diff --git a/front/API.ts b/front/API.ts
index 96056f7..a87088c 100644
--- a/front/API.ts
+++ b/front/API.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ import { useQuery, QueryClient } from "react-query";
 
 type AuthenticationInput = { username: string; password: string };
 type RegistrationInput = AuthenticationInput & { email: string };
+
 export type AccessToken = string;
 
 type FetchParams = {
 	route: string;
 	body?: Object;
-	method?: "GET" | "POST" | "DELETE";
+	method?: "GET" | "POST" | "DELETE" | "PATCH" | "PUT";
 	// If true, No JSON parsing is done, the raw response's content is returned
 	raw?: true;
 };
@@ -500,12 +501,15 @@ export default class API {
 							} else return reject("wrong email");
 						});
 					} else if (dataKey == 'password') {
-						this.getRequest('http://localhost:3000/users/24').then((res) => {
-							if (res.password == oldValue) {
-								this.patchRequest('http://localhost:3000/users/24', {'password': newValue}).finally(() => {
+						API.fetch({route: '/auth/me'}).then((res) => {
+							API.fetch({
+								route: '/auth/me',
+								method: 'PATCH',
+								body: {'password': newValue}}).then(() => {
 									return resolve('password successfully changed');
+								}).catch((err) => {
+									return reject('something went wrong: unable to update the password');
 								});
-							} else return reject("wrong password");
 						});
 					}
 				} catch (error) {
diff --git a/front/yarn.lock b/front/yarn.lock
index 8d52035..f459993 100644
--- a/front/yarn.lock
+++ b/front/yarn.lock
@@ -4395,6 +4395,18 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/types" "^7.3.0"
 
+"@types/bcrypt@^5.0.0":
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/bcrypt/-/bcrypt-5.0.0.tgz#a835afa2882d165aff5690893db314eaa98b9f20"
+  integrity sha512-agtcFKaruL8TmcvqbndlqHPSJgsolhf/qPWchFlgnW1gECTN/nKbFcoFnvKAQRFfKbh+BO6A3SWdJu9t+xF3Lw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
+"@types/bcryptjs@^2.4.2":
+  version "2.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/bcryptjs/-/bcryptjs-2.4.2.tgz#e3530eac9dd136bfdfb0e43df2c4c5ce1f77dfae"
+  integrity sha512-LiMQ6EOPob/4yUL66SZzu6Yh77cbzJFYll+ZfaPiPPFswtIlA/Fs1MzdKYA7JApHU49zQTbJGX3PDmCpIdDBRQ==
+
 "@types/cacheable-request@^6.0.1":
   version "6.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cacheable-request/-/cacheable-request-6.0.3.tgz#a430b3260466ca7b5ca5bfd735693b36e7a9d183"
@@ -5954,6 +5966,11 @@ batch@0.6.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/batch/-/batch-0.6.1.tgz#dc34314f4e679318093fc760272525f94bf25c16"
   integrity sha512-x+VAiMRL6UPkx+kudNvxTl6hB2XNNCG2r+7wixVfIYwu/2HKRXimwQyaumLjMveWvT2Hkd/cAJw+QBMfJ/EKVw==
 
+bcryptjs@^2.4.3:
+  version "2.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcryptjs/-/bcryptjs-2.4.3.tgz#9ab5627b93e60621ff7cdac5da9733027df1d0cb"
+  integrity sha512-V/Hy/X9Vt7f3BbPJEi8BdVFMByHi+jNXrYkW3huaybV/kQ0KJg0Y6PkEMbn+zeT+i+SiKZ/HMqJGIIt4LZDqNQ==
+
 better-opn@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/better-opn/-/better-opn-2.1.1.tgz#94a55b4695dc79288f31d7d0e5f658320759f7c6"
@@ -17536,8 +17553,10 @@ watchpack@^1.6.1, watchpack@^1.7.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/watchpack/-/watchpack-1.7.5.tgz#1267e6c55e0b9b5be44c2023aed5437a2c26c453"
   integrity sha512-9P3MWk6SrKjHsGkLT2KHXdQ/9SNkyoJbabxnKOoJepsvJjJG8uYTR3yTPxPQvNDI3w4Nz1xnE0TLHK4RIVe/MQ==
   dependencies:
+    chokidar "^3.4.1"
     graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
     neo-async "^2.5.0"
+    watchpack-chokidar2 "^2.0.1"
   optionalDependencies:
     chokidar "^3.4.1"
     watchpack-chokidar2 "^2.0.1"