diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-check.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb205be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Daily Check and Test
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Runs every day at midnight UTC
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - development
+
+jobs:
+  check_and_test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Check for changes
+      id: check_changes
+      run: |
+        git fetch origin test
+        git diff --exit-code origin/development origin/test
+
+    - name: Push to test branch
+      if: steps.check_changes.outcome == 'failure'
+      run: |
+        git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+        git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+        git checkout development
+        git push origin HEAD:test
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      if: steps.check_changes.outcome == 'failure'
+      run: |
+        npm install
+        npm test
+
+    - name: Notify via email
+      if: always()
+      uses: dawidd6/action-send-mail@v3
+      with:
+        server_address: smtp.gmail.com
+        server_port: 587
+        username: ${{ secrets.SMTP_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.SMTP_PASSWORD }}
+        subject: Daily Test Results
+        to: you@example.com
+        from: github-actions@example.com
+        content_type: text/html
+        body: |
+          Tests have passed successfully.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ba297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+#### 1.0.0 (2025-01-06)
+
+##### Build System / Dependencies
+
+*  package update (e8d32ef1)
+*  intergrating jest (a91a2ed1)
+*  setting up testing mechanicems (1c5c819a)
+*  preping app for test case running (b88e435c)
+*  gitignore update (f01507d7)
+*  adding devDependency (f2e9b21a)
+*  added express dev dependency (a7ae2da5)
+*  add dev dependency jwt (ea19d5af)
+*  fixed an error in npm package file (ebe9b94e)
+*  added base packages (1d704226)
+
+##### New Features
+
+*  adding autherization check (024f4ea2)
+*  fixing the error in admin log creation (61368091)
+*  improvements for subscription model (4aa80b33)
+*  add some more details (be3488d5)
+*  adding proper actions to admin controller (583983c9)
+*  add middleware (cf2f84e6)
+*  add middleware to verify token (16607fcf)
+*  add a jwt token creation (00d85396)
+*  add something to check the branch (daef7827)
+*  adding the tests back to branch (39849e6b)
+*  adding location model test (48ecd9bd)
+*  adding resources test cases (8236c14f)
+*  adding location test cases (46f6a3f5)
+*  adding subscription test cases (98e06a9b)
+*  adding notification testing code (b8c964e0)
+*  adding incident report test cases (41e94131)
+*  adding feedback controller tets (47a2b838)
+*  adding testing for alert controller (d8a1928e)
+*  adding alert model testing (6b624ffa)
+*  add test for user reports model (b53c6954)
+*  add user report controller tests (b6494088)
+*  added admin logs controller tests (6e9f5121)
+*  adding user controller testing (affff2ab)
+*  added user controller testing (76cf2fcd)
+*  conecting all the routes (12a9db18)
+*  adding new routes and removing old (4ab126fb)
+*  add save location function (806e481b)
+*  remove the transformation function (53e79f0a)
+*  changed the eo spatial index option (0bde8b15)
+*  main schema update (6268abdd)
+*  forecast schema (d31051cc)
+*  current weather schema (51ed54b6)
+*  adding schema for weather anomaly (8913bd1a)
+*  function to save location (74ed7dd0)
+*  get weather for saved locations (5fdbd976)
+*  looks for recent data (14d707e0)
+*  updated the get current location weather function (adf23543)
+*  adding the finished routes to index (5607b23c)
+*  removed unneccessary routes (2521b680)
+*  removed update and elete functions for adminlogs (1fda1145)
+*  changed getadminlogsbyid function (26205b71)
+*  changed getadminlogs function (752f9e6f)
+*  changed the adminlog creation function (6643a581)
+*  changed the admin logs model (01ace18b)
+*  connecting the shedulars to the app (9df95ff2)
+*  added weather service to fetch data from api (9acdc1b0)
+*  adding schedulars to run weather service (a2d7123b)
+*  added get nearby resources function (63010c6b)
+*  adding better pagination for querying (2a4f398f)
+*  improving change password function (13f7631a)
+*  adding a function to authenticate users (7893ca3d)
+*  improved delete user function (6b5fbf41)
+*  improving get user by Id (73400cd2)
+*  improving get all users function (449fc5d8)
+*  improved the current create user function (6f8eb2e8)
+*  adding function to check dbconnection (74e309ad)
+*  improving admin user check (38113970)
+*  improving verfied user check (ee9fa953)
+*  improving user type check (32ba78e3)
+*  adding better error handling and comments (35857821)
+*  added a modified version for just in case (beaf1499)
+*  improving the user model (1c95b5ba)
+*  improving user model (679c3ad1)
+* weatherRoutes.js (5ab12847)
+* weatherController.js (5b984577)
+* userReportRoutes.js (003ec489)
+* userReportController.js (0e13ed23)
+*  notificationRoutes.js (740961be)
+* userRoutes.js (5ac1fd18)
+*  notificationController.js (bf789875)
+*  locationRoutes.js (53f508d8)
+* userController.js (668333cf)
+*  locationController.js (24626185)
+*  incidentReportsRoutes.js (1272300c)
+*  incidentReportsController.js (5682c7de)
+* subscriptionRoutes.js (94d42b8e)
+*  feedbackRoutes.js (800c37be)
+*  feedbackController.js (f45a91a0)
+* subscriptionController.js (43247cec)
+*  alertsRoutes.js (c838b87d)
+*  alertsController.js (73dc4ea5)
+*  adminLogsRoutes.js (7b99a0a9)
+* resourceRoutes.js (f88e1bc3)
+*  adminLogsController.js (c5163068)
+* resourceController.js (198b02b0)
+*  adding db connection checker (785be652)
+*  adding user Routes (dd0dc7c1)
+*  added user controll functions (60bfc9ac)
+*  connect the routed to app (09c1cbb6)
+*  configured the routes (6358f3fb)
+*  adding auth middleware (9d8366e9)
+*  improved user model (2293dc6d)
+*  adminLogsController.js (815fb822)
+*  made improvements to the userReports and user models (7bb9189f)
+*  made improvements to location model (0cb5ffb2)
+*  feedback and incident report models (1394bfa4)
+*  alert and notification models (2ef50b88)
+*  weather data model (6306392a)
+*  add location model (b6e65148)
+*  add userReport model (06ca4cc7)
+*  added user model (7d49c282)
+*  starting point (c527094a)
+*  mongodb connection (1c4e6e11)
+
+##### Bug Fixes
+
+*  fixed linting issues (747d42a1)
+*  adding proper action tags (1e02166d)
+*  fixed major issues in user related functions (2d110327)
+*  adding proper action (4fb247e7)
+*  fixxing an issue in case insensitive locations (84843d20)
+*  correcting function name changes (129e353d)
+*  changing the line (7d9a452b)
+*  commenting for conflit (658a3074)
+*  updated the resource controller function to support more types (c739a71d)
+*  adding new controller functions (74de4c89)
+*  updating the incidentreport controller function (1ad1a2bb)
+*  now checks target_types are mapped or not before creating logs (f61645db)
+*  made location model use case-insensitive names (21294e2c)
+*  changing mapping and formating of adminlogs model (ca7e0e58)
+*  adding more target types to the adminlogs model (0d993644)
+*  trying to fix admin controller type error (783fe5af)
+* fixed an issue in routing (e49ab004)
+*  fixed an error in userRoutes.js (a3b44c3f)
+*  better structure for radability (cf9c5437)
+*  fixed a typo (7fb86abe)
+*  fixed some incorrect imports (254381e4)
+*  made updating user function work (d159dae3)
+*  changed the imports (0f9199e6)
+*  removing unused imports (d4d05a4d)
+*  fiexd the mongodb not connecting (da2c42b8)
+*  updated the get all users function (5cae4ea9)
+*  updated the create user function (d9bfdf30)
+
+##### Other Changes
+
+* userReportRoutes.js (375eec19)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (ec97ad2b)
+* subscriptionRoutes.js (3037424d)
+* index.js (be0fe87c)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (7375bd56)
+* feedbackRoutes.js (3a855ca7)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (fcdb6002)
+*  userReportController.js (7c3ab254)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (88658b8e)
+* alertsRoutes.js (5e3fa5b2)
+*  subscriptionController.js (54e3c591)
+*  feedbackController.js (3e74f421)
+*  added fixes for the latest issues" (316608d7)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (06e1daf4)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (e20b5be7)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (8a2092c0)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (551fbcb5)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (a034044e)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (77dce587)
+* //github.com/DisasterWatchHQ/disasterCatcher into development (4d551116)
+*  fixed a typo in package import (7d952725)
+*  fixed a typo (32b59574)
+*  adding error middleware (c80a1cc9)
+*  added 3 models (70dc2123)
+
+##### Refactors
+
+*  removed admin verifications (ce873f96)
+*  change controller functions to match the changes to model (22070f03)
+*  removing user types (dbc2a3e9)
+* feedbackRoutes.js (e5b7ae62)
+* feedbackController.js (436a00d6)
+*  incidentReportsRoutes.js (2933251e)
+* feedback.js (9a3f7b11)
+*  incidentReportsController.js (34e73eec)
+*  incidentReport.js (bce88d56)
+*  userController.js (d081a3e7)
+
diff --git a/controllers/userController.js b/controllers/userController.js
index 5372270..8e70cfb 100644
--- a/controllers/userController.js
+++ b/controllers/userController.js
@@ -6,20 +6,28 @@ const isValidObjectId = (id) => mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid(id);
 
 export const createUser = async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    const { name, email, password, type } = req.body;
+    const { name, email, password, workId, associated_department } = req.body;
 
-    if (!name || !email || !password) {
+    if (!name || !email || !password || !workId || !associated_department) {
       return res.status(400).json({
         success: false,
-        message: "Name, email, and password are required.",
+        message: "Name, email, password, work ID, and department are required.",
       });
     }
 
-    const existingUser = await User.findOne({ email: email.toLowerCase() });
+    const existingUser = await User.findOne({ 
+      $or: [
+        { email: email.toLowerCase() },
+        { workId: workId }
+      ]
+    });
+    
     if (existingUser) {
       return res.status(409).json({
         success: false,
-        message: "Email already registered.",
+        message: existingUser.email === email.toLowerCase() 
+          ? "Email already registered." 
+          : "Work ID already registered.",
       });
     }
 
@@ -27,12 +35,14 @@ export const createUser = async (req, res) => {
       name,
       email: email.toLowerCase(),
       password,
-      type: type || "anonymous",
+      workId,
+      associated_department,
+      isVerified: false, // Default to unverified
     });
 
     res.status(201).json({
       success: true,
-      message: "User created successfully.",
+      message: "User created successfully. Awaiting verification.",
       user,
     });
   } catch (error) {
@@ -44,16 +54,16 @@ export const createUser = async (req, res) => {
   }
 };
 
-// Get All Users with Pagination
 export const getAllUsers = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const page = parseInt(req.query.page) || 1;
     const limit = parseInt(req.query.limit) || 10;
-    const { type, email } = req.query;
+    const { department, email, isVerified } = req.query;
 
     const query = {};
-    if (type) query.type = type;
+    if (department) query.associated_department = department;
     if (email) query.email = new RegExp(email, "i");
+    if (isVerified !== undefined) query.isVerified = isVerified === 'true';
 
     const users = await User.find(query)
       .skip((page - 1) * limit)
@@ -190,6 +200,13 @@ export const authenticateUser = async (req, res) => {
       });
     }
 
+    if (!user.isVerified) {
+      return res.status(401).json({
+        success: false,
+        message: "Account not verified. Please wait for verification.",
+      });
+    }
+
     const isMatch = await user.comparePassword(password);
     if (!isMatch) {
       return res.status(401).json({
@@ -203,7 +220,7 @@ export const authenticateUser = async (req, res) => {
     await user.save();
 
     const token = jwt.sign(
-      { userId: user._id, type: user.type },
+      { userId: user._id },
       process.env.JWT_SECRET,
       { expiresIn: "24h" },
     );
@@ -223,7 +240,8 @@ export const authenticateUser = async (req, res) => {
         id: user._id,
         name: user.name,
         email: user.email,
-        type: user.type,
+        department: user.associated_department,
+        isVerified: user.isVerified
       },
     });
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
index 04e96b3..5250a1a 100644
--- a/models/users.js
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -29,14 +29,10 @@ const userSchema = new Schema(
       required: [true, "Password is required"],
       minlength: [6, "Password must be at least 6 characters"],
     },
-    type: {
+    workId: {
       type: String,
-      required: true,
-      enum: {
-        values: ["registered", "verified", "anonymous", "admin"],
-        message: "{VALUE} is not supported",
-      },
-      default: "anonymous",
+      required: [true, "Work ID is required"],
+      unique: true,
     },
     location: locationSchema,
     associated_department: {
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@ const userSchema = new Schema(
         message: "{VALUE} is not a valid department",
       },
     },
-    verification_status: {
+    isVerified: {
       type: Boolean,
       default: false,
     },
@@ -61,7 +57,6 @@ const userSchema = new Schema(
   },
 );
 
-/// Password hashing middleware
 userSchema.pre("save", async function (next) {
   if (!this.isModified("password")) return next();
 
@@ -74,7 +69,6 @@ userSchema.pre("save", async function (next) {
   }
 });
 
-// Compare password method
 userSchema.methods.comparePassword = async function (candidatePassword) {
   try {
     return await bcrypt.compare(candidatePassword, this.password);
@@ -83,7 +77,6 @@ userSchema.methods.comparePassword = async function (candidatePassword) {
   }
 };
 
-// JSON transform
 userSchema.methods.toJSON = function () {
   const userObject = this.toObject();
   delete userObject.password;
@@ -91,10 +84,11 @@ userSchema.methods.toJSON = function () {
   return userObject;
 };
 
-/// Indexes
-userSchema.index({ email: 1 });
-userSchema.index({ type: 1 });
-userSchema.index({ "location.latitude": 1, "location.longitude": 1 });
+userSchema.index(
+  { "location.latitude": 1, "location.longitude": 1 },
+  { sparse: true },
+);
+userSchema.index({ workId: 1 }, { unique: true });
 
 const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);
 export default User;
diff --git a/routes/userRoutes.js b/routes/userRoutes.js
index 83277c1..b33ee9e 100644
--- a/routes/userRoutes.js
+++ b/routes/userRoutes.js
@@ -8,23 +8,20 @@ import {
   authenticateUser,
   changePassword,
 } from "../controllers/userController.js";
-import {
-  protectRoute,
-  verifyUserType,
-  verifyToken,
-} from "../middlewares/authMiddleware.js";
+import { protectRoute, verifyToken } from "../middlewares/authMiddleware.js";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router.post("/login", authenticateUser);
-
 router.post("/register", createUser);
+
+// All routes below this middleware require authentication
 router.use(protectRoute, verifyToken);
 
-router.get("/", verifyUserType("admin"), getAllUsers);
+router.get("/", getAllUsers);
 router.get("/:id", getUserById);
 router.put("/:id", updateUser);
 router.delete("/:id", deleteUser);
-router.put("/change-password/:id", changePassword);
+router.post("/:id/change-password", changePassword);
 
-export default router;
+export default router;
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