diff --git a/client/src/Utils/apolloClient.ts b/client/src/Utils/apolloClient.ts
index dabe3ae..618014c 100644
--- a/client/src/Utils/apolloClient.ts
+++ b/client/src/Utils/apolloClient.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ const client = new ApolloClient({
       ? `${import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL}/graphql`
       : '/graphql',
     credentials: 'include', // 🔐 Send cookies with each request
+    headers: {
+      'Authorization': `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem('token') || ''}`,
+    }
   }),
   cache: new InMemoryCache(),
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/LeaderBoard.tsx b/client/src/components/LeaderBoard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be91342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/LeaderBoard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { useQuery } from '@apollo/client';
+import { GET_USERS } from '../graphql/queries'; // Adjust the import path as necessary
+
+function LeaderBoard() {
+
+    interface IUser {
+        _id: string;
+        username: string;
+        correctAnswers: number;
+        avatar: string; // Assuming you have an avatar property
+    }
+
+    // Data for leaderboard
+   /* const [leaderboardData, setLeaderboardData] = useState([
+        { _id: 'kjhd63r9bhsef', username: 'Player1', correctAnswers: 100 },
+        { username: 'Player2', score: 90 },
+        { username: 'Player3', score: 80 },
+        { username: 'Player4', score: 70 },
+        { username: 'Player5', score: 60 },
+    ]);
+    */
+    // Fetch leaderboard data from the server (mocked for now)
+    const [leaderboardData, setLeaderboardData] = useState([]);
+
+    // How do we get the data from the server? 
+
+    const { loading, data, error } = useQuery<IUser[] | undefined>(GET_USERS);
+
+    if (loading) return <p>Loading...</p>;
+    if (error) return <p>Error: {error.message}</p>;
+    // const { loading, data, errer } = useQuery(GET_LEADERBOARD_DATA, {
+    //     variables: { difficulty_lvl: 'easy' }, // Example variable
+    // );
+    const users = data?.users || [];
+    
+    // Sort the leaderboard data by score in descending order - by what measurement (?)
+    const sortedLeaderboard = users.sort((a: number, b: number) => b.correctAnswers - a.correctAnswers);
+
+    
+  return (
+    <div>
+      { sortedLeaderboard.length > 0 ? sortedLeaderboard.map(user: IUser => ( 
+        <div className="leaderboard-container">
+            <div className="leaderboard-item" key={user._id}>
+                <img src={user.avatar} alt="Avatar" className="avatar" /> {/* Assuming you have an avatar property */}
+                <span className="username">{user.username}</span>
+                <span className="score">{user.correctAnswers}</span>
+            </div> 
+        ))
+        </div> 
+        } 
+    </div>
+
+  )
+}
+
+export default LeaderBoard
diff --git a/client/src/components/screens/Questions.tsx b/client/src/components/screens/Questions.tsx
index 12d67cf..4dbb5d5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/screens/Questions.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/screens/Questions.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import { Prism as SyntaxHighlighter } from 'react-syntax-highlighter';
 import { vscDarkPlus } from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/esm/styles/prism';
 import { preloadSounds } from '../../utils/preloadSounds';
+import { UPDATE_STATS } from '@/graphql/mutations';
+import { useMutation } from '@apollo/client';
 
 interface Question {
   snippet?: string;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ interface Question {
 }
 
 const Questions: React.FC = () => {
+  const [updateStats] = useMutation(UPDATE_STATS);
   const { id } = useParams<{ id: string }>();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ const Questions: React.FC = () => {
   const [userWasCorrect, setUserWasCorrect] = useState(false);
   const [audioUrl, setAudioUrl] = useState('');
 
+  const [score, setScore] = useState(0);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     preloadSounds([
       '/audio/Dan_correct/Dan-correct-1.wav',
@@ -117,6 +122,10 @@ const Questions: React.FC = () => {
     if (!question || !selectedAnswer) return;
 
     const isCorrect = selectedAnswer === question.correctAnswer;
+    updateStats({ variables: { isCorrect } })
+    if(isCorrect) {
+      setScore((prevScore) => prevScore + 1);
+    }
     setUserWasCorrect(isCorrect);
     setAudioUrl(getRandomAudio(isCorrect));
     setShowResult(true);
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ const Questions: React.FC = () => {
   return (
     <div className="relative question-screen max-h-screen overflow-y-auto p-6 max-w-xl mx-auto text-center">
       <h1 className="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Question {id?.replace('q', '') || ''}</h1>
-
+      <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold mb-4">Score: {score}</h2>
       {!question ? (
         <p>Loading question...</p>
       ) : (
diff --git a/client/tsconfig.node.json b/client/tsconfig.node.json
index db0becc..1adfa09 100644
--- a/client/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/client/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -18,7 +18,41 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-    "noUncheckedSideEffectImports": true
+    "noUncheckedSideEffectImports": true,
+
+    /* ← ADD THESE TWO LINES: */
+    "baseUrl": "src",
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["*"]
+    }
   },
-  "include": ["vite.config.ts"]
+  "include": [
+    "vite.config.ts",
+    "src"          /* ← ADD THIS LINE so your utils/ folder is picked up */
+  ]
 }
+
+// {
+//   "compilerOptions": {
+//     "tsBuildInfoFile": "./node_modules/.tmp/tsconfig.node.tsbuildinfo",
+//     "target": "ES2022",
+//     "lib": ["ES2023"],
+//     "module": "ESNext",
+//     "skipLibCheck": true,
+
+//     /* Bundler mode */
+//     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+//     "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+//     "isolatedModules": true,
+//     "moduleDetection": "force",
+//     "noEmit": true,
+
+//     /* Linting */
+//     "strict": true,
+//     "noUnusedLocals": true,
+//     "noUnusedParameters": true,
+//     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+//     "noUncheckedSideEffectImports": true
+//   },
+//   "include": ["vite.config.ts"]
+// }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index f9a2aaf..47ecb30 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ const getContext = async ({ req }: { req: Request }) => {
   if (!token) return { user: null };
 
   try {
-    const user = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET as string);
+    const user = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY as string);
     return { user };
   } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err)
     console.warn('❌ Invalid JWT');
     return { user: null };
   }