
 }
diff --git a/Sources/App/Models/mdlDepartment.swift b/Sources/App/Models/mdlDepartment.swift
index 6eb52ba..f8a4cf6 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Models/mdlDepartment.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Models/mdlDepartment.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ final class mdlDepartment: Model, Content {
     @ID(custom: "id", generatedBy: .database) var id: Int?
     
     @Field(key: "name") var name: String?
-    @OptionalParent(key: "parentId") var parent: mdlDepartment?
+    @OptionalParent(key: "departmentId") var parent: mdlDepartment?
     @Children(for: \.$parent) var subdepartments: [mdlDepartment]
     
     @Siblings(through: mdlXAssocDept.self, from: \.$department, to: \.$associate) var associates: [mdlAssociate]
diff --git a/Sources/App/Models/mdlDocument.swift b/Sources/App/Models/mdlDocument.swift
index 7156094..8e6d473 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Models/mdlDocument.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Models/mdlDocument.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ final class mdlDocument: Model, Content {
     
     @Field(key: "name") var name: String?
     @Field(key: "number") var number: String?
-    @Parent(key: "docTypeId") var doctype: mdlDocType
+    @OptionalParent(key: "docTypeId") var doctype: mdlDocType?
     @Parent(key: "departmentId") var department: mdlDepartment
     @OptionalParent(key: "parentId") var parent: mdlDocument?
     @Children(for: \.$parent) var subsequent: [mdlDocument]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ final class mdlDocument: Model, Content {
     init(id: Int? = nil,
          name: String? = nil,
          number: String? = nil,
-         doctypeid: Int,
+         doctypeid: Int? = nil,
          departmentid: Int,
          parentid: Int? = nil,
          createuserid: Int? = nil,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ final class mdlDocument: Model, Content {
         self.id = id
         self.name = name
         self.number = number
-        self.$doctype.$id.value = doctypeid
+        if(doctypeid != nil) { self.$doctype.$id.value = doctypeid }
         self.$department.$id.value = departmentid
         if(parentid != nil) { self.$parent.$id.value = parentid }
         self.createuserid = createuserid
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ extension mdlDocument{
             try await database.schema("document").delete()
         }
     }
+    struct tmpField: AsyncMigration {
+        func prepare(on database: Database) async throws {
+            try await database.schema("document")
+                .field("dept", .string)
+                .update()
+        }
+        
+        func revert(on database: Database) async throws {
+            try await database.schema("document")
+                .deleteField("dept")
+                .update()
+        }
+    }
     public static func ObjQuery(req: Request) async throws -> QueryBuilder<mdlDocument>{
         
         let query = mdlDocument.query(on: req.db)
diff --git a/Sources/App/Models/mdlJWT.swift b/Sources/App/Models/mdlJWT.swift
index 14fe8e8..0217226 100644
--- a/Sources/App/Models/mdlJWT.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/Models/mdlJWT.swift
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@
 //  Created by Michiel Carman on 4/13/24.
 //
 
-import Foundation
+import Vapor
+import JWT
+
+struct mdlJWT: JWTPayload{
+    var result: String
+    func verify(using signer: JWTKit.JWTSigner) {}
+}
diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index 76cf967..b24fc25 100644
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -2,9 +2,29 @@ import NIOSSL
 import Fluent
 import FluentPostgresDriver
 import Vapor
+import JWT
+
+extension String {
+    var bytes: [UInt8] { .init(self.utf8) }
+}
+
+extension JWKIdentifier {
+    static let `public` = JWKIdentifier(string: "public")
+    static let `private` = JWKIdentifier(string: "private")
+}
 
 // configures your application
 public func configure(_ app: Application) async throws {
+    
+    let privateKey = try String(contentsOfFile: app.directory.workingDirectory + "jwtRS256.key")
+    let privateSigner = try JWTSigner.rs256(key: .private(pem: privateKey.bytes))
+    
+    let publicKey = try String(contentsOfFile: app.directory.workingDirectory + "jwtRS256.key.pub")
+    let publicSigner = try JWTSigner.rs256(key: .public(pem: publicKey.bytes))
+     
+    app.jwt.signers.use(privateSigner, kid: .private)
+    app.jwt.signers.use(publicSigner, kid: .public, isDefault: true)
+    
     app.middleware.use(CORSMiddleware())
     let corsConfiguration = CORSMiddleware.Configuration(
         allowedOrigin: .all,
diff --git a/Sources/App/routes.swift b/Sources/App/routes.swift
index b9a5c5a..a857f1c 100644
--- a/Sources/App/routes.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/routes.swift
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ func routes(_ app: Application) throws {
     baseApp.get { req async in
         "Training Services Version 1.0"
     }
+    try baseApp.register(collection: cntrlAssociate())
+    try baseApp.register(collection: cntrlDepartment())
 }
diff --git a/jwtRS256.key b/jwtRS256.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14183d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jwtRS256.key
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
+DEK-Info: AES-128-CBC,8302B108E3C2CB279C4FF6742ECEC521
+
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diff --git a/jwtRS256.key.pub b/jwtRS256.key.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02bd6fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jwtRS256.key.pub
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
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