diff --git a/app/src/PrivateRoute.js b/app/src/PrivateRoute.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf1809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/PrivateRoute.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import { Route, Redirect } from 'react-router-dom'
+
+const PrivateRoute = ({ component: Component, ...rest }) => (
+    <Route
+        {...rest}
+            render={props =>
+                props.hasSignedUp ? (
+                    <Component {...props} />
+                ) : (
+                <Redirect to={{
+                    pathname: "/signup",
+                    state: { from: props.location }
+                }}
+                />
+                )
+            }
+    />
+);
+
+const mapStateToProps = state => {
+    return {
+        hasSignedUp: state.user.hasSignedUp,
+    }
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(PrivateRoute);
diff --git a/app/src/containers/NavBarContainer.js b/app/src/containers/NavBarContainer.js
index 2bb4b1a..873fa20 100644
--- a/app/src/containers/NavBarContainer.js
+++ b/app/src/containers/NavBarContainer.js
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import { Image, Menu } from 'semantic-ui-react'
 import logo from '../assets/images/logo.png';
 
 class NavBarContainer extends Component {
-    constructor(props){
-        super(props);
-    }
-
     render() {
         return (
             <Menu fixed='top' inverted>
diff --git a/app/src/routes.js b/app/src/routes.js
index 0f25112..b837d4a 100644
--- a/app/src/routes.js
+++ b/app/src/routes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Route, Switch } from 'react-router-dom'
-import NavBarContainer from "./containers/NavBarContainer";
+import { Route, Switch, Redirect } from 'react-router-dom'
+import PrivateRoute from './PrivateRoute.js';
+import NavBarContainer from './containers/NavBarContainer';
 import HomeContainer from './containers/HomeContainer'
 import SignUpContainer from './containers/SignUpContainer'
 import NotFound from './components/NotFound'
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ const routes = (
     <div>
         <NavBarContainer />
         <Switch>
-            <Route exact path="/" component={HomeContainer} />
+            <PrivateRoute exact path="/" component={HomeContainer} />
             <Route path="/signup" component={SignUpContainer} />
             <Route component={NotFound} />
         </Switch>
     </div>
 );
 
-export default routes
\ No newline at end of file
+export default routes