diff --git a/controllers/baseAPI.go b/controllers/baseAPI.go
index 461b2c8..5d49b28 100644
--- a/controllers/baseAPI.go
+++ b/controllers/baseAPI.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"multitenantStack/models"
 	companydb "multitenantStack/services/companydb"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
-	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
 
 // BaseAPIController operations for APIs
@@ -14,7 +15,15 @@ type BaseAPIController struct {
 	BaseController
 }
 
-var jwtSession jwt.MapClaims
+type SessionData struct {
+	Email         string
+	CompanyName   string
+	CompanyUserID int
+	Exp           time.Time
+}
+
+var jwtSession SessionData
+var currentUser *models.CompanyUser
 var companyDB *sql.DB
 var o orm.Ormer
 
@@ -36,7 +45,18 @@ func (c *BaseAPIController) Prepare() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	jwtSession = token
+	jwtSession.Email = token["email"].(string)
+	jwtSession.CompanyName = token["companyName"].(string)
+	jwtSession.CompanyUserID = token["companyUserID"].(int)
+	jwtSession.Exp = token["exp"].(time.Time)
+
+	companyUser, err := models.GetCompanyUserById(o, int(jwtSession.CompanyUserID))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.ServeJSONError("Error retrieving Company User")
+		return
+	}
+	currentUser = companyUser
+
 	companyDB = db
 	o, err = orm.NewOrmWithDB("postgres", "company", companyDB)
 	if err != nil {