diff --git a/frontend/src/components/hosted/AppContainer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/hosted/AppContainer.tsx
index f081d29..06a04d6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/hosted/AppContainer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/hosted/AppContainer.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import { SignUp, UserButton, useUser } from "@clerk/clerk-react";
 import App from "../../App";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { AlertDialog } from "@radix-ui/react-alert-dialog";
 import { AlertDialogContent } from "../ui/alert-dialog";
 import FullPageSpinner from "../custom-ui/FullPageSpinner";
+import { useAuthenticatedFetch } from "./useAuthenticatedFetch";
 
 function AppContainer() {
   const [showPopup, setShowPopup] = useState(false);
   const { isSignedIn, isLoaded } = useUser();
 
+  // For fetching user
+  const authenticatedFetch = useAuthenticatedFetch();
+  const isInitRequestInProgress = useRef(false);
+
   // If Clerk is loaded and the user is not signed in, show the sign up popup
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isLoaded && !isSignedIn) {
@@ -16,6 +21,27 @@ function AppContainer() {
     }
   }, [isSignedIn, isLoaded]);
 
+  // Get the current user
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const init = async () => {
+      // Make sure there's only one request in progress
+      // so that we don't create multiple users
+      if (isInitRequestInProgress.current) return;
+      isInitRequestInProgress.current = true;
+
+      const user = await authenticatedFetch(
+        // "https://screenshot-to-code-saas.onrender.com/users/create",
+        "http://localhost:8001/users/create",
+        "POST"
+      );
+      console.log(user);
+
+      isInitRequestInProgress.current = false;
+    };
+
+    init();
+  }, []);
+
   // If Clerk is still loading, show a spinner
   if (!isLoaded) return <FullPageSpinner />;
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/hosted/useAuthenticatedFetch.ts b/frontend/src/components/hosted/useAuthenticatedFetch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aaae3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/hosted/useAuthenticatedFetch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { useAuth } from "@clerk/clerk-react";
+
+type FetchMethod = "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE";
+
+export const useAuthenticatedFetch = () => {
+  const { getToken } = useAuth();
+
+  const authenticatedFetch = async (
+    url: string,
+    method: FetchMethod = "GET",
+    body: object | null | undefined = null
+  ) => {
+    const accessToken = await getToken();
+    const headers: HeadersInit = {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
+    };
+
+    const options: RequestInit = {
+      method,
+      headers,
+    };
+
+    if (body) {
+      options.body = JSON.stringify(body);
+    }
+
+    const response = await fetch(url, options);
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`HTTP error ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
+    }
+
+    const json = await response.json();
+    return json;
+  };
+
+  return authenticatedFetch;
+};