diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js b/src/main/webapp/js/settings.js
index c143d49f42604f3a929f67138c9283ac0e6e94b6..0e576b05daeeefe943793c816cff10b8bde55e7e 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('username').value,
+        "password": document.getElementById('password').value
+    };
 
     fetch('../api/user/'+sessionStorage.getItem("userId"), {
         method: "PUT",
@@ -20,9 +23,20 @@ function editUser (event) {
             if (response === true) {
                 alert("Bruker oppdatert");
                 window.location.href = "../app.html";
+                loadApplication(newInformation);
             } else {
                 alert("Brukernavn eksisterer fra før, vennligst skriv inn et nytt brukernavn");
             }
         })
         .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(user){
+    sessionStorage.setItem("userId", user.userId);
+    sessionStorage.setItem("username", user.username);
+    window.location.href = "../app.html"
+
+}