diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/controller/user/UserController.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/controller/user/UserController.java
index d7571c7a9189e5828967dcdc0c849a7d7c1a7626..0edc6d6e07f392c6a38810895b439221861a017f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/controller/user/UserController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/controller/user/UserController.java
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ public class UserController {
                 .lastName(user.lastName())
                 .dateOfBirth(user.birthDate())
                 .enabled(true)
-                .authorities(new ArrayList<>())
+                .authority(Authority.USER)
                 .build();
         userService.saveUser(newUser);
-        userService.addAuthorityToUser(newUser.getUsername(), Authority.USER);
         newUser.setPassword(null);
         return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.CREATED).body(newUser);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/AuthorityTable.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/AuthorityTable.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a1446f49db8b2921bf4a4bcbdc7ddf22cac9392e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/AuthorityTable.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
-import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
-import jakarta.persistence.Id;
-import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Getter;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.dto.enums.Authority;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-@Entity
-@NoArgsConstructor
-@AllArgsConstructor
-@Getter
-public class AuthorityTable {
-    public AuthorityTable(Authority authority) {
-        this.authority = authority;
-    }
-
-    @Id
-    private Authority authority;
-
-
-    @ManyToMany(mappedBy = "authorities")
-    @JsonIgnoreProperties({"authorities", "password"})
-    private List<User> users;
-
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a user to the authority
-     * @param user user to add
-     */
-    public void addUser(User user){
-        if(users == null)
-            users = new ArrayList<>();
-        users.add(user);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/User.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/User.java
index e9cf55479aa16f32ca269a7a528266381731c2cb..b0a8868055ad246016e1f09faac6830f7bfec189 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/User.java
@@ -79,13 +79,9 @@ public class User implements UserDetails {
     private List<Recipe> recipes;
 
 
-    @ManyToMany
-    @JoinTable(
-            name = "user_authority",
-            joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "username"),
-            inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "authority"))
-    @JsonIgnoreProperties({"users"})
-    private List<AuthorityTable> authorities = new ArrayList<>();
+    @Column(name = "authority")
+    private Authority authority;
+
 
 
     /**
@@ -128,9 +124,7 @@ public class User implements UserDetails {
      */
     @Override
     public Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities() {
-        return List.of(this.authorities.stream().map(AuthorityTable::getAuthority)
-                .map(Authority::toString).map(SimpleGrantedAuthority::new)
-                .toArray(GrantedAuthority[]::new));
+        return List.of(new SimpleGrantedAuthority(this.authority.toString()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -187,11 +181,5 @@ public class User implements UserDetails {
         return this.enabled;
     }
 
-    public void addAuthority(AuthorityTable authority){
-        if (this.authorities == null) {
-            this.authorities = new ArrayList<>();
-        }
-        this.authorities.add(authority);
-    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/user/AuthoritesRepository.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/user/AuthoritesRepository.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d2140f7cb3294e5d39bd41c02d0b024fcd919ceb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/user/AuthoritesRepository.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.user;
-
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.dto.enums.Authority;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.AuthorityTable;
-import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
-
-/**
- * AuthoritesRepository is a repository for Authorites.
- */
-public interface AuthoritesRepository extends JpaRepository<AuthorityTable, Authority> {
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesService.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 887daed938288a73be6cfebb16fc46998cf72240..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.service.user;
-
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.dto.enums.Authority;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.AuthorityTable;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.User;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.user.AuthoritesRepository;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-
-import java.util.Optional;
-
-/**
- * AuthoritesService is a service for Authorites.
- * It is used to get an authority by the authority.
- * If the authority does not exist, it will be created.
- * @author Birk
- * @version 1.0
- * @since 25.04.2023
- */
-@Service
-@AllArgsConstructor
-public class AuthoritesService {
-    private final AuthoritesRepository authoritesRepository;
-
-    /**
-     * Gets an authority by the authority.
-     * @param auth The authority to get
-     * @return The authority if it exists, otherwise it will be created and returned
-     */
-    public AuthorityTable getAuthorityByAuth(Authority auth){
-
-        Optional<AuthorityTable> temp =  authoritesRepository.findById(auth);
-
-        return temp.orElseGet(() -> authoritesRepository.save(new AuthorityTable(auth)));
-
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a user to an authority.
-     * @param auth The authority to add the user to
-     * @param user The user to add to the authority
-     */
-    public void addUserToAuthoriy(AuthorityTable auth, User user){
-        auth.addUser(user);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/UserService.java b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/UserService.java
index 4fce289e2eab5ffd8e83878cbb2b69883178edcb..3343a58ca1ab85c8d6973b0e08259b38fec0eeed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/UserService.java
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.dto.enums.Authority;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.Recipe;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.product.Allergy;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.AuthorityTable;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.User;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.AllergyRepository;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.user.AuthoritesRepository;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.user.UserRepository;
 import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.service.RecipeService;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
@@ -32,10 +30,6 @@ public class UserService {
 
     private RecipeService recipeService;
 
-    private AuthoritesService authoritesService;
-
-    private AuthoritesRepository authoritesRepository;
- 
     AllergyRepository allergyRepository;
 
     /**
@@ -132,24 +126,6 @@ public class UserService {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * Adds authority to user
-     * @param username  username of user
-     * @param authority authority to add
-     * @return user with added authority
-     */
-    public User addAuthorityToUser(String username, Authority authority){
-        User user = userRepository.findByUsername(username)
-                .orElseThrow(()-> new UsernameNotFoundException("did not find user"));
-        AuthorityTable auth = authoritesService.getAuthorityByAuth(authority);
-
-        user.addAuthority(auth);
-        auth.addUser(user);
-
-        authoritesRepository.save(auth);
-
-        return userRepository.save(user);
-    }
 
     /**
      * Adds allergy to user
diff --git a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/UserTest.java b/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/UserTest.java
index 30af02fb6b242a397b57a5bbb6a280d7db913b5a..596e6312bc5754daddbaddfdbce5a0d3569e879c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/UserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/entity/user/UserTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class UserTest {
     void testGetAuthorities() {
         User user = User.builder()
                 .username("johndoe")
-                .authorities(List.of(new AuthorityTable(Authority.USER)))
+                .authority(Authority.USER)
                 .build();
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/UserRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/UserRepositoryTest.java
index 4ccae7cd321fde8006936e13b0fe23f358b35120..5df6c84e015db2761bb7f4c4c3486ed634e179bf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/UserRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/repository/UserRepositoryTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class UserRepositoryTest {
                 .email("testuser@example.com")
                 .firstName("Test")
                 .lastName("User")
-                .authorities(new ArrayList<>())
+                .authority(Authority.USER)
                 .dateOfBirth(Date.valueOf("1990-01-01"))
                 .build();
         entityManager.persist(user);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class UserRepositoryTest {
                 .email("testuser@example.no")
                 .firstName("TestUSERNAME")
                 .lastName("UserTEST")
-                .authorities(new ArrayList<>())
+                .authority(Authority.USER)
                 .dateOfBirth(Date.valueOf("1989-01-01"))
                 .build();
         userRepository.save(user);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class UserRepositoryTest {
                 .email("newemail@example.com")
                 .firstName("New")
                 .lastName("Name")
-                .authorities(new ArrayList<>())
+                .authority(Authority.USER)
                 .dateOfBirth(Date.valueOf("1995-01-01"))
                 .build();
         userRepository.save(modifiedUser);
diff --git a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesServiceTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 40e970ebb20594f2512f02a0533217735ff9381d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/java/ntnu/idatt2016/v233/SmartMat/service/user/AuthoritesServiceTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.service.user;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
-
-import java.util.Optional;
-
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.dto.enums.Authority;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.AuthorityTable;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.entity.user.User;
-import ntnu.idatt2016.v233.SmartMat.repository.user.AuthoritesRepository;
-
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-
-class AuthoritesServiceTest {
-
-    @InjectMocks
-    private AuthoritesService authoritesService;
-
-    @Mock
-    private AuthoritesRepository authoritesRepository;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() {
-        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testGetAuthorityByAuth() {
-        Authority authorityType = Authority.USER;
-        AuthorityTable authorityTable = new AuthorityTable(authorityType);
-
-        when(authoritesRepository.findById(authorityType)).thenReturn(Optional.of(authorityTable));
-
-        AuthorityTable result = authoritesService.getAuthorityByAuth(authorityType);
-
-        assertEquals(authorityType, result.getAuthority());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testGetAuthorityByAuthCreateNew() {
-        Authority authorityType = Authority.ADMIN;
-
-        when(authoritesRepository.findById(authorityType)).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
-        when(authoritesRepository.save(any(AuthorityTable.class))).thenAnswer(invocation -> invocation.getArgument(0));
-
-        AuthorityTable result = authoritesService.getAuthorityByAuth(authorityType);
-
-        assertEquals(authorityType, result.getAuthority());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testAddUserToAuthority() {
-        Authority authorityType = Authority.USER;
-        AuthorityTable authorityTable = new AuthorityTable(authorityType);
-        User user = new User();
-        user.setUsername("testUser");
-
-        authoritesService.addUserToAuthoriy(authorityTable, user);
-
-        assertNotNull(authorityTable.getUsers());
-        assertTrue(authorityTable.getUsers().contains(user));
-    }
-}