diff --git a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/auth-utils/useAuth.ts b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/auth-utils/useAuth.ts
index ff1070d..5555b81 100644
--- a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/auth-utils/useAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/auth-utils/useAuth.ts
@@ -107,27 +107,31 @@ export default function useAuth(client: DirectusClient<any> & AuthenticationClie
 
   async function loginWithSSO() {
     try {
+      const cookieValue = getCookieValue('directus_session_token')
+      console.log({ cookieValue })
       const res = await fetch(
         'https://directus.frontend.mu/auth/refresh',
         {
           method: 'POST',
           credentials: 'include', // this is required in order to send the refresh token cookie
           body: JSON.stringify({
-            refresh_token: getCookieValue('directus_session_token'),
-            mode: 'cookie',
+            // refresh_token: cookieValue,
+            mode: 'session',
           }),
         },
       )
 
       const response: { data: AuthenticationData } = await res.json()
 
+      console.log({ response })
       setCookie(response.data)
+      console.log('trying to set cookie to ', response.data)
       await getCurrentUser()
       setAuth(true)
-      if (!rawUser.value?.profile_picture) {
-        const picture = await cloudFunctionUpdateProfilePicture(rawUser.value?.id || '')
-        console.log(picture)
-      }
+      // if (!rawUser.value?.profile_picture) {
+      //   const picture = await cloudFunctionUpdateProfilePicture(rawUser.value?.id || '')
+      //   console.log(picture)
+      // }
 
       return response.data
     }
@@ -146,6 +150,8 @@ export default function useAuth(client: DirectusClient<any> & AuthenticationClie
       isLoading.value = false
     }
 
+    console.log('Setting auth to ', value)
+
     isAuth.value = value
   }
 
@@ -186,6 +192,10 @@ export default function useAuth(client: DirectusClient<any> & AuthenticationClie
       if (!token) {
         throw new Error('User is not logged in')
       }
+      else {
+        console.log('User is logged in')
+        console.log({ token })
+      }
 
       client = await client.with(staticToken(token))
 
diff --git a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/helpers.ts
index 1451e75..07c278c 100644
--- a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { User } from './types'
+import type { GoogleInfo, User } from './types'
 
 export function random(list: string[] | number[]) {
   return list[Math.floor(Math.random() * list.length)]
@@ -33,15 +33,43 @@ export function formatDate(date: string) {
   })
 }
 
-export function mapToValidUser(user: any): User {
+interface UserFromDircetusRole {
+  name: 'sso_google' | 'Admin'
+
+}
+interface UserFromDirectus {
+  full_name?: string
+  first_name?: string
+  last_name?: string
+  id?: string
+  email?: string
+  role?: UserFromDircetusRole
+  provider?: 'google' | 'default' | 'github'
+  current_occupation?: string
+  meal?: string
+  transport?: string
+  phone?: string
+  occupation?: string
+  created_at?: string
+  name?: string
+  github_username?: string
+  avatar_url?: string
+  profile_picture?: string
+  google?: GoogleInfo
+  external_identifier?: string
+}
+
+export function mapToValidUser(user: UserFromDirectus): User {
+  console.log('trying to map this')
+  console.log({ user })
   const full_name = user?.full_name
     ? user.full_name
-    : `${user.first_name} ${user.last_name ?? ''}`.trim()
+    : `${user?.first_name} ${user?.last_name ?? ''}`.trim()
 
   return {
-    id: user.id,
+    id: user?.id || '',
     full_name,
-    email: user.email,
+    email: user?.email || '',
     current_occupation: user?.current_occupation || '',
     meal: user?.meal || '',
     transport: user.transport || '',
@@ -49,10 +77,10 @@ export function mapToValidUser(user: any): User {
     occupation: user.occupation || '',
     created_at: user?.created_at || '',
     github_username: user?.github_username || '',
-    avatar_url: user.avatar_url,
+    avatar_url: user?.avatar_url || '',
     profile_picture: user.profile_picture || '',
-    google: user.google,
-    role: user.role.name,
+    google: user?.google || null,
+    role: user?.role?.name,
     provider: user.provider,
     external_identifier: user.external_identifier,
   }
diff --git a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/types.ts b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/types.ts
index b41339e..fd04386 100644
--- a/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/frontendmu-nuxt/utils/types.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ export interface User {
   phone: string | null
   created_at: string
   avatar_url: string | null
-  google?: GoogleInfo
+  google?: GoogleInfo | null
   github_username?: string
   profile_picture?: string | null
-  role: 'sso_google' | 'Admin'
+  role: 'sso_google' | 'Admin' | undefined
   provider?: string
   external_identifier?: string
 }