diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c389dd05..bda6cc30 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "editor.defaultFormatter": "biomejs.biome",
   "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-    "quickfix.biome": "explicit",
     "source.organizeImports.biome": "explicit"
   },
   "[json]": {
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/index.ts b/apps/api/v1/index.ts
index d6e1b2c8..fcf514eb 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import { authMiddleware } from './middlewares/auth'
 import authApp from './routes/auth'
+import usersApp from './routes/users'
 
 export const hono = new Hono()
 
-hono.use('*', authMiddleware())
-
-hono.get('/', (c) => {
-  return c.json({ message: 'Hello Hono!' })
-})
+hono.use('*', authMiddleware)
 
 hono.route('/auth', authApp)
+hono.route('/users', usersApp)
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/middlewares/auth.ts b/apps/api/v1/middlewares/auth.ts
index 6176b761..7c0acb55 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/middlewares/auth.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/middlewares/auth.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
-import { clerkMiddleware } from '@hono/clerk-auth'
+import type { User } from '@/prisma/generated/zod'
+import { clerkMiddleware, getAuth } from '@hono/clerk-auth'
+import { createMiddleware } from 'hono/factory'
+import { findUserById } from '../services/user.service'
 
-export const authMiddleware = clerkMiddleware
+declare module 'hono' {
+  interface ContextVariableMap {
+    user: User | null
+    userId: string | null
+  }
+}
+
+export const authMiddleware = createMiddleware(async (c, next) => {
+  await clerkMiddleware()(c, () => Promise.resolve())
+  const auth = getAuth(c)
+
+  if (!auth?.userId) {
+    c.set('userId', null)
+    c.set('user', null)
+    return c.json({ message: 'unauthorized' }, 401)
+  }
+
+  c.set('userId', auth.userId)
+
+  const user = await findUserById(auth.userId)
+
+  c.set('user', user)
+  c.header('x-user-id', auth.userId)
+
+  await next()
+})
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/routes/auth.ts b/apps/api/v1/routes/auth.ts
index 3d479e9f..a3f11ed8 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/routes/auth.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/routes/auth.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { getAuth } from '@hono/clerk-auth'
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
-import { HTTPException } from 'hono/http-exception'
 import { findUserById } from '../services/user.service'
 
 const router = new Hono()
@@ -9,13 +8,13 @@ router.get('/me', async (c) => {
   const auth = getAuth(c)
 
   if (!auth?.userId) {
-    throw new HTTPException(401, { message: 'unauthorized' })
+    return c.json({ message: 'unauthorized' }, 401)
   }
 
   const user = await findUserById(auth.userId)
 
   if (!user) {
-    throw new HTTPException(401, { message: 'unauthorized' })
+    return c.json({ message: 'unauthorized' }, 401)
   }
 
   return c.json(user)
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/routes/users.ts b/apps/api/v1/routes/users.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a564086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/v1/routes/users.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { zValidator } from '@hono/zod-validator'
+import { Hono } from 'hono'
+import { createUser } from '../services/user.service'
+import { zCreateUser } from '../validation'
+
+const router = new Hono()
+
+router.post('/', zValidator('json', zCreateUser), async (c) => {
+  const existingUser = c.get('user')
+
+  if (existingUser) {
+    return c.json({ message: 'user already exists' }, 409)
+  }
+
+  const userId = c.get('userId')!
+  const data = c.req.valid('json')
+
+  try {
+    const user = await createUser({ ...data, id: userId })
+    return c.json(user, 201)
+  } catch (e) {
+    return c.json({ userId, message: 'failed to create user', cause: e }, 500)
+  }
+})
+
+export default router
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/services/user.service.ts b/apps/api/v1/services/user.service.ts
index 74c128f6..810d3a89 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/services/user.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/services/user.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import prisma from '@/lib/prisma'
+import type { CreateUser } from '../validation'
 
 export async function findUserById(id: string) {
   return await prisma.user.findUnique({
@@ -7,3 +8,13 @@ export async function findUserById(id: string) {
     },
   })
 }
+
+export async function createUser(
+  data: CreateUser & {
+    id?: string
+  },
+) {
+  return await prisma.user.create({
+    data,
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/validation/index.ts b/apps/api/v1/validation/index.ts
index a6c270f9..bd8dc106 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/validation/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/validation/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export * from './auth.zod'
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './auth.zod'
+export * from './user.zod'
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/validation/user.zod.ts b/apps/api/v1/validation/user.zod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24936908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/v1/validation/user.zod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const zCreateUser = z.object({
+  email: z.string().email(),
+  password: z.string().min(6),
+  name: z.string().min(3),
+})
+
+export type CreateUser = z.infer<typeof zCreateUser>