diff --git a/controllers/api.go b/controllers/api.go
index 65c58161..87678c6f 100644
--- a/controllers/api.go
+++ b/controllers/api.go
@@ -1,26 +1,33 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	ctx "github.com/gorilla/context"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
 func API(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello api")
+	if u, err := json.Marshal(ctx.Get(r, "user")); err == nil {
+		writeJSON(w, u)
+	} else {
+		http.Error(w, "Server Error", 500)
+	}
 }
 
 //API_Campaigns returns a list of campaigns if requested via GET.
 //If requested via POST, API_Campaigns creates a new campaign and returns a reference to it.
 func API_Campaigns(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	switch {
 	case r.Method == "GET":
 
 	case r.Method == "POST":
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello POST!")
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello api")
+	//fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello api")
 }
 
 //API_Campaigns_Id returns details about the requested campaign. If the campaign is not
@@ -35,3 +42,8 @@ func API_Campaigns_Id(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func API_Doc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	getTemplate(w, "api_doc").ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", nil)
 }
+
+func writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, c []byte) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", c)
+}
diff --git a/controllers/route.go b/controllers/route.go
index 9422cbb8..e81eebbc 100644
--- a/controllers/route.go
+++ b/controllers/route.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func CreateRouter() *mux.Router {
 
 	// Create the API routes
 	api := router.PathPrefix("/api").Subrouter()
-	api.HandleFunc("/", API)
+	api.HandleFunc("/", Use(API, mid.RequireLogin))
 	api.HandleFunc("/campaigns", API_Campaigns)
 	api.HandleFunc("/campaigns/{id}", API_Campaigns_Id)
 	api.HandleFunc("/doc", API_Doc)
diff --git a/middleware/middleware.go b/middleware/middleware.go
index ca45dfb7..2105cf3e 100644
--- a/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func GetContext(handler http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {
 		// Put the session in the context so that
 		ctx.Set(r, "session", session)
 		if id, ok := session.Values["id"]; ok {
-			u, err := auth.GetUser(id.(int))
+			u, err := auth.GetUserById(id.(int))
 			if err != nil {
 				ctx.Set(r, "user", nil)
 			}
diff --git a/models/models.go b/models/models.go
index 454e4271..f7186236 100644
--- a/models/models.go
+++ b/models/models.go
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // User represents the user model for gophish.
 type User struct {
-	Id       int
-	Username string
-	Hash     string
-	APIKey   string
+	Id       int    `json:"id"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Hash     string `json:"-"`
+	APIKey   string `json:"apikey"`
 }
 
 // Flash is used to hold flash information for use in templates.