diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index feb6166..7cda2ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1164,6 +1164,10 @@ defmodule UsersTable do
     Pockets.put(@table, person_id, %{stripe_id: stripe_id, status: status})
   end
 
+  def fetch_user(person_id) do
+    Pockets.get(@table, person_id)
+  end
+
 end
 ```
 
@@ -1182,6 +1186,8 @@ If the file already exists, we open the file.
 - `create_user/3` receives a `stripe_id`, `person_id` and `status` 
 (pertaining to whether the payment has been made or not)
 and creates a user object.
+- `fetch_user/1` retrieves the persisted user
+according to the given` person_id`.
 
 Let's make use of some of these functions.
 We want to setup the `DETS` table on the process startup.
@@ -1199,6 +1205,12 @@ UsersTable.init()
 
 Awesome!
 
+
+
+# todo
+ver todo no checkout_session_controller.ex
+remove swoosh, mailer, postgres, ecto
+
 # Thanks!
 
 Thanks for learning about payment processing with us!
diff --git a/lib/app/users.ex b/lib/app/users.ex
index de4b75e..7a8055c 100644
--- a/lib/app/users.ex
+++ b/lib/app/users.ex
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@ defmodule UsersTable do
     Pockets.put(@table, person_id, %{stripe_id: stripe_id, status: status})
   end
 
+  def fetch_user(person_id) do
+    Pockets.get(@table, person_id)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/app_web/controllers/app_controller.ex b/lib/app_web/controllers/app_controller.ex
index eb95642..d4bc469 100644
--- a/lib/app_web/controllers/app_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/app_web/controllers/app_controller.ex
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ defmodule AppWeb.AppController do
   use AppWeb, :controller
 
   def home(conn, _params) do
-    # The home page is often custom made,
-    # so skip the default app layout.
-    render(conn, :app, layout: false)
+
+    person_id = conn.assigns.person.id
+    case UsersTable.fetch_user(person_id) do
+      nil ->
+        conn |> redirect(to: ~p"/")
+
+      _ ->
+        render(conn, :app, layout: false)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex b/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
index 4f9d9ec..30ddb3a 100644
--- a/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ defmodule AppWeb.PageController do
   use AppWeb, :controller
 
   def home(conn, _params) do
-    # The home page is often custom made,
-    # so skip the default app layout.
     render(conn, :home, layout: false)
   end
 
   def success(conn, %{"session_id" => session_id}) do
 
     case Stripe.Session.retrieve(session_id) do
-      {:ok, _session} ->
+      {:ok, session} ->
+
+        person_id = conn.assigns.person.id
+        UsersTable.create_user(%{person_id: person_id, stripe_id: session.customer, status: true})
+
         render(conn, :success, layout: false)
 
       {:error, _error} ->