diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js b/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js
index c143d49f42604f3a929f67138c9283ac0e6e94b6..8ca107c7a2102f9bc163901673e44bb567668d4f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ document.getElementById("cancelButton").addEventListener("click", function(){
  */
 function editUser (event) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    let newInformation = {};
+    let newInformation = {
+        "username": document.getElementById("newUsername").value,
+        "password": document.getElementById("newPassword").value,
+    };
 
     fetch('../api/user/'+sessionStorage.getItem("userId"), {
         method: "PUT",
@@ -25,4 +28,15 @@ function editUser (event) {
             }
         })
         .catch(error => console.error(error));
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds user information to sessionStorage and redirects to app.html
+ * @param user contains user information as a JSON object
+ */
+function loadApplication(newInformation){
+    sessionStorage.setItem("userId", newInformation.userId);
+    sessionStorage.setItem("username", newInformation.username);
+    window.location.href = "../app.html"
 }