diff --git a/pages/teams/index.tsx b/pages/teams/index.tsx
index 60a7169..0ffea2d 100644
--- a/pages/teams/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/teams/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useAuth } from "../../contexts/authContext"
 import { useRouter } from "next/router"
-import { useEffect } from "react"
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react"
 import UserService from '../../services/userService'
 import { User } from "../../models/user"
 import { GetServerSidePropsContext } from "next"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function RouteHandler({ user }) {
   const { currUser } = useAuth()
   const router = useRouter()
   const userService: UserService = new UserService()
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<Boolean>(false)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ function RouteHandler({ user }) {
           router.push('/teams/profile')
         }
 
-        // check if user is in a team or has created one
+        // check if user is in a team go to the team dashboard
+
+        
 
       } catch(error) {
         console.log(error)
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ function RouteHandler({ user }) {
     })();
   }, [currUser])
 
+  if (loading)  {
+    return <div>figuring out where you should go</div>
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="text-black">this is the route handler page</div>
   )
diff --git a/services/userService.tsx b/services/userService.tsx
index 40e417b..edc4a3a 100644
--- a/services/userService.tsx
+++ b/services/userService.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ import { User } from '../models/user'
 export default class UserService {
   private db : Firestore = getFirestore()
   private static collectionName: string = "users"
-
-  constructor() {
-
-  }
-
+  
   // give back the avatar based on the person's google account avatar
   getUserAvatar(displayName: string) {
     return `https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name=${displayName}`