diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala
index cdcb4ea3b91ff9b8a3ff7386a4467b8764555b3e..eb197e7324eb88a68b22f416d37ffb7dd729a69f 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import play.api.libs.json.JsBoolean
 @Singleton
 class TestController @Inject()(val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {
 
-    def getFriends() = Action {
+    def getFriends(userId: String) = Action {
         println("TestController:getFriends")
+        println(s"Fetching friends for User with ID {$userId}")
+
         val response = JsArray(
             Seq(
                 JsString("641128f7e80bcd1ba39d04ae"), 
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ class TestController @Inject()(val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) e
         Ok(response)
     }
 
-    def verifyUser() = Action {
+    def verifyUser(userId: String) = Action {
+        println("TestController:verifyUser")
+        println(s"Verifying User with ID {$userId}")
+        
         Ok(JsBoolean(true))
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/HttpCall.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/HttpCall.scala
index 0ccb752d7d34a40d51e6dbc06a0b771586784ac8..7a35b888f0252f69107f5935f0946902e93667bd 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/HttpCall.scala
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/HttpCall.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ object HttpCall {
      * 
      * @return a Future containing the response body as a JSON.
      */
-    def get(url: String): Future[JsValue] = {
+    def get(url: String, queryStringParameters: (String, String)*): Future[JsValue] = {
         // Create ActorSystem for thread and streaming management
         implicit val system: ActorSystem = ActorSystem()
 
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ object HttpCall {
         val wsClient: StandaloneAhcWSClient = StandaloneAhcWSClient()
 
         // Call API and fetch response
-        val response: Future[JsValue] = wsClient.url(url).get().map { response =>
+        val response: Future[JsValue] = wsClient.url(url).addQueryStringParameters(queryStringParameters: _*).get().map { response =>
+          if (response.status > 399) throw new RuntimeException()
+
           val statusText: String = response.statusText
           println(s"Got a response: $statusText")
           response.body[JsValue]
diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/User.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/User.scala
index 542cc71c771c2639935a31120d335c42922d1f3c..ecd569c3199de89148509895ad7e78681341e599 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/User.scala
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/User.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ object User {
     def getUserFriends(userId: ObjectId): Future[Seq[ObjectId]] = {
         println(s"Fetching friends for user with ID {$userId}")
         
-        HttpCall.get("http://localhost:9000/test/getFriends").map[Seq[ObjectId]]((json: JsValue) => {
+        HttpCall.get("http://localhost:9000/test/getFriends", ("userId", userId.toString())).map[Seq[ObjectId]]((json: JsValue) => {
             val sequence: Seq[String] = json.as[Seq[String]]
             sequence.map[ObjectId](new ObjectId(_))
         })
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ object User {
     def userExists(userId: ObjectId): Future[Boolean] = {
         println(s"Verifying user with ID {$userId} exists")
         
-        HttpCall.get("http://localhost:9000/test/verifyUser").map[Boolean](_.as[Boolean])
+        HttpCall.get("http://localhost:9000/test/verifyUser", ("userId", userId.toString())).map[Boolean](_.as[Boolean])
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/actions/AuthenticationRequest.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/actions/AuthenticationRequest.scala
index cf6333b7dadd6712dee50e228daf1238f175e1fa..3bd5452fa5586e0ea05ffe235f3d50fc38297540 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/actions/AuthenticationRequest.scala
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/models/actions/AuthenticationRequest.scala
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class AuthenticationTransformer @Inject() (implicit val executionContext: Execut
         }
         catch {
             case ex: Throwable => {
-                println(ex)
+                println(s"JWT Error: $ex")
                 None
             }
         }
diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes b/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
index 86511244002150ea62038e0e871679f7007b498a..3a0a580f887b00706a21a061072be0753ad5ca2a 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ PUT     /daily/like      controllers.DailyController.like()
 PUT     /daily/unlike      controllers.DailyController.unlike()
 
 
-GET     /test/getFriends              controllers.TestController.getFriends()
+GET     /test/getFriends              controllers.TestController.getFriends(userId: String)
 
-GET     /test/verifyUser              controllers.TestController.verifyUser()
+GET     /test/verifyUser              controllers.TestController.verifyUser(userId: String)