diff --git a/API/Tiri.py b/API/Tiri.py
index 15e4397..8112d92 100644
--- a/API/Tiri.py
+++ b/API/Tiri.py
@@ -20,61 +20,79 @@ def get_db_connection():
     except mysql.connector.Error as err:
         print(f"Error: {err}")
         return None
+    
+
+
+
 # NEEDS FIXING
 @app.route('/api/tiropitAddUser', methods=['POST'])
 def tiropit_add_user():
-    data = request.form
-    picture = request.files.get('ProfilePicture')
-    user_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-    user_name = data.get('UserName')
-    steam_name = data.get('SteamName')
-    steam_id = data.get('SteamID')  # treat this as string
-    level = int(data.get('Level', 0))
-    awards = data.get('Awards', '[]')
-    user_games = data.get('UserGames', '[]')
-    warn_level = int(data.get('WarnLevel', 1))
-    banned = data.get('Banned')
-    admin_level = int(data.get('AdminLevel', 1))
-    user_discord = data.get('UserDiscord')
-    user_PIN = data.get('UserPIN')
-    friend_code = data.get('FirendCode')
+    data = request.json
 
-    if not picture:
-        return jsonify({"error": "No profile picture provided"}), 400
-    if not user_name or not steam_name or not steam_id:
-        return jsonify({"error": "UserName, SteamName, and SteamID are required"}), 400
+    if not data or "UserName" not in data or "UserPIN" not in data:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Account MUST include at least UserName & UserPIN"}), 400
+    
+    user_pin = data.get("UserPIN")
+    friend_code = data.get("FriendCode")
+    
     if not friend_code or len(friend_code) != 5:
         return jsonify({"error": "FirendCode must be 5 characters long"}), 400
-    if not user_PIN or len(user_PIN) != 4:
+    if not user_pin or len(user_pin) != 4:
         return jsonify({"error": "UserPIN must be 4 characters long"}), 400
 
-    
 
-    conn = get_db_connection()
-    Cursor = conn.cursor()
+
+    connection = get_db_connection()
+    if connection is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Failed to contact db"}), 500
+
     try:
-        Cursor.execute("SELECT 1 FROM users WHERE FriendCode = %s", (friend_code,))
-        if Cursor.fetchone():
-            return jsonify({"error": "FriendCode already exists"}), 409
-
-        profile_pic = picture.read()
+        cursor = connection.cursor(dictionary:true)
+        user_data = {
+            
+            "UserID" : str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            "UserName" : data['UserName'],
+            "UserPIN" : user_pin,
+            "SteamName" : data.get('SteamName', ''),
+            "Level" : data.get('Level', 0),
+            "Awards" : json.dumps(data.get('Awards', '[]')),
+            "ProfilePicture" : data.get('ProfilePicture', ''),
+            "UserGames" : json.dumps(data.get('UserGames', '[]')),
+            "WarnLevel" : data.get('WarnLevel', 0),
+            "Banned" : data.get('Banned', False),
+            "AdminLevel" : 0,
+            "UserDiscord" : data.get('UserDiscord', ""),
+            "SteamID" : data.get('SteamID', '') ,
+            "FriendCode" : friend_code,
+            }
+            
 
 
-        Cursor.execute("""
-            INSERT INTO users (UserID, UserName, SteamName, Level, Awards, ProfilePicture, UserGames, WarnLevel, Banned, AdminLevel, SteamID, UserDiscord, UserPIN, FriendCode)
-            VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
-        """, (
-            user_id, user_name, steam_name, level, awards, profile_pic,
-            user_games, warn_level, banned, admin_level, steam_id, user_discord, user_PIN, friend_code
-        ))
-        conn.commit()
-    except mysql.connector.Error as e:
-        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
+       
+
+        query = """
+            INSERT INTO users (UserID, UserName, SteamName, Level, Awards, UserGames, WarnLevel, Banned, AdminLevel, SteamID, UserDiscord, UserPIN, FriendCode)
+            VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
+        """
+
+        cursor.execute(query, tuple(user_data.values()))
+        connection.commit()
+
+        return jsonify(
+            {"message":"User Created",
+            "UserID": user_data['UserID']}, 201
+        )
+    except mysql.connector.Error as err:
+        connection.rollback()
+        if err.errno == 1062:
+            return jsonify({"error": "User already exists"}), 409
     finally:
-        Cursor.close()
-        conn.close()
-
-    return jsonify({"message": "User added successfully", "UserID": user_id}), 201
+        if connection.is_connected():
+            cursor.close()
+            connection.close()
 
 
 
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000, debug=True)