diff --git a/app/app.module.ts b/app/app.module.ts
index 1e180b7..882df90 100644
--- a/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/app/app.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { HttpModule } from "@angular/http";
 import { AppRoutingModule } from "./app-routing.module";
 
 import { InMemoryWebApiModule } from "angular-in-memory-web-api";
-import { InMemoryDataService } from "./in-memory-data.service";
+import { InMemoryDuckService } from "./in-memory-data.service";
 
 import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
 import { DuckDetailComponent } from "./duck-detail.component";
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ import { DashboardComponent } from "./dashboard.component";
 import { DucksComponent } from "./ducks.component";
 
 import { DuckService } from "./duck.service";
+import { UserService } from "./user.service";
 
 @NgModule({
     imports: [
         BrowserModule,
         HttpModule,
-        InMemoryWebApiModule.forRoot(InMemoryDataService),
+        InMemoryWebApiModule.forRoot(InMemoryDuckService),
         AppRoutingModule
     ],
     declarations: [
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ import { DuckService } from "./duck.service";
         DuckDetailComponent,
         DucksComponent
     ],
-    providers: [ DuckService ],
+    providers: [
+        DuckService,
+        UserService
+    ],
     bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
 })
 export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/app/in-memory-data.service.ts b/app/in-memory-data.service.ts
index 870d8d1..6acbfb1 100644
--- a/app/in-memory-data.service.ts
+++ b/app/in-memory-data.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { InMemoryDbService } from "angular-in-memory-web-api";
 
-export class InMemoryDataService implements InMemoryDbService {
+export class InMemoryDuckService implements InMemoryDbService {
     createDb() {
         let ducks = [
             {
@@ -18,3 +18,17 @@ export class InMemoryDataService implements InMemoryDbService {
         return {ducks};
     }
 }
+
+export class InMemoryUserService implements InMemoryDbService {
+    createDb() {
+        let users = [
+            {
+                id: 1,
+                username: 'epolger',
+                password: 'epolger'
+            }
+        ];
+
+        return {users};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/models.ts b/app/models.ts
index 5323ff5..b8e9d71 100644
--- a/app/models.ts
+++ b/app/models.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ export class Duck {
     name: string;
     color: string;
 }
+
+export class User {
+    id: number;
+    username: string;
+    password: string;
+}
diff --git a/app/user.service.ts b/app/user.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3704bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/user.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
+import { Headers, Http } from "@angular/http";
+
+import "rxjs/add/operator/toPromise";
+
+import { User } from "./models";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UserService {
+    private headers = new Headers({"Content-Type": "application/json"});
+    private usersUrl = 'app/users';
+
+    currentUser: User = null;
+
+    constructor(private http: Http) {}
+
+    getUsers(): Promise<User[]> {
+        return this.http.get(this.usersUrl)
+            .toPromise()
+            .then(response => response.json().data as User[])
+            .catch(this.handleError);
+    }
+
+    getUser(id: number): Promise<User> {
+        return this.getUsers()
+            .then(users => users.find(user => user.id === id));
+    }
+
+    create(username: string, password: string): Promise<User> {
+        return this.http.post(this.usersUrl,
+                              JSON.stringify(
+                                  {
+                                      username: name,
+                                      password: password
+                                  }),
+                              {headers: this.headers})
+            .toPromise()
+            .then(res => res.json().data)
+            .catch(this.handleError);
+    }
+
+    private handleError(error: any): Promise<any> {
+        console.error("An error occured", error);
+
+        return Promise.reject(error.message || error);
+    }
+}