diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cdccbaa..e98619b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ name = "backend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bcrypt",
+ "bincode",
  "bytes",
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
@@ -139,6 +140,26 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "383d29d513d8764dcdc42ea295d979eb99c3c9f00607b3692cf68a431f7dca72"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36eaf5d7b090263e8150820482d5d93cd964a81e4019913c972f4edcc6edb740"
+dependencies = [
+ "bincode_derive",
+ "serde",
+ "unty",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode_derive"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf95709a440f45e986983918d0e8a1f30a9b1df04918fc828670606804ac3c09"
+dependencies = [
+ "virtue",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.10.0"
@@ -2012,6 +2033,12 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unty"
+version = "0.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d49784317cd0d1ee7ec5c716dd598ec5b4483ea832a2dced265471cc0f690ae"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.18.1"
@@ -2035,6 +2062,12 @@ version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "virtue"
+version = "0.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "051eb1abcf10076295e815102942cc58f9d5e3b4560e46e53c21e8ff6f3af7b1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index a2eac1e..15f612f 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ bytes = "1"
 rocket_prost_responder_derive = { path = "rocket_prost_responder_derive" }
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["v4"] }
 bcrypt = "0.17.1"
+bincode = "2.0.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.14.1"
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 7565938..b100b64 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
 use rocket::fs::FileServer;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ impl std::ops::Deref for User {
 fn get_user(
     _token: auth::Token,
     user_list: &rocket::State<Mutex<Vec<User>>>,
-    name: String,
+    name: &str,
 ) -> Option<items::Person> {
     let users = user_list.lock().unwrap();
     users
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ fn get_users(
 fn get_game(
     _token: auth::Token,
     game_list: &rocket::State<Vec<Game>>,
-    title: String,
+    title: &str,
 ) -> Option<items::Game> {
     game_list.iter().find(|g| g.title == title).cloned()
 }
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ async fn index_fallback() -> Option<rocket::fs::NamedFile> {
     None
 }
 
-#[launch]
-fn rocket() -> _ {
+#[rocket::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let mut game_list: Vec<Game> = Vec::new();
     let mut user_list: Vec<User> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -139,4 +140,9 @@ fn rocket() -> _ {
         )
         .mount("/", routes![index_fallback])
         .mount("/", FileServer::new("frontend/dist"))
+        .launch()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(e.to_string()))?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api.ts b/frontend/src/api.ts
index fdb3ef7..545c1c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export const apiFetch = async (
   const response = await fetch(url, config);
 
   if (!response.ok) {
+    if (response.status == 401) {
+      localStorage.removeItem("token");
+      window.location.href = "/";
+    }
     throw new Error(`Request failed with status ${response.status}`);
   }