diff --git a/pages/teams/index.tsx b/pages/teams/index.tsx
index 94b242a..a803708 100644
--- a/pages/teams/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/teams/index.tsx
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ import {
   FaBullhorn
 } from "react-icons/fa";
 import BackgroundLayout from "../../components/Layouts/BackgroundLayout"
+import TeamService from "../../services/teamService"
 
 /**
  * figure out where to take the user based on everything
  */
+
+const userService: UserService = new UserService()
+const teamService: TeamService = new TeamService()
+
 function RouteHandler() {
   const { currUser } = useAuth()
   const router = useRouter()
-  const userService: UserService = new UserService()
+  
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<Boolean>(true)
   const [user, setUser] = useState<User | null>(null)
 
@@ -44,6 +49,12 @@ function RouteHandler() {
         setUser(returnedUser)
         
         // check if user is in a team go to the team dashboard
+        const returnedTeamMembers = await teamService.getTeamMembersByUserId(currUser.uid)
+        if (returnedTeamMembers.length > 0) {
+          console.log('in a team! going to the team dashboard of the first one!')
+          router.push('/teams/' + returnedTeamMembers[0].teamId)
+          return
+        }
 
       } catch(error) {
         console.log(error)
diff --git a/services/teamService.tsx b/services/teamService.tsx
index c958686..a34e56c 100644
--- a/services/teamService.tsx
+++ b/services/teamService.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,35 @@ export default class TeamService implements IService {
     return teamMember
   }
 
+  async getTeamMembersByUserId(userId: string): Promise<TeamMember[]> {
+    const q = query(
+      collection(this.db, Collections.teamMembers), 
+      where("userId", "==", userId),
+    )
+    
+    const querySnapshot = await getDocs(q);
+    
+    if (querySnapshot.size > 1) {
+      console.log('this user is part of multiple teams')
+    }
+
+    console.log(querySnapshot)
+
+    var teamMembers: TeamMember[] = []
+
+    querySnapshot.forEach((doc) => {
+      // doc.data() is never undefined for query doc snapshots
+      // get the first one and just return...shouldn't be more
+      console.log('got teammember data')
+      let teamMember:TeamMember = doc.data() as TeamMember
+      teamMember.id = doc.id
+
+      teamMembers.push(teamMember)
+    });
+
+    return teamMembers
+  }
+
   async updateTeamMember(teamMember: TeamMember) {
     const docRef = doc(this.db, Collections.teamMembers, teamMember.id);
     await setDoc(docRef, { ...teamMember, lastUpdatedDate: serverTimestamp() }, { merge: true })