diff --git a/crates/backend/src/controller.rs b/crates/backend/src/controller.rs
index 7af3245..d243ed8 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/controller.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/controller.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod auth;
 mod user;
 
+pub use auth::AuthController;
 pub use user::UserController;
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/controller/auth.rs b/crates/backend/src/controller/auth.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de0e326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/backend/src/controller/auth.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use actix_web::{
+    error::{ErrorBadRequest, ErrorInternalServerError},
+    web, Responder,
+};
+use argon2::{Argon2, PasswordHash, PasswordVerifier};
+use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, EntityTrait, QueryFilter};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+use crate::AppState;
+
+use super::user::UserWithoutPassword;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct LoginRequest {
+    email: String,
+    password: String,
+}
+
+pub struct AuthController;
+
+impl AuthController {
+    pub async fn login(
+        state: web::Data<AppState>,
+        login: web::Json<LoginRequest>,
+    ) -> actix_web::Result<impl Responder> {
+        let db = &state.db;
+        let login = login.into_inner();
+
+        let user = entity::user::Entity::find()
+            .filter(entity::user::Column::Email.eq(login.email))
+            .one(db)
+            .await
+            .map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?
+            .ok_or(ErrorBadRequest("Login Failed"))?;
+
+        let argon2 = Argon2::default();
+        let parsed_hash = PasswordHash::new(&user.hash).map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
+        argon2
+            .verify_password(login.password.as_bytes(), &parsed_hash)
+            .map_err(ErrorBadRequest)?;
+
+        Ok(web::Json(UserWithoutPassword::from(user)))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/controller/user.rs b/crates/backend/src/controller/user.rs
index e38e558..814c778 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/controller/user.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/controller/user.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use argon2::{
     password_hash::{rand_core::OsRng, PasswordHasher, SaltString},
     Argon2,
 };
-use sea_orm::{ActiveModelTrait, ActiveValue, DatabaseConnection, EntityTrait};
+use sea_orm::{ActiveModelTrait, ActiveValue, EntityTrait};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ impl UserController {
             name: ActiveValue::Set(user.name),
             email: ActiveValue::Set(user.email),
             hash: ActiveValue::Set(password_hash.to_string()),
-            salt: ActiveValue::Set(salt.to_string()),
         };
 
         let result = user.insert(db).await.map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/routes.rs b/crates/backend/src/routes.rs
index 0a20d5a..e4b7cac 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/routes.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/routes.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::controller::UserController;
+use crate::controller::{AuthController, UserController};
 use actix_web::web;
 
 pub fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
                     .get(UserController::list_users)
                     .post(UserController::create_user),
             )
-            .service(web::resource("/users/{user_id}")),
+            .service(web::resource("/users/{user_id}"))
+            .service(web::scope("/auth").route("/login", web::post().to(AuthController::login))),
     );
 }