diff --git a/src/database/data-source.ts b/src/database/data-source.ts
index e2c3909..efc9ec3 100644
--- a/src/database/data-source.ts
+++ b/src/database/data-source.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const dataSourceOptions: DataSourceOptions = {
   synchronize: false, // Never use true in production
   logging: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
   ssl:
-    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+    process.env.DB_SSL === 'true'
       ? { rejectUnauthorized: false }
       : false,
 };
diff --git a/src/database/migrations/1704470000000-CreateUsersTable.ts b/src/database/migrations/1704470000000-CreateUsersTable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 59ba1c8..0000000
--- a/src/database/migrations/1704470000000-CreateUsersTable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, Table, TableIndex } from 'typeorm';
-
-export class CreateUsersTable1704470000000 implements MigrationInterface {
-  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.createTable(
-      new Table({
-        name: 'users',
-        columns: [
-          {
-            name: 'id',
-            type: 'uuid',
-            isPrimary: true,
-            generationStrategy: 'uuid',
-            default: 'uuid_generate_v4()',
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'name',
-            type: 'varchar',
-            length: '255',
-            isNullable: false,
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'email',
-            type: 'varchar',
-            length: '255',
-            isNullable: false,
-            isUnique: true,
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'password',
-            type: 'varchar',
-            length: '255',
-            isNullable: false,
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'roles',
-            type: 'text',
-            isNullable: false,
-            default: "'user'",
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'isActive',
-            type: 'boolean',
-            default: true,
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'createdAt',
-            type: 'timestamp',
-            default: 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'updatedAt',
-            type: 'timestamp',
-            default: 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
-            onUpdate: 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
-          },
-        ],
-      }),
-      true,
-    );
-
-    // Create index on email
-    await queryRunner.createIndex(
-      'users',
-      new TableIndex({
-        name: 'idx_users_email',
-        columnNames: ['email'],
-      }),
-    );
-  }
-
-  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-    await queryRunner.dropIndex('users', 'idx_users_email');
-    await queryRunner.dropTable('users');
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/database/seeds/run-seeds.ts b/src/database/seeds/run-seeds.ts
index 8f1c84d..51654d2 100644
--- a/src/database/seeds/run-seeds.ts
+++ b/src/database/seeds/run-seeds.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import AppDataSource from '../data-source';
+import { seedUsers } from './users.seed';
 import { seedCategories } from './categories.seed';
 import { seedProducts } from './products.seed';
 
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ async function runSeeds() {
     console.log('✓ Database connection established\n');
 
     // Run seeds in order
+    console.log('👥 Seeding users...');
+    await seedUsers(AppDataSource);
+    console.log('✓ Users seeded successfully\n');
+
     console.log('📦 Seeding categories...');
     await seedCategories(AppDataSource);
     console.log('✓ Categories seeded successfully\n');
diff --git a/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts b/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
index e5452af..17c8174 100644
--- a/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
 import { LocalAuthGuard } from './guards/local-auth.guard';
 import { JwtAuthGuard } from './guards/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { LoginDto, RegisterDto, AuthResponseDto } from './dto';
+import { Public } from '../../common/decorators/public.decorator';
 
 @ApiTags('Authentication')
 @Controller('auth')
 export class AuthController {
   constructor(private readonly authService: AuthService) {}
 
+  @Public()
   @Post('register')
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.CREATED)
   @ApiOperation({ summary: 'Register a new user' })
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export class AuthController {
     return this.authService.register(registerDto);
   }
 
+  @Public()
   @Post('login')
   @UseGuards(LocalAuthGuard)
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)