diff --git a/api/src/routes/course.ts b/api/src/routes/course.ts
index fcef0a4..22cd023 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/course.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/course.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ eventRouter.get('/attendees/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 })
 
 eventRouter.post('/', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    const posterID: number = req.user.id;
     try {
         console.log();
-        const data: CourseEventDetails = req.body;
+        let data: CourseEventDetails = req.body;
+        data.created_by = posterID;
         const id = await insertCourseEvent(data);
         res.status(201).json(id);
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/api/src/services/memberService.ts b/api/src/services/memberService.ts
index 98045da..4563a6a 100644
--- a/api/src/services/memberService.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/memberService.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,15 @@ export async function setUserState(userID: number, state: MemberState) {
         SET state = ?
         WHERE id = ?;`;
     return await pool.query(sql, [state, userID]);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+declare global {
+  namespace Express {
+    interface Request {
+      user: {
+        id: number;
+        name: string;
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts b/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
index 1c93232..349e9cb 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
+++ b/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export async function postTrainingReport(report: CourseEventDetails) {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
         },
         body: JSON.stringify(report),
+        credentials: 'include',
     });
 
     if (!res.ok) {