diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d71299c..7988184 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "@types/jsend": "^1.0.32",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.9",
     "@types/node": "^20.12.7",
+    "@types/reflect-metadata": "^0.1.0",
     "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
     "@types/winston": "^2.4.4",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.7.1",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^3.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.1.3",
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "jest-mock-extended": "^3.0.6",
     "prettier": "^3.2.5",
     "supertest": "^7.0.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.2",
diff --git a/src/__test__/Decorators/decorators.ts b/src/__test__/Decorators/decorators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fde0585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__test__/Decorators/decorators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function myDecorator(target: any, propertyKey: string, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) {
+    console.log("myDecorator called on: ", target, propertyKey, descriptor);
+}
diff --git a/src/__test__/route.test.ts b/src/__test__/route.test.ts
index 401f5b8..7a4ceda 100644
--- a/src/__test__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/__test__/route.test.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,72 @@
 import request from 'supertest';
 import { app, server } from '../index'; // update this with the path to your app file
 
+
 import { createConnection, getConnection, getConnectionOptions } from 'typeorm';
+import { User } from '../entities/User';
+import { getRepository, Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { mock, MockProxy } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+
+
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
   // Connect to the test database
   const connectionOptions = await getConnectionOptions();
   await createConnection({ ...connectionOptions, name: 'testConnection' });
 });
+
 afterAll(async () => {
   await getConnection('testConnection').close();
   server.close();
 });
 
+
+
 describe('GET /', () => {
-  // afterAll(done => {
-  //   server.close(done);
-  // });
+  it('This is a testing route that returns', done => {
+    request(app)
+      .get('/api/v1/status')
+      .expect(200)
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect({
+        status: 'success',
+        data: {
+          code: 202,
+          message: 'This is a testing route that returns: 201'
+        }
+      }, done);
+  });
+});
+describe('POST /user/register', () => {
+  it('should register a new user and then delete it', async () => {
+    // Arrange
+    const newUser = {
+      firstName: 'John',
+      lastName: 'Doe',
+      email: 'john.doe@example.com',
+      password: 'password',
+      gender: 'Male',
+      phoneNumber: '1234567890',
+      userType: 'Buyer',
+      status: 'active',
+      verified: true,
+      photoUrl: 'https://example.com/photo.jpg',
+    };
+
+    // Act
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/user/register')
+      .send(newUser);
+
+    // Assert
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(res.body).toEqual({ message: 'User registered successfully' });
 
-  it('responds with "Knights Ecommerce API"', done => {
-    request(app).get('/').expect(200, 'Knights Ecommerce API', done);
+    // Clean up: delete the test user
+    const userRepository = getRepository(User);
+    const user = await userRepository.findOne({ where: { email: newUser.email } });
+    if (user) {
+      await userRepository.remove(user);
+    }
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/controllers/authController.ts b/src/controllers/authController.ts
index 47e39ba..209a350 100644
--- a/src/controllers/authController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/authController.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ class UserController {
     static registerUser = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
         const { firstName, lastName, email, password, gender, phoneNumber, userType, status, verified, photoUrl } = req.body;
 
-
-
         // Validate user input
         if (!(firstName && lastName && email && password && gender && phoneNumber && verified && photoUrl)) {
             return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Please fill all the fields' });
diff --git a/testOrmconfig.js b/testOrmconfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04681d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testOrmconfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module.exports = {
+    "type": "postgres",
+    "host": `${process.env.TEST_DB_HOST}`,
+    "port": `${process.env.TEST_DB_PORT}`,
+    "username": `${process.env.TEST_DB_USER}`,
+    "password": `${process.env.TEST_DB_PASS}`,
+    "database": `${process.env.TEST_DB_NAME}`,
+    "synchronize": true,
+    "logging": false,
+    "dropSchema": true,
+    "entities": [
+        "src/entities/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "migrations": [
+        "src/migrations/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "subscribers": [
+        "src/subscribers/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "cli": {
+        "entitiesDir": "src/entities",
+        "migrationsDir": "src/migrations",
+        "subscribersDir": "src/subscribers"
+    }
+};