diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f322f0..6efd3ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 
 # local env files
 .env*.local
+cypress.env.json
 
 # vercel
 .vercel
diff --git a/cypress.config.ts b/cypress.config.ts
index 2a9ac56..5b77555 100644
--- a/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/cypress.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   chromeWebSecurity: false,
 
   e2e: {
+    baseUrl: "http://localhost:3000",
     setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
       // implement node event listeners here
     },
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 86deaf2..8fe29eb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
         "cypress": "^12.17.1",
         "cypress-social-logins": "^1.14.1",
         "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
-        "drizzle-kit": "^0.19.3"
+        "drizzle-kit": "^0.19.3",
+        "start-server-and-test": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@alloc/quick-lru": {
@@ -1075,6 +1076,21 @@
         "react-dom": ">=16.8.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@hapi/hoek": {
+      "version": "9.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@hapi/hoek/-/hoek-9.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/c6rf4UJlmHlC9b5BaNvzAcFv7HZ2QHaV0D4/HNlBdvFnvQq8RI4kYdhyPCl7Xj+oWvTWQ8ujhqS53LIgAe6KQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@hapi/topo": {
+      "version": "5.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@hapi/topo/-/topo-5.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-foQZKJig7Ob0BMAYBfcJk8d77QtOe7Wo4ox7ff1lQYoNNAb6jwcY1ncdoy2e9wQZzvNy7ODZCYJkK8kzmcAnAg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@hapi/hoek": "^9.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@headlessui/react": {
       "version": "1.7.14",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@headlessui/react/-/react-1.7.14.tgz",
@@ -1888,6 +1904,27 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rushstack/eslint-patch/-/eslint-patch-1.3.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-IthPJsJR85GhOkp3Hvp8zFOPK5ynKn6STyHa/WZpioK7E1aYDiBzpqQPrngc14DszIUkIrdd3k9Iu0XSzlP/1w=="
     },
+    "node_modules/@sideway/address": {
+      "version": "4.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sideway/address/-/address-4.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7vwq+rOHVWjyXxVlR76Agnvhy8I9rpzjosTESvmhNeXOXdZZB15Fl+TI9x1SiHZH5Jv2wTGduSxFDIaq0m3DUw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@hapi/hoek": "^9.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@sideway/formula": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sideway/formula/-/formula-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/poHZJJVjx3L+zVD6g9KgHfYnb443oi7wLu/XKojDviHy6HOEOA6z1Trk5aR1dGcmPenJEgb2sK2I80LeS3MIg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@sideway/pinpoint": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sideway/pinpoint/-/pinpoint-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RNiOoTPkptFtSVzQevY/yWtZwf/RxyVnPy/OcA9HBM3MlGDnBEYL5B41H0MTn0Uec8Hi+2qUtTfG2WWZBmMejQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@swc/helpers": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@swc/helpers/-/helpers-0.5.1.tgz",
@@ -2624,6 +2661,30 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/axios": {
+      "version": "0.27.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.27.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t+yRIyySRTp/wua5xEr+z1q60QmLq8ABsS5O9Me1AsE5dfKqgnCFzwiCZZ/cGNd1lq4/7akDWMxdhVlucjmnOQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.14.9",
+        "form-data": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/axios/node_modules/form-data": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
+        "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
+        "mime-types": "^2.1.12"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/axobject-query": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-3.1.1.tgz",
@@ -3804,6 +3865,12 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/duplexer": {
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duplexer/-/duplexer-0.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jtD6YG370ZCIi/9GTaJKQxWTZD045+4R4hTk/x1UyoqadyJ9x9CgSi1RlVDQF8U2sxLLSnFkCaMihqljHIWgMg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/ecc-jsbn": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ecc-jsbn/-/ecc-jsbn-0.1.2.tgz",
@@ -4508,6 +4575,21 @@
         "es5-ext": "~0.10.14"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/event-stream": {
+      "version": "3.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream/-/event-stream-3.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QHpkERcGsR0T7Qm3HNJSyXKEEj8AHNxkY3PK8TS2KJvQ7NiSHe3DDpwVKKtoYprL/AreyzFBeIkBIWChAqn60g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "duplexer": "~0.1.1",
+        "from": "~0",
+        "map-stream": "~0.1.0",
+        "pause-stream": "0.0.11",
+        "split": "0.3",
+        "stream-combiner": "~0.0.4",
+        "through": "~2.3.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/eventemitter2": {
       "version": "6.4.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2/-/eventemitter2-6.4.7.tgz",
@@ -4749,6 +4831,26 @@
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       "integrity": "sha512-5nqDSxl8nn5BSNxyR3n4I6eDmbolI6WT+QqR547RwxQapgjQBmtktdP+HTBb/a/zLsbzERTONyUB5pefh5TtjQ=="
     },
+    "node_modules/follow-redirects": {
+      "version": "1.15.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VQLG33o04KaQ8uYi2tVNbdrWp1QWxNNea+nmIB4EVM28v0hmP17z7aG1+wAkNzVq4KeXTq3221ye5qTJP91JwA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "individual",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/RubenVerborgh"
+        }
+      ],
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "debug": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/for-each": {
       "version": "0.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/for-each/-/for-each-0.3.3.tgz",
@@ -4792,6 +4894,12 @@
         "url": "https://www.patreon.com/infusion"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/from": {
+      "version": "0.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/from/-/from-0.1.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-twe20eF1OxVxp/ML/kq2p1uc6KvFK/+vs8WjEbeKmV2He22MKm7YF2ANIt+EOqhJ5L3K/SuuPhk0hWQDjOM23g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/fs-extra": {
       "version": "9.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.1.0.tgz",
@@ -5703,6 +5811,19 @@
         "jiti": "bin/jiti.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/joi": {
+      "version": "17.9.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/joi/-/joi-17.9.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Itk/r+V4Dx0V3c7RLFdRh12IOjySm2/WGPMubBT92cQvRfYZhPM2W0hZlctjj72iES8jsRCwp7S/cRmWBnJ4nw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@hapi/hoek": "^9.0.0",
+        "@hapi/topo": "^5.0.0",
+        "@sideway/address": "^4.1.3",
+        "@sideway/formula": "^3.0.1",
+        "@sideway/pinpoint": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jose": {
       "version": "4.14.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jose/-/jose-4.14.4.tgz",
@@ -6046,6 +6167,12 @@
         "lz-string": "bin/bin.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/map-stream": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/map-stream/-/map-stream-0.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CkYQrPYZfWnu/DAmVCpTSX/xHpKZ80eKh2lAkyA6AJTef6bW+6JpbQZN5rofum7da+SyN1bi5ctTm+lTfcCW3g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/memoizee": {
       "version": "0.4.15",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/memoizee/-/memoizee-0.4.15.tgz",
@@ -6698,6 +6825,15 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/pause-stream": {
+      "version": "0.0.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pause-stream/-/pause-stream-0.0.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-e3FBlXLmN/D1S+zHzanP4E/4Z60oFAa3O051qt1pxa7DEJWKAyil6upYVXCWadEnuoqa4Pkc9oUx9zsxYeRv8A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "through": "~2.3"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/pend": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pend/-/pend-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -7075,6 +7211,21 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/ps-tree": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ps-tree/-/ps-tree-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0VnamPPYHl4uaU/nSFeZZpR21QAWRz+sRv4iW9+v/GS/J5U5iZB5BNN6J0RMoOvdx2gWM2+ZFMIm58q24e4UYA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "event-stream": "=3.3.4"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "ps-tree": "bin/ps-tree.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/psl": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.9.0.tgz",
@@ -7739,6 +7890,18 @@
         "source-map": "^0.6.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/split": {
+      "version": "0.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split/-/split-0.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wD2AeVmxXRBoX44wAycgjVpMhvbwdI2aZjCkvfNcH1YqHQvJVa1duWc73OyVGJUc05fhFaTZeQ/PYsrmyH0JVA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "through": "2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/split2": {
       "version": "4.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split2/-/split2-4.2.0.tgz",
@@ -7772,6 +7935,119 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/start-server-and-test/-/start-server-and-test-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UqKLw0mJbfrsG1jcRLTUlvuRi9sjNuUiDOLI42r7R5fA9dsFoywAy9DoLXNYys9B886E4RCKb+qM1Gzu96h7DQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "arg": "^5.0.2",
+        "bluebird": "3.7.2",
+        "check-more-types": "2.24.0",
+        "debug": "4.3.4",
+        "execa": "5.1.1",
+        "lazy-ass": "1.6.0",
+        "ps-tree": "1.2.0",
+        "wait-on": "7.0.1"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "server-test": "src/bin/start.js",
+        "start-server-and-test": "src/bin/start.js",
+        "start-test": "src/bin/start.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/execa": {
+      "version": "5.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-5.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8uSpZZocAZRBAPIEINJj3Lo9HyGitllczc27Eh5YYojjMFMn8yHMDMaUHE2Jqfq05D/wucwI4JGURyXt1vchyg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
+        "get-stream": "^6.0.0",
+        "human-signals": "^2.1.0",
+        "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
+        "merge-stream": "^2.0.0",
+        "npm-run-path": "^4.0.1",
+        "onetime": "^5.1.2",
+        "signal-exit": "^3.0.3",
+        "strip-final-newline": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/human-signals": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/human-signals/-/human-signals-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.17.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/is-stream": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-stream/-/is-stream-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hFoiJiTl63nn+kstHGBtewWSKnQLpyb155KHheA1l39uvtO9nWIop1p3udqPcUd/xbF1VLMO4n7OI6p7RbngDg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/mimic-fn": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mimic-fn/-/mimic-fn-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OqbOk5oEQeAZ8WXWydlu9HJjz9WVdEIvamMCcXmuqUYjTknH/sqsWvhQ3vgwKFRR1HpjvNBKQ37nbJgYzGqGcg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/npm-run-path": {
+      "version": "4.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-run-path/-/npm-run-path-4.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-S48WzZW777zhNIrn7gxOlISNAqi9ZC/uQFnRdbeIHhZhCA6UqpkOT8T1G7BvfdgP4Er8gF4sUbaS0i7QvIfCWw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "path-key": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/onetime": {
+      "version": "5.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/onetime/-/onetime-5.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kbpaSSGJTWdAY5KPVeMOKXSrPtr8C8C7wodJbcsd51jRnmD+GZu8Y0VoU6Dm5Z4vWr0Ig/1NKuWRKf7j5aaYSg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "mimic-fn": "^2.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/start-server-and-test/node_modules/strip-final-newline": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-final-newline/-/strip-final-newline-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BrpvfNAE3dcvq7ll3xVumzjKjZQ5tI1sEUIKr3Uoks0XUl45St3FlatVqef9prk4jRDzhW6WZg+3bk93y6pLjA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/stop-iteration-iterator": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stop-iteration-iterator/-/stop-iteration-iterator-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -7783,6 +8059,15 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/stream-combiner": {
+      "version": "0.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stream-combiner/-/stream-combiner-0.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rT00SPnTVyRsaSz5zgSPma/aHSOic5U1prhYdRy5HS2kTZviFpmDgzilbtsJsxiroqACmayynDN/9VzIbX5DOw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "duplexer": "~0.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/streamsearch": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -8451,6 +8736,25 @@
         "extsprintf": "^1.2.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/wait-on": {
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wait-on/-/wait-on-7.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9AnJE9qTjRQOlTZIldAaf/da2eW0eSRSgcqq85mXQja/DW3MriHxkpODDSUEg+Gri/rKEcXUZHe+cevvYItaog==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "axios": "^0.27.2",
+        "joi": "^17.7.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+        "minimist": "^1.2.7",
+        "rxjs": "^7.8.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "wait-on": "bin/wait-on"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/whatwg-fetch": {
       "version": "3.6.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-fetch/-/whatwg-fetch-3.6.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e74b421..64a7411 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint",
+    "test:e2e:open": "start-server-and-test dev http://localhost:3000 \"cypress open --e2e\"",
+    "test:e2e:run": "cypress run",
     "migration:generate": "drizzle-kit generate:pg --config=drizzle.config.ts",
     "migration:push": "node -r esbuild-register src/app/db/migrate.ts",
     "create_user": "node -r esbuild-register src/app/db/create_user.ts"
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
     "cypress": "^12.17.1",
     "cypress-social-logins": "^1.14.1",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
-    "drizzle-kit": "^0.19.3"
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.19.3",
+    "start-server-and-test": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }