diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2e0401..f27a9a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 tower = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [ "full" ] }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = [ "full" ] }
-axum = { version = "0.6", features = [ "headers", "http2", "macros", "tracing" ] }
+axum = { version = "0.6", features = [ "headers", "http2", "macros", "tracing", "json" ] }
 clap = { version = "4.3", features = [ "derive" ] }
 snafu = "0.7"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10"
 ring = "0.16"
 hex = "0.4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = [ "serde" ] }
-yunohost-api = { path = "yunohost-api" }
+yunohost-api = { path = "yunohost-api", features = [ "axum" ] }
 axum_typed_multipart = "0.8"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = [ "derive" ] }
diff --git a/src/routes/login.rs b/src/routes/login.rs
index c7d018a..e255c2e 100644
--- a/src/routes/login.rs
+++ b/src/routes/login.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 use axum::{
-    extract::{FromRequest, Form, Json, Query},
+    extract::{FromRequest, Form, Json, Query, State},
     http::{self, Request, StatusCode},
     response::{IntoResponse, Response},
     RequestExt,
 };
 use axum_typed_multipart::{TryFromMultipart, TypedMultipart};
+use yunohost_api::{Username, Password};
+
+use crate::state::RoutableAppState;
 
 #[derive(Debug, TryFromMultipart, Deserialize)]
 pub struct LoginForm {
-    username: String,
+    username: Username,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    password: String,
+    password: Password,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ where
 }
 
 #[debug_handler]
-pub async fn route(form: LoginForm) -> String {
-    format!("Welcome {}", form.username)
+pub async fn route(state: State<RoutableAppState>, form: LoginForm) -> String {
+	if state.check_login(&form.username, &form.password).await.unwrap() {
+        format!("Welcome {}", &form.username)
+    } else {
+        format!("Invalid login for {}", &form.username)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/routes/mod.rs
index a8eb98b..1a63e07 100644
--- a/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mod login;
 pub fn router(subpath: Option<String>, state: RoutableAppState) -> Router {
     let app = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(index::route))
-        .route("/login/", get(login::route))
+        .route("/login/", post(login::route))
         .with_state(state);
     if let Some(p) = subpath {
         Router::new()
diff --git a/src/state/mod.rs b/src/state/mod.rs
index 8e712eb..4e28dfe 100644
--- a/src/state/mod.rs
+++ b/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use snafu::prelude::*;
-use yunohost_api::YunohostUsers;
+use yunohost_api::{YunohostUsers, Username, Password};
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ impl AppState {
             users: YunohostUsers::new(500).await.context(YunohostSnafu)?,
         })
     }
+
+    pub async fn check_login(&self, username: &Username, password: &Password) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        self.users.check_credentials(username, password).await.context(YunohostSnafu)
+    }
 }