diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97db62e..668ccf1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ clean: remove-podman-containers
 	cd backend && make clean
 	@echo "Cleaned up!"
 
-.PHONY: itest
-itest:
-	python testing.py
-
 # Cleans up everything related to podman, not just the project. Make sure you understand what this means.
 podman-clean:
 	podman system reset --force
diff --git a/backend/internal/database/db.go b/backend/internal/database/db.go
index ef365cd..6b8a990 100644
--- a/backend/internal/database/db.go
+++ b/backend/internal/database/db.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 type Database interface {
 	// Insert a new user into the database, password should be hashed before calling
 	AddUser(username string, password string) error
-	CheckUser(username string, password string) bool
 	RemoveUser(username string) error
 	PromoteToAdmin(username string) error
 	GetUserId(username string) (int, error)
@@ -78,15 +77,6 @@ func DbConnect(dbpath string) Database {
 	return &Db{db}
 }
 
-func (d *Db) CheckUser(username string, password string) bool {
-	var dbPassword string
-	err := d.Get(&dbPassword, "SELECT password FROM users WHERE username = ?", username)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return dbPassword == password
-}
-
 // GetProjectsForUser retrieves all projects associated with a specific user.
 func (d *Db) GetProjectsForUser(username string) ([]types.Project, error) {
 	var projects []types.Project
diff --git a/backend/internal/handlers/global_state.go b/backend/internal/handlers/global_state.go
index 415b215..f7172f5 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handlers/global_state.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handlers/global_state.go
@@ -106,20 +106,18 @@ func (gs *GState) IncrementButtonCount(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 
 // Login is a simple login handler that returns a JWT token
 func (gs *GState) Login(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-	// The body type is identical to a NewUser
-	u := new(types.NewUser)
-	if err := c.BodyParser(u); err != nil {
-		return c.Status(400).SendString(err.Error())
-	}
+	// To test: curl --data "user=user&pass=pass" http://localhost:8080/api/login
+	user := c.FormValue("user")
+	pass := c.FormValue("pass")
 
-	if !gs.Db.CheckUser(u.Username, u.Password) {
-		println("User not found")
+	// Throws Unauthorized error
+	if user != "user" || pass != "pass" {
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusUnauthorized)
 	}
 
 	// Create the Claims
 	claims := jwt.MapClaims{
-		"name":  u.Username,
+		"name":  user,
 		"admin": false,
 		"exp":   time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix(),
 	}
diff --git a/testing.py b/testing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fa97567..0000000
--- a/testing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-import string
-import random
-
-
-def randomString(len=10):
-    """Generate a random string of fixed length"""
-    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
-    return "".join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(len))
-
-
-# Defined once per test run
-username = randomString()
-token = None
-
-# The base URL of the API
-base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
-
-# Endpoint to test
-registerPath = base_url + "/api/register"
-loginPath = base_url + "/api/login"
-addProjectPath = base_url + "/api/project"
-
-
-# Define a function to prform POST request with data and return response
-def register(username: string, password: string):
-    print("Registering with username: ", username, " and password: ", password)
-    response = requests.post(
-        registerPath, json={"username": username, "password": password}
-    )
-    print(response.text)
-    return response
-
-
-def login(username: string, password: string):
-    print("Logging in with username: ", username, " and password: ", password)
-    response = requests.post(
-        loginPath, json={"username": username, "password": password}
-    )
-    print(response.text)
-    return response
-
-
-def test_login():
-    response = login(username, "always_same")
-    assert response.status_code == 200, "Login failed"
-    print("Login successful")
-    return response.json()["token"]
-
-
-# Define a function to test the POST request
-def test_create_user():
-    response = register(username, "always_same")
-    assert response.status_code == 200, "Registration failed"
-    print("Registration successful")
-
-
-def test_add_project():
-    loginResponse = login(username, "always_same")
-    token = loginResponse.json()["token"]
-    projectName = randomString()
-    response = requests.post(
-        addProjectPath,
-        json={"name": projectName, "description": "This is a project"},
-        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token},
-    )
-    print(response.text)
-    assert response.status_code == 200, "Add project failed"
-    print("Add project successful")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    test_create_user()
-    test_login()
-    test_add_project()