diff --git a/pillar_tool/__init__.py b/pillar_tool/__init__.py
index da7095d..8ea4286 100644
--- a/pillar_tool/__init__.py
+++ b/pillar_tool/__init__.py
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@ def on_auth_error(request: Request, exc: Exception):
 
     return response
 
+def on_general_error(request: Request, exc: Exception):
+    print("wtf?")
+    response = PlainTextResponse(str(exc), status_code=500)
+
 app = FastAPI()
 app.add_middleware(AuthenticationMiddleware, backend=BasicAuthBackend(), on_error=on_auth_error)
+app.exception_handler(Exception)(on_general_error)
 
 @app.get("/")
 async def root():
     return {"message": "Hello World"}
 
-@app.get("/pillar/<param>")
+@app.get("/pillar/{param}")
 async def pillar(param: str):
-    print(param)
-    return JSONResponse(content={})
+    return JSONResponse(content={ "param": param })
diff --git a/pillar_tool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-313.pyc b/pillar_tool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-313.pyc
index de3857e..6908bf3 100644
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diff --git a/pillar_tool/middleware/__pycache__/basicauth_backend.cpython-313.pyc b/pillar_tool/middleware/__pycache__/basicauth_backend.cpython-313.pyc
index ea77e96..db5ed03 100644
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diff --git a/pillar_tool/middleware/basicauth_backend.py b/pillar_tool/middleware/basicauth_backend.py
index 6a35025..726fe6c 100644
--- a/pillar_tool/middleware/basicauth_backend.py
+++ b/pillar_tool/middleware/basicauth_backend.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import base64
 import binascii
+import hypercorn.logging
 
-from starlette.authentication import AuthenticationBackend, AuthenticationError
+from starlette.authentication import AuthenticationBackend, AuthenticationError, AuthCredentials, SimpleUser
 
 
 class BasicAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ class BasicAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
         except (ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError, binascii.Error):
             raise AuthenticationError('Invalid basic auth credentials')
 
+
         username, _, password = decoded.partition(":")
         if username == 'admin' and password == 'password':
-            return None
+            return AuthCredentials(["authenticated"]), SimpleUser('admin')
 
         raise AuthenticationError('Invalid basic auth credentials')