diff --git a/config.sample.json b/config.sample.json
index c4b9ac4..49a3ce9 100644
--- a/config.sample.json
+++ b/config.sample.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 /*
-create a db_config.json here's a sample
+create a db_config.json here's 
 */
 {
-  "config":{
-    "db_params":{"uri":"postgresql://user:password@host:port/dbname"},
-    "jwt_secret":"Secret for jwt encryption"
+  "config": {
+    "db_params": {
+      "uri": "postgresql://user:password@host:port/dbname"
+    },
+    "jwt": {
+      "secret": "secret",
+      "expire_seconds": 3600
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbmanager.py b/dbmanager.py
index 034b4c6..9c1f782 100644
--- a/dbmanager.py
+++ b/dbmanager.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import psycopg2
-
+import psycopg2.extras
 
 
 class DbManager(object):
 
     def __init__(self,db_uri):
         self.db_uri=db_uri
-        self.conn=psycopg2.connect(db_uri)
+        self.conn=psycopg2.connect(db_uri,cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
+
+    def load_user(self,username):
+        with self.conn.cursor() as c:
+            c.execute("select * from users where username=%s",(username,))
+            user=c.fetchOne()
+            return user
+
 
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 995d15b..90e40ac 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ log=logging.getLogger("rudemaps")
 CONFIG={}
 
 
-
 def load_config(config_file="config.json"):
     global CONFIG
     log.debug("loading configuration file")