diff --git a/db/models/Recording.ts b/db/models/Recording.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79a760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/models/Recording.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import * as typegoose from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import { modelOptions, prop } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import Session from './Session'
+import User from './User'
+
+@modelOptions({ schemaOptions: { collection: 'Recording', versionKey: false, timestamps: true } })
+class Recording {
+  @prop({ required: true })
+  public recordingId: string
+
+  @prop()
+  public recordingUrl: string
+
+  @prop({ ref: Session })
+  public sessionId: typegoose.Ref<Session>
+
+  @prop({ ref: User })
+  public userId: typegoose.Ref<User>
+}
+
+export default Recording
diff --git a/db/models/Session.ts b/db/models/Session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e466128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/models/Session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import * as typegoose from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import { modelOptions, prop } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+
+import User from './User'
+
+@modelOptions({ schemaOptions: { collection: 'Session', versionKey: false, timestamps: true } })
+class Session {
+  @prop({ required: true })
+  public name: string
+
+  @prop({ ref: User })
+  public userId: typegoose.Ref<User>
+}
+
+export default Session
diff --git a/db/models/Topic.ts b/db/models/Topic.ts
index 58fa096..6a8fbaf 100644
--- a/db/models/Topic.ts
+++ b/db/models/Topic.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { modelOptions, prop, getModelForClass } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import { modelOptions, prop } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
 
 @modelOptions({ schemaOptions: { collection: 'Topic', versionKey: false, timestamps: true } })
 class Topic {
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ class Topic {
   public image: string
 }
 
-export default getModelForClass(Topic)
+export default Topic
diff --git a/db/models/User.ts b/db/models/User.ts
index b9842d6..4ea19b9 100644
--- a/db/models/User.ts
+++ b/db/models/User.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { modelOptions, prop, getModelForClass } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import { modelOptions, prop } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
 import { defaultAvatarImg } from '@/util/constants'
 
 @modelOptions({ schemaOptions: { versionKey: false, timestamps: false, _id: false } })
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ class User {
   // public collectionId: typegoose.Ref<PlayerCollection>
 }
 
-export default getModelForClass(User)
+export default User
diff --git a/db/models/index.ts b/db/models/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cebc9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/models/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { getModelForClass } from '@typegoose/typegoose'
+import User from './User'
+import Topic from './Topic'
+import Session from './Session'
+import Recording from './Recording'
+
+export const UserModel = getModelForClass(User)
+export const TopicModel = getModelForClass(Topic)
+export const SessionModel = getModelForClass(Session)
+export const RecordingModel = getModelForClass(Recording)
diff --git a/helpers/APIHelper.ts b/helpers/APIHelper.ts
index ba35da4..516fe1b 100644
--- a/helpers/APIHelper.ts
+++ b/helpers/APIHelper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import User from '@/db/models/User'
+import { UserModel } from '@/db/models'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
 import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth/next'
 import { authOptions } from '../pages/api/auth/[...nextauth]'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const authorizeSession = async (
 export const userIsAdmin = async (username: string, email: string) => {
   await dbConnect()
   if (username) {
-    const player = await User.findOne({ username: username, email: email })
+    const player = await UserModel.findOne({ username: username, email: email })
     if (player) {
       return player.isAdmin || false
     } else {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const authenticateKey = async (
     return res.status(400).send(`Authentication Invalid. Job ${resource} was not processed`)
   }
   await dbConnect()
-  const admin = await User.findOne({ username: username, accessKey: accessKey })
+  const admin = await UserModel.findOne({ username: username, accessKey: accessKey })
   if (!admin) {
     console.warn(`Unauthorized. Job ${resource} was not processed`)
     return res.status(401).send(`Unauthorized. Job ${resource} was not processed`)
diff --git a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].ts b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].ts
index 060c8ee..913b8fa 100644
--- a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].ts
+++ b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import NextAuth from 'next-auth'
 import GoogleProvider from 'next-auth/providers/google'
-import User from '@/db/models/User'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { userIsAdmin } from '@/helpers/APIHelper'
@@ -46,11 +45,21 @@ export const authOptions = {
         const provider = credentials?.account?.provider?.toUpperCase()
         const providerId = credentials?.account?.providerAccountId
 
+        const apiBaseUrl = process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL
+        console.log('baseUrl', apiBaseUrl)
+
+        console.log('well')
         await dbConnect()
-        const potentialUser = await User.findOne({
-          username: username,
-          'provider.providerId': providerId,
-        })
+        console.log('poo')
+        console.log(`${apiBaseUrl}/api/users?username=${username}&providerId=${providerId}`)
+        const res = await axios.get(
+          `${apiBaseUrl}/api/users?username=${username}&providerId=${providerId}`
+        )
+        console.log('um')
+        const potentialUser = res?.data
+        console.log('res', res)
+        console.log('data ', res?.data)
+        console.log('good2')
 
         if (!potentialUser) {
           console.info(
diff --git a/pages/api/process/topics.ts b/pages/api/process/topics.ts
index c3422e2..7b53ea7 100644
--- a/pages/api/process/topics.ts
+++ b/pages/api/process/topics.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import topics from '@/data/topics'
-import Topic from '@/db/models/Topic'
+import { TopicModel } from '@/db/models'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
 
 const getTopicImage = async (topic: string) => {
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   let count = 0
   for (const topicName of topics) {
     if (count < size) {
-      const exists = await Topic.findOne({ name: topicName })
+      const exists = await TopicModel.findOne({ name: topicName })
       if (!exists) {
-        const newTopic = new Topic()
+        const newTopic = new TopicModel()
         newTopic.name = topicName
         newTopic.image = await getTopicImage(topicName)
         await newTopic.save()
diff --git a/pages/api/recording/index.ts b/pages/api/recording/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pages/api/session/index.ts b/pages/api/session/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pages/api/topic.ts b/pages/api/topic.ts
index 5d45bc0..f8f007c 100644
--- a/pages/api/topic.ts
+++ b/pages/api/topic.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
-import Topic from '@/db/models/Topic'
+import { TopicModel } from '@/db/models'
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   await dbConnect()
 
-  const count = await Topic.countDocuments().exec()
+  const count = await TopicModel.countDocuments().exec()
   if (count === 0) {
     return res.send('No Topics found')
   }
   const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * count)
-  const randomTopic = await Topic.findOne().skip(randomIndex).exec()
+  const randomTopic = await TopicModel.findOne().skip(randomIndex).exec()
   res.json({ topic: randomTopic })
 }
diff --git a/pages/api/topics.ts b/pages/api/topics.ts
index 16ffeae..2f5bf94 100644
--- a/pages/api/topics.ts
+++ b/pages/api/topics.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
-import Topic from '@/db/models/Topic'
+import { TopicModel } from '@/db/models'
 import axios from 'axios'
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
     return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Name not found on Request Body' })
   }
 
-  const existingTopic = await Topic.findOne({ name })
+  const existingTopic = await TopicModel.findOne({ name })
   if (existingTopic) {
     return res.status(409).json({ error: 'Topic already exists', existingTopic })
   }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   const imgResponse = await axios.get(unsplashURL)
   const imageURL = imgResponse?.data?.results[0].urls?.regular
 
-  const newTopic = new Topic({ name: name, image: imageURL })
+  const newTopic = new TopicModel({ name: name, image: imageURL })
 
   await newTopic.save()
   console.log('created new topic', { topic: newTopic })
diff --git a/pages/api/users/[userId].ts b/pages/api/users/[userId].ts
index 55f8986..d851aba 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/[userId].ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/[userId].ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
 const ObjectId = require('mongoose').Types.ObjectId
-import User from '@/db/models/User'
+import { UserModel } from '@/db/models'
 import { handleUnexpectedError, throw404 } from '@/helpers/APIHelper'
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
     /* UPDATE User */
     if (req.method === 'PATCH' && id) {
       try {
-        const user = await User.findById(id).exec()
+        const user = await UserModel.findById(id).exec()
         if (!user) return throw404(res, `player with ID ${id} does not exist`)
         if (user) {
           const updatedKeys: string[] = []
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
               /* updating settings */
               if (key === 'settings') {
                 if (value?.defaultTimer) {
-                  console.log('setting timer')
                   user[key].defaultTimer = value?.defaultTimer
+                  updatedKeys.push(key)
                 }
                 if (value?.autofillSessionName !== undefined) {
-                  console.log('boole')
                   user[key].autofillSessionName = value?.autofillSessionName
+                  updatedKeys.push(key)
                 }
               } else {
                 /* default updating */
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       /* GET User */
     } else if (req?.method === 'GET' && id) {
       try {
-        const user = await User.findById(id)
+        const user = await UserModel.findById(id)
         if (!user) {
           return throw404(res, `Player with Id ${id} not found`)
         }
diff --git a/pages/api/users/index.ts b/pages/api/users/index.ts
index 4e8df29..9429f58 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import dbConnect from '@/db/dbConnect'
-import User from '@/db/models/User'
+import { UserModel } from '@/db/models'
 import { throw404 } from '@/helpers/APIHelper'
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       }
     }
 
-    const existingPlayer = await User.exists({ username: username, email: email })
+    const existingPlayer = await UserModel.exists({ username: username, email: email })
     if (!existingPlayer) {
       try {
-        const player: any = new User({
+        const player: any = new UserModel({
           username: username,
           email: email,
           provider: provider,
@@ -42,9 +42,18 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       return existingPlayer
     }
   } else if (req?.method === 'GET') {
-    if (req?.query?.username) {
-      console.log('name found')
-      const user = await User.findOne({ username: req?.query?.username })
+    if (req?.query?.username && req?.query?.providerId) {
+      console.log('name and providerId')
+      const user = await UserModel.findOne({
+        username: req?.query?.username,
+        'provider.providerId': req?.query?.providerId,
+      })
+      if (!user) {
+        return throw404(res, `Player ${req?.query?.username} Does not have an account`)
+      }
+      return res.json(user)
+    } else if (req?.query?.username) {
+      const user = await UserModel.findOne({ username: req?.query?.username })
       if (!user) {
         return throw404(res, `Player ${req?.query?.username} Does not have an account`)
       }
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
       return res.json(user)
     }
-    const users = await User.find({}).limit(10).lean()
+    const users = await UserModel.find({}).limit(10).lean()
     return res.json(users)
   } else {
     console.error('Method not Allowed')