diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/src/models/User.model.ts b/apps/teloalapi/src/models/User.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a56cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/src/models/User.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { Entity, model, property } from "@loopback/repository";
+import { User, UserRole } from "../types/User";
+
+@model({
+  settings: {
+    description: "A TeloAL user. Created when registering and used when authenticating.",
+  },
+})
+export class UserModel extends Entity implements User {
+  @property({
+    id: true,
+    jsonSchema: {
+      description: "Uniquely identifies a user.",
+    },
+  })
+  username: string;
+
+  @property({
+    jsonSchema: {
+      description: "Optional email address of the user.",
+    },
+  })
+  email?: string;
+
+  @property({
+    jsonSchema: {
+      description: "Hashed user password.",
+    },
+  })
+  password: string;
+
+  @property({
+    jsonSchema: {
+      description: "Hashed user password.",
+      enum: ["admin", "user"],
+    },
+  })
+  role: UserRole;
+}
diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/AutoDateRepository.ts b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/AutoDateRepository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aa566c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/AutoDateRepository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import {
+  Count,
+  DataObject,
+  DefaultCrudRepository,
+  Entity,
+  JugglerDataSource,
+  Options,
+  Where,
+  model,
+  property,
+} from "@loopback/repository";
+
+type Timestamps = {
+  createdAt?: Date;
+  updatedAt?: Date;
+};
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+type GConstructor<T = {}> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
+
+type TimestampedModel<TModel extends Entity> = TModel & Timestamps;
+
+function extendClassWithTimestamps<T extends GConstructor<Entity>>(Base: T, modelName: string) {
+  @model({
+    name: modelName,
+  })
+  class Extended extends Base {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    constructor(...args: any[]) {
+      super(...args);
+    }
+
+    @property()
+    createdAt?: Date;
+
+    @property()
+    updatedAt?: Date;
+  }
+
+  return Extended;
+}
+
+export function makeRepository<TModel extends Entity, ID>(
+  TheModel: GConstructor<TModel>,
+  modelName: string,
+  idProp: keyof TModel,
+) {
+  type TimestampedTModel = TimestampedModel<TModel>;
+
+  class AutoDateRepository extends DefaultCrudRepository<TimestampedTModel, ID> {
+    constructor(dataSource: JugglerDataSource) {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      super(extendClassWithTimestamps<GConstructor<TModel>>(TheModel, modelName), dataSource);
+    }
+
+    async create(
+      data: DataObject<TimestampedTModel>,
+      options?: Options,
+    ): Promise<TimestampedTModel> {
+      data.createdAt = new Date();
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      return super.create(data, options);
+    }
+
+    async update(data: TimestampedTModel, options?: Options): Promise<void> {
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      return super.update(data, options);
+    }
+
+    async updateAll(
+      data: DataObject<TimestampedTModel>,
+      where?: Where<TimestampedTModel>,
+      options?: Options,
+    ): Promise<Count> {
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      return super.updateAll(data, where, options);
+    }
+
+    async replaceById(
+      id: ID,
+      data: DataObject<TimestampedTModel>,
+      options?: Options,
+    ): Promise<void> {
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      return super.replaceById(id, data, options);
+    }
+
+    async updateById(
+      id: ID,
+      data: DataObject<TimestampedTModel>,
+      options?: Options,
+    ): Promise<void> {
+      data.updatedAt = new Date();
+      return super.updateById(id, data, options);
+    }
+
+    async upsert(data: DataObject<TimestampedTModel>) {
+      const id = data[idProp] as ID;
+
+      if (await this.exists(id)) {
+        return this.updateById(id, data);
+      }
+
+      return this.create(data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return AutoDateRepository;
+}
diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/Users.repository.ts b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/Users.repository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..023103a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/Users.repository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { inject } from "@loopback/core";
+import { MongoDataSource } from "../datasources/mongo.datasource";
+import { UserModel } from "../models/User.model";
+import { makeRepository } from "./AutoDateRepository";
+
+const BaseRepository = makeRepository<UserModel, typeof UserModel.prototype.username>(
+  UserModel,
+  "User",
+  "username",
+);
+
+export class UsersRepository extends BaseRepository {
+  constructor(@inject("datasources.mongo") dataSource: MongoDataSource) {
+    super(dataSource);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/alCharacter.repository.ts b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/alCharacter.repository.ts
index be05f36..1fb2382 100644
--- a/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/alCharacter.repository.ts
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/src/repositories/alCharacter.repository.ts
@@ -1,93 +1,16 @@
+import { AlCharacter } from "@teloal/parse-character";
 import { inject } from "@loopback/core";
-import {
-  Count,
-  DefaultCrudRepository,
-  Entity,
-  Options,
-  Where,
-  model,
-  property,
-} from "@loopback/repository";
 import { MongoDataSource } from "../datasources/mongo.datasource";
-import { AlCharacter } from "@teloal/parse-character";
-
-type Timestamps = {
-  createdAt?: Date;
-  updatedAt?: Date;
-};
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-type GConstructor<T = {}> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
-
-function extendClassWithTimestamps<T extends GConstructor<Entity>>(Base: T) {
-  @model({
-    name: "AlCharacter",
-  })
-  class Extended extends Base {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    constructor(...args: any[]) {
-      super(...args);
-    }
-
-    @property({
-      type: "date",
-    })
-    createdAt?: Date;
+import { makeRepository } from "./AutoDateRepository";
 
-    @property({
-      type: "date",
-    })
-    updatedAt?: Date;
-  }
-
-  return Extended;
-}
+const BaseRepository = makeRepository<AlCharacter, typeof AlCharacter.prototype.name>(
+  AlCharacter,
+  "AlCharacter",
+  "name",
+);
 
-type TimestampedAlCharacter = AlCharacter & Timestamps;
-
-export class AlCharacterRepository extends DefaultCrudRepository<
-  TimestampedAlCharacter,
-  typeof AlCharacter.prototype.name
-> {
+export class AlCharacterRepository extends BaseRepository {
   constructor(@inject("datasources.mongo") dataSource: MongoDataSource) {
-    super(extendClassWithTimestamps(AlCharacter), dataSource);
-  }
-
-  async create(entity: TimestampedAlCharacter, options?: Options): Promise<TimestampedAlCharacter> {
-    entity.createdAt = new Date();
-    entity.updatedAt = new Date();
-    return super.create(entity, options);
-  }
-
-  async update(data: TimestampedAlCharacter, options?: Options): Promise<void> {
-    data.updatedAt = new Date();
-    return super.update(data, options);
-  }
-
-  async updateAll(
-    data: TimestampedAlCharacter,
-    where?: Where<TimestampedAlCharacter>,
-    options?: Options,
-  ): Promise<Count> {
-    data.updatedAt = new Date();
-    return super.updateAll(data, where, options);
-  }
-
-  async replaceById(id: string, data: TimestampedAlCharacter, options?: Options): Promise<void> {
-    data.updatedAt = new Date();
-    return super.replaceById(id, data, options);
-  }
-
-  async updateById(id: string, data: TimestampedAlCharacter, options?: Options): Promise<void> {
-    data.updatedAt = new Date();
-    return super.updateById(id, data, options);
-  }
-
-  async upsert(char: AlCharacter) {
-    if (await this.exists(char.name)) {
-      return this.updateById(char.name, char);
-    }
-
-    return this.create(char);
+    super(dataSource);
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/src/types/User.ts b/apps/teloalapi/src/types/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dffab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/src/types/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export enum UserRole {
+  user = "user",
+  admin = "admin",
+}
+
+export type User = {
+  username: string;
+  email?: string;
+  password: string;
+  role: UserRole;
+  createdAt?: Date;
+  updatedAt?: Date;
+};
diff --git a/apps/teloalapi/tsconfig.app.json b/apps/teloalapi/tsconfig.app.json
index 2dd4cb8..b991896 100644
--- a/apps/teloalapi/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/apps/teloalapi/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es2018",
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "declaration": true,
+    "declaration": false,
     "importHelpers": true,
     "types": ["node"]
   },
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fba2238..b8a61fe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 version: "3"
 services:
   teloal-mongo:
-    image: mongo
+    image: mongo:7
     container_name: teloal-mongo
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
       - ./scripts/init-mongo.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
 
   teloal-mongo-express:
-    image: mongo-express
+    image: mongo-express:1.0.0-18-alpine3.18
     container_name: teloal-mongo-express
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment: