diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f15f6db0..01305471 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=chemistrycafefall24 # Change to your desired root password
 MYSQL_DATABASE=chemistry_db # Replace with your database name
 MYSQL_USER=chemistrycafedev # Replace with your MySQL username
-MYSQL_PASSWORD=chemistrycafe # Replace with your MySQL password
\ No newline at end of file
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=chemistrycafe # Replace with your MySQL password
diff --git a/frontend/src/API/API_Interfaces.tsx b/frontend/src/API/API_Interfaces.tsx
index 10aa6568..ef84b638 100644
--- a/frontend/src/API/API_Interfaces.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/API/API_Interfaces.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export interface ReactionSpeciesDto {
 }
 
 export interface User {
-  id: string;
+  id?: string;
   username: string;
   role: string;
   email?: string | null;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/RoleManagement.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/RoleManagement.tsx
index e3a1c3c4..e048daa7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/RoleManagement.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/RoleManagement.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ const RoleManagement: React.FC = () => {
         setUsers(response);
         // Initialize selectedRoles with each user's current role
         const initialRoles = response.reduce((acc, user) => {
-          acc[user.id] = user.role;
+          if(user.id){
+            acc[user.id] = user.role;
+          }
           return acc;
         }, {} as { [key: string]: string });
         setSelectedRoles(initialRoles);
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/logIn.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/logIn.tsx
index 412a95e6..88ae3685 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/logIn.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/logIn.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ const LogIn = () => {
           // Check if the user already exists in the database
           try {
             const existingUser = await getUserByEmail(profileData.email);
-
             if (existingUser) {
               const updatedUser = {
                 access_token: user.access_token,
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ const LogIn = () => {
               setUser(contextUser);
             } else {
               const newUser = {
-                id: "",
                 username: profileData.name,
                 email: profileData.email,
                 role: "unverified",
@@ -107,13 +105,12 @@ const LogIn = () => {
                 email: createdUser.email,
                 role: createdUser.role || "unverified",
               };
-              setUser(contextUser);
+              setUser(createdUser);
               console.log("Context user ", contextUser);
-              alert("New user created successfully");
             }
           } catch (error) {
             console.error("Error checking or creating user:", error);
-            alert("Error checking or creating user");
+            alert("Error checking or creating user" + error);
           }
         })
         .catch((error) => {
diff --git a/init.sql b/init.sql
index b4399acc..b8457729 100644
--- a/init.sql
+++ b/init.sql
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO users (id, username, role, email) VALUES
     (UUID(), 'Joshua Hare', 'admin', 'jmhhare@tamu.edu'),
     (UUID(), 'Nishka Mittal', 'admin', 'nishka06@tamu.edu'),
     (UUID(), 'Sydney Ferris', 'admin', 'sferris@tamu.edu'),
+    (UUID(), 'Britt Schiller', 'admin', 'brittschiller@tamu.edu'),
     (UUID(), 'Kyle Shores', 'admin', 'kshores@ucar.edu');
 
 -- Link users to mechanisms