diff --git a/src/chat/context/index.jsx b/src/chat/context/index.jsx
index e2e4521..6242d6d 100644
--- a/src/chat/context/index.jsx
+++ b/src/chat/context/index.jsx
@@ -34,6 +34,33 @@ export const ChatProvider = ({ children }) => {
     localStorage.setItem("SESSIONS", JSON.stringify(stateToSave));
   }, [latestState.current]);
 
+  // get user
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetch("https://login.ki.fh-swf.de/openai/api/dashboard")
+      .catch(err => {
+        console.log("getting user: ", err);
+        window.location.href = "https://login.ki.fh-swf.de/openai/api/login";
+      })
+      .then(res => {
+        console.log("getting user: ", res.status);
+        if (res.status === 401) {
+          window.location.href = "https://login.ki.fh-swf.de/openai/api/login";
+        }
+        return res.json()
+      })
+      .then(data => {
+        const user = {
+          name: data.name,
+          preferred_userame: data.preferred_username,
+          email: data.email,
+          sub: data.sub
+        }
+        localStorage.setItem("USER", JSON.stringify(user));
+        dispatch({ type: "SET_STATE", payload: { user } });
+      })
+
+  }, [latestState.current.user])
+
   return (<>
     <ChatContext.Provider value={{ ...state, ...actionList }}>
       <MessagesContext.Provider value={dispatch}>
diff --git a/src/chat/context/initState.js b/src/chat/context/initState.js
index 229527e..43f1882 100644
--- a/src/chat/context/initState.js
+++ b/src/chat/context/initState.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export const initState = {
     apps: true,
   },
   typeingMessage: {},
+  user: null,
   version: "0.1.0",
   cotent: "",
 };