diff --git a/atdb/atdb/settings/base.py b/atdb/atdb/settings/base.py
index e5329724880fb6fdcae523734c9d0ab0b5018857..c8fe98fd707693532465a4dc3a5c21bd70a99cd2 100644
--- a/atdb/atdb/settings/base.py
+++ b/atdb/atdb/settings/base.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'rest_framework',
+    'rest_framework.authtoken',
     'corsheaders',
     'django_filters',
     'django_extensions',
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
     ],
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
+    ],
     'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
         'django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',
     ),
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index c4d19f0288ae20daef5b0a009672d741eb6100f7..2fa718cc3b3e9118e47107b0897da417387af04d 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
        </div>
     </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (11 feb 2021 - 15:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (4 mar 2021 - 11:00)
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
index e881851e89c2b92ba3ed002227e868a85eccac56..744fa7e2d29dffe8bf3d935ada373a356e5c46cc 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/urls.py
@@ -92,4 +92,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/hold/<hold_it>/<page>', views.Hold, name='task-hold-resume'),
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/hold/<hold_it>', views.Hold, name='task-hold-resume'),
     path('tasks/<int:pk>/query-hold/<hold_it>/<query_params>', views.HoldQuery, name='query-hold-resume'),
+
+    path('hello/', views.HelloView.as_view(), name='hello'),
 ]
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 3161ae9e708470e1584c6d2c93f713c4cd6b210b..37456f44e39dfc305fb18cfb8cf17d593cca9d53 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ from django.http import QueryDict
 
 from rest_framework import generics, pagination
 from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 
 import django_filters
 from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
@@ -522,7 +525,6 @@ class TaskListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     """
     model = Task
     queryset = Task.objects.all().order_by('-priority', 'id')
-    # serializer_class = TaskSerializer
 
     # using the Django Filter Backend - https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
     filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
@@ -1004,3 +1006,13 @@ class GetUniqueValuesForKey(generics.ListAPIView):
             return Response({
                 'error': str(error)
             })
+
+# 4 mar 2022
+# this is a test class to test token authentication
+# can be removed if it all also works in production
+class HelloView(APIView):
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+    queryset = Task.objects.all()
+    def get(self, request):
+        content = {'message': 'Hello, World!'}
+        return Response(content)
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