diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b624efee..1fa42cb49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "globalTeardown": "<rootDir>/src/jest/globalTeardown"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "apollo-cache-inmemory": "~1.3.11",
+    "apollo-cache-inmemory": "~1.3.12",
     "apollo-client": "~2.4.8",
     "apollo-link-http": "~1.5.9",
     "apollo-server": "~2.3.1",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "eslint": "~5.11.1",
     "eslint-config-standard": "~12.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "~2.14.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^22.1.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^22.1.3",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "~8.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "~4.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "~4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/jwt/strategy.js b/src/jwt/strategy.js
index 0807c3fd1..5b1ea1231 100644
--- a/src/jwt/strategy.js
+++ b/src/jwt/strategy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Strategy } from 'passport-jwt'
+import { fixUrl } from '../middleware/fixImageUrlsMiddleware'
 
 const cookieExtractor = (req) => {
   var token = null
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ const cookieExtractor = (req) => {
   return token
 }
 
-export default () => {
+export default (driver) => {
   const options = {
     jwtFromRequest: cookieExtractor,
     secretOrKey: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
@@ -17,16 +18,25 @@ export default () => {
   }
 
   return new Strategy(options,
-    (JWTPayload, next) => {
-      // usually this would be a database call:
-      // var user = users[_.findIndex(users, {id: JWTPayload.id})]
-      // TODO: fix https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend/issues/41
-      /* eslint-disable */
-      if (true) {
-      /* eslint-enable */
-        next(null, {})
+    async (JWTPayload, next) => {
+      const session = driver.session()
+      const result = await session.run(
+        'MATCH (user:User {id: $userId}) ' +
+        'RETURN user {.id, .slug, .name, .avatar, .email, .role} as user LIMIT 1',
+        {
+          userId: JWTPayload.id
+        }
+      )
+      session.close()
+      const [currentUser] = await result.records.map((record) => {
+        return record.get('user')
+      })
+
+      if (currentUser) {
+        currentUser.avatar = fixUrl(currentUser.avatar)
+        return next(null, currentUser)
       } else {
-        next(null, false)
+        return next(null, false)
       }
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 9a27aeb35..f10696f16 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const createServer = (options) => {
   }
   const server = new GraphQLServer(Object.assign({}, defaults, options))
 
-  passport.use('jwt', jwtStrategy())
+  passport.use('jwt', jwtStrategy(driver))
   server.express.use(passport.initialize())
 
   server.express.post('/graphql', passport.authenticate(['jwt'], { session: false }))
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ee9b4a0df..caf47bcca 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1014,16 +1014,16 @@ apollo-cache-control@^0.1.0:
   dependencies:
     graphql-extensions "^0.0.x"
 
-apollo-cache-inmemory@~1.3.11:
-  version "1.3.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-cache-inmemory/-/apollo-cache-inmemory-1.3.11.tgz#6cb8f24ec812715169f9acbb0b67833f9a19ec90"
-  integrity sha512-fSoyjBV5RV57J3i/VHDDB74ZgXc0PFiogheNFHEhC0mL6rg5e/DjTx0Vg+csIBk23gvlzTvV+eypx7Q2NJ+dYg==
+apollo-cache-inmemory@~1.3.12:
+  version "1.3.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-cache-inmemory/-/apollo-cache-inmemory-1.3.12.tgz#cf7ef7c15730d0b6787d79047d5c06087ac31991"
+  integrity sha512-jxWcW64QoYQZ09UH6v3syvCCl3MWr6bsxT3wYYL6ORi8svdJUpnNrHTcv5qXqJYVg/a+NHhfEt+eGjJUG2ytXA==
   dependencies:
-    apollo-cache "^1.1.21"
-    apollo-utilities "^1.0.26"
-    optimism "^0.6.6"
+    apollo-cache "^1.1.22"
+    apollo-utilities "^1.0.27"
+    optimism "^0.6.8"
 
-apollo-cache@1.1.22, apollo-cache@^1.1.21:
+apollo-cache@1.1.22, apollo-cache@^1.1.22:
   version "1.1.22"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-cache/-/apollo-cache-1.1.22.tgz#d4682ea6e8b2508a934f61c2fd9e36b4a65041d9"
   integrity sha512-8PoxhQLISj2oHwT7i/r4l+ly4y3RKZls+dtXzAewu3U77P9dNZKhYkRNAhx9iEfsrNoHgXBV8vMp64hb1uYh+g==
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ apollo-upload-server@^5.0.0:
     busboy "^0.2.14"
     object-path "^0.11.4"
 
-apollo-utilities@1.0.27, apollo-utilities@^1.0.0, apollo-utilities@^1.0.1, apollo-utilities@^1.0.26, apollo-utilities@^1.0.27:
+apollo-utilities@1.0.27, apollo-utilities@^1.0.0, apollo-utilities@^1.0.1, apollo-utilities@^1.0.27:
   version "1.0.27"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-utilities/-/apollo-utilities-1.0.27.tgz#77c550f9086552376eca3a48e234a1466b5b057e"
   integrity sha512-nzrMQ89JMpNmYnVGJ4t8zN75gQbql27UDhlxNi+3OModp0Masx5g+fQmQJ5B4w2dpRuYOsdwFLmj3lQbwOKV1Q==
@@ -2728,10 +2728,10 @@ eslint-plugin-import@~2.14.0:
     read-pkg-up "^2.0.0"
     resolve "^1.6.0"
 
-eslint-plugin-jest@^22.1.2:
-  version "22.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jest/-/eslint-plugin-jest-22.1.2.tgz#1ea36cc3faedbdb788e702ca633d635ca14e91e8"
-  integrity sha512-jSPT4rVmNetkeCIyrvvOM0wJtgoUSbKHIUDoOGzIISsg51eWN/nISPNKVM+jXMMDI9oowbyapOnpKSXlsLiDpQ==
+eslint-plugin-jest@^22.1.3:
+  version "22.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jest/-/eslint-plugin-jest-22.1.3.tgz#4444108dfcddc5d2117ed6dc551f529d7e73a99e"
+  integrity sha512-JTZTI6WQoNruAugNyCO8fXfTONVcDd5i6dMRFA5g3rUFn1UDDLILY1bTL6alvNXbW2U7Sc2OSpi8m08pInnq0A==
 
 eslint-plugin-node@~8.0.0:
   version "8.0.0"
@@ -5719,7 +5719,7 @@ opn@4.0.2:
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
     pinkie-promise "^2.0.0"
 
-optimism@^0.6.6:
+optimism@^0.6.8:
   version "0.6.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optimism/-/optimism-0.6.8.tgz#0780b546da8cd0a72e5207e0c3706c990c8673a6"
   integrity sha512-bN5n1KCxSqwBDnmgDnzMtQTHdL+uea2HYFx1smvtE+w2AMl0Uy31g0aXnP/Nt85OINnMJPRpJyfRQLTCqn5Weg==