diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js
index 87a267c..3805788 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/api/apiIndex.js
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ const apiIndex = async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
     if (req.cookies && req.cookies.token) {
       const token = req.cookies.token;
-      const verifiedToken = verifyToken(token);
-      res.status(200).json(verifiedToken.user)
+      const verifiedToken = await verifyToken(token);
+      res.status(200).send(verifiedToken.user)
     }
     res.status(200).json()
   }
 
-  catch {
+  catch (err) {
     res.status(500).json(err);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
index e03c4b0..5f65c2e 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/controllers/auth.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const signup = async (req, res, next) => {
     }
 
     const newUser = await userQueries.insertUser(secureUser)
-    signToken(res, newUser).status(201).json({...newUser});
+    signToken(res, newUser)
+    res.status(201).json({...newUser});
   } 
 
   catch (err) {
diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/middleware/userValidator.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/middleware/userValidator.js
index f88be78..b0d9084 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/middleware/userValidator.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/middleware/userValidator.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const validate = (req, res, next) => {
   }
   const extractedErrors = []
   errors.array().map(err => extractedErrors.push({ [err.param]: err.msg }))
-  
   return res.status(422).json({
     errors: extractedErrors,
   })
diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/server.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/server.js
index 41c3dea..87e4704 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/server.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/server.js
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ const apiRouter = require('./routes/api');
 
 const app = express();
 
-const allowedOrigin = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? process.env.REACT_ADDRESS : '*';
+const allowedOrigin = process.env.REACT_ADDRESS;
 const corsOptions = {
-  origin: allowedOrigin
+  origin: allowedOrigin,
+  credentials: true
 }
 
 app.options('*', cors(corsOptions));
diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/services/signToken.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/services/signToken.js
index a6cebb8..f7260a3 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/services/signToken.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/services/signToken.js
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ const signToken = (res, user) => {
   });
   return res.cookie('token', token, {
     expires: new Date(Date.now() + expiration),
-    secure: false, // set to true if your using https
-    httpOnly: true,
+    domain: process.env.DOMAIN,
+    // secure: false, // set to true if your using https
+    httpOnly: true
+    // path: '/api/v1'
   });
 };
 module.exports = signToken;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/socket.js b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/socket.js
index 8d47c2f..4708e7d 100644
--- a/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/socket.js
+++ b/packages/server/packages/play-node-go/server/socket.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   enableSocket: io => {
-    // io.on('connection', () => console.log('connected'))
     io.on('connection', ()=> {
       io.emit('connected', {message: 'socket connected'});
     })