diff --git a/client/src/constants.tsx b/client/src/constants.tsx
index dccc503..ad5b80b 100644
--- a/client/src/constants.tsx
+++ b/client/src/constants.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // constants.tsx
 const ENV_VARIABLES = {
-    MODE: 'production',
+    MODE: process.env.MODE || "production",
     VITE_BACKEND_URL: process.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL || "",
     BACKEND_URL: process.env.SITE_URL != undefined ? `${process.env.SITE_URL}${process.env.USE_PORTS ? `:${process.env.BACKEND_PORT}`:''}` : process.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL || '',
     FRONTEND_URL: process.env.SITE_URL != undefined ? `${process.env.SITE_URL}${process.env.USE_PORTS ? `:${process.env.PORT}`:''}` : ''
diff --git a/client/src/pages/Teacher/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx b/client/src/pages/Teacher/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
index cbb9f68..cdae619 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/Teacher/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/Teacher/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ const Dashboard: React.FC = () => {
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const fetchData = async () => {
-            if (!ApiService.isLoggedIn()) {
+            const isLoggedIn = await ApiService.isLoggedIn();
+            console.log(`Dashboard: isLoggedIn: ${isLoggedIn}`);
+            if (!isLoggedIn) {
                 navigate('/teacher/login');
                 return;
             } else {
@@ -247,10 +249,8 @@ const Dashboard: React.FC = () => {
         // Otherwise the quiz is invalid
         for (let i = 0; i < questions.length; i++) {
             try {
-                // questions[i] = QuestionService.ignoreImgTags(questions[i]);
                 const parsedItem = parse(questions[i]);
                 Template(parsedItem[0]);
-                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
             } catch (error) {
                 console.error('Error parsing question:', error);
                 return false;
diff --git a/client/src/services/ApiService.tsx b/client/src/services/ApiService.tsx
index f1c4134..20b9fca 100644
--- a/client/src/services/ApiService.tsx
+++ b/client/src/services/ApiService.tsx
@@ -200,15 +200,12 @@ class ApiService {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @returns true if  successful 
-     * @returns A error string if unsuccessful,
-     */
-    /**
+/**
  * @returns true if successful
  * @returns An error string if unsuccessful
  */
 public async login(email: string, password: string): Promise<any> {
+    console.log(`login: email: ${email}, password: ${password}`);
     try {
         if (!email || !password) {
             throw new Error("L'email et le mot de passe sont requis.");
@@ -218,11 +215,16 @@ public async login(email: string, password: string): Promise<any> {
         const headers = this.constructRequestHeaders();
         const body = { email, password };
 
+        console.log(`login: POST ${url} body: ${JSON.stringify(body)}`);
         const result: AxiosResponse = await axios.post(url, body, { headers: headers });
+        console.log(`login: result: ${result.status}, ${result.data}`);
 
         // If login is successful, redirect the user
         if (result.status === 200) {
-            window.location.href = result.request.responseURL;
+            //window.location.href = result.request.responseURL;
+            this.saveToken(result.data.token);
+            this.saveUsername(result.data.username);
+            window.location.href = '/teacher/dashboard';
             return true;
         } else {
             throw new Error(`La connexion a échoué. Statut: ${result.status}`);
@@ -1168,4 +1170,4 @@ public async login(email: string, password: string): Promise<any> {
 }
 
 const apiService = new ApiService();
-export default apiService;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default apiService;
diff --git a/client/src/services/AuthService.tsx b/client/src/services/AuthService.tsx
index bca616d..050ac82 100644
--- a/client/src/services/AuthService.tsx
+++ b/client/src/services/AuthService.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ class AuthService {
 
     async fetchAuthData(){
         try {
+            // console.info(`MODE: ${ENV_VARIABLES.MODE}`);
+            // if (ENV_VARIABLES.MODE === 'development') {
+            //     return { authActive: true };
+            // }
             const response = await fetch(this.constructRequestUrl('/auth/getActiveAuth'));
             const data = await response.json();
+            console.log('Data:', JSON.stringify(data));
             return data.authActive;
         } catch (error) {
             console.error('Erreur lors de la récupération des données d\'auth:', error);
@@ -25,4 +30,4 @@ class AuthService {
 }
 
 const authService = new AuthService();
-export default authService;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default authService;
diff --git a/server/auth/auth-manager.js b/server/auth/auth-manager.js
index bdcc4d7..0233672 100644
--- a/server/auth/auth-manager.js
+++ b/server/auth/auth-manager.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class AuthManager{
         this.addModules()
         this.simpleregister = userModel;
         this.registerAuths()
+        console.log(`AuthManager: constructor: this.configs: ${JSON.stringify(this.configs)}`);
     }
 
     getUserModel(){
@@ -54,17 +55,22 @@ class AuthManager{
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
     async login(userInfo,req,res,next){ //passport and simpleauth use next
-        const tokenToSave = jwt.create(userInfo.email, userInfo._id,userInfo.roles);
+        const tokenToSave = jwt.create(userInfo.email, userInfo._id, userInfo.roles);
         res.redirect(`/auth/callback?user=${tokenToSave}&username=${userInfo.name}`);
         console.info(`L'utilisateur '${userInfo.name}' vient de se connecter`)
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
     async loginSimple(email,pswd,req,res,next){ //passport and simpleauth use next
+        console.log(`auth-manager: loginSimple: email: ${email}, pswd: ${pswd}`);
         const userInfo = await this.simpleregister.login(email, pswd);
-        const tokenToSave = jwt.create(userInfo.email, userInfo._id,userInfo.roles);
-        res.redirect(`/auth/callback?user=${tokenToSave}&username=${userInfo.name}`);
-        console.info(`L'utilisateur '${userInfo.name}' vient de se connecter`)
+        console.log(`auth-manager: loginSimple: userInfo: ${JSON.stringify(userInfo)}`);
+        userInfo.roles = ['teacher']; // hard coded role
+        const tokenToSave = jwt.create(userInfo.email, userInfo._id, userInfo.roles);
+        console.log(`auth-manager: loginSimple: tokenToSave: ${tokenToSave}`);
+        //res.redirect(`/auth/callback?user=${tokenToSave}&username=${userInfo.email}`);
+        res.status(200).json({token: tokenToSave});
+        console.info(`L'utilisateur '${userInfo.email}' vient de se connecter`)
     }
 
     async register(userInfos){
diff --git a/server/auth/modules/simpleauth.js b/server/auth/modules/simpleauth.js
index e2c9300..dde467b 100644
--- a/server/auth/modules/simpleauth.js
+++ b/server/auth/modules/simpleauth.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class SimpleAuth {
     }
 
     async authenticate(self, req, res, next) {
+        console.log(`authenticate: ${JSON.stringify(req.body)}`);
         try {
             const { email, password } = req.body;
     
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class SimpleAuth {
             }
             
             await self.authmanager.loginSimple(email, password, req, res, next);
+            // return res.status(200).json({ message: 'Logged in' });
         } catch (error) {
             const statusCode = error.statusCode || 500;
             const message = error.message || "An internal server error occurred";
@@ -120,4 +122,4 @@ class SimpleAuth {
 
 }
 
-module.exports = SimpleAuth;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = SimpleAuth;
diff --git a/server/config/auth.js b/server/config/auth.js
index 72e89ed..0bec1b1 100644
--- a/server/config/auth.js
+++ b/server/config/auth.js
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ class AuthConfig {
   // Méthode pour lire le fichier de configuration JSON
   loadConfig() {
     try {
+      console.info(`Chargement du fichier de configuration: ${configPath}`);
       const configData = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf-8');
       this.config = JSON.parse(configData);
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Erreur lors de la lecture du fichier de configuration. Ne pas se fier si vous n'avez pas mit de fichier de configuration.");
+      console.error("Erreur lors de la lecture du fichier de configuration. Ne pas se fier si vous n'avez pas mis de fichier de configuration.");
       this.config = {};
       throw error;
     }
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ class AuthConfig {
 
   // Méthode pour retourner la configuration des fournisseurs PassportJS pour le frontend
   getActiveAuth() {
+    console.log(`getActiveAuth: this.config: ${JSON.stringify(this.config)}`);
+    console.log(`getActiveAuth: this.config.auth: ${JSON.stringify(this.config.auth)}`);
     if (this.config && this.config.auth) {
       const passportConfig = {};
 
diff --git a/server/models/users.js b/server/models/users.js
index d048d9f..2be1aa3 100644
--- a/server/models/users.js
+++ b/server/models/users.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Users {
   }
 
   async login(email, password) {
+    console.log(`models/users: login: email: ${email}, password: ${password}`);
     try {
       await this.db.connect();
       const conn = this.db.getConnection();
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class Users {
         error.statusCode = 401; 
         throw error;
       }
-
+      console.log(`models/users: login: FOUND user: ${JSON.stringify(user)}`);
       return user;
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error);