diff --git a/src/handlers/user/mod.rs b/src/handlers/user/mod.rs
index 839e7ae..18bdb95 100644
--- a/src/handlers/user/mod.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/user/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // src/handlers/user/mod.rs
 
+pub mod register;
 pub mod user;
diff --git a/src/handlers/user/register.rs b/src/handlers/user/register.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79231ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/user/register.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// src/handlers/register/register.rs
+
+use axum::Json;
+use axum::http::StatusCode;
+use axum::response::IntoResponse;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct RegisterPayload {
+    pub email: String,
+    pub password: String,
+}
+
+impl RegisterPayload {
+    pub fn new(email: String, password: String) -> Self {
+        RegisterPayload { email, password }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn register(Json(_payload): Json<RegisterPayload>) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    // TODO: Implement register logic
+
+    (
+        StatusCode::OK,
+        Json(json!(
+            {
+                "message": "new user registered",
+                "data": {
+                    "user": {
+                        "email" : _payload.email,
+                        "password": _payload.password,
+                    }
+                },
+                "success": true,
+                "error": false,
+            }
+        )),
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/user/user.rs b/src/routes/user/user.rs
index 808a22d..ddead2b 100644
--- a/src/routes/user/user.rs
+++ b/src/routes/user/user.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 // src/routes/user/user.rs
 
-use axum::{Router, routing::get};
+use axum::{
+    Router,
+    routing::{get, post},
+};
 
+use crate::handlers::user::register::register;
 use crate::handlers::user::user::user;
 
 pub fn user_routes() -> Router {
-    Router::new().route("/", get(user))
+    Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(user))
+        .route("/register", post(register))
 }