diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/progress.Controller.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/progress.Controller.ts
index 8cedcf0..e8127d5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/progress.Controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/progress.Controller.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ import type { AppEnv } from '../types'
 import { fetchProgress } from '../services/progress.Service'
 
 export const getProgress = async (c: Context<AppEnv>) => {
-  const userId = c.get('userId')
-  
+  const userId = c.req.param('userId')
+
+  if (!userId) {
+    return c.json({ success: false, message: 'userId is required' }, 400)
+  }
+
   try {
-    const data = await fetchProgress(c.env, userId)
+    const data = await fetchProgress(c.env.DB, userId)
     return c.json(data)
   } catch (e: any) {
     console.error('Progress error:', e)
diff --git a/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts b/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
index 1ebc098..e9cb58a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export const stalls = sqliteTable('stalls', {
   id: integer('id').primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
   name: text('name').notNull(),
   description: text('description'),
-  logo: text('logo'), // ✅ added
+  logo: text('logo'),
+  qrSlug: text('qr_slug').unique().notNull(), // ✅ clean unique
   createdAt: integer('created_at', { mode: 'timestamp' }).$defaultFn(() => new Date()),
 });
 
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ export const ratings = sqliteTable('ratings', {
   createdAt: integer('created_at', { mode: 'timestamp' }).$defaultFn(() => new Date()),
 }, (table) => ({
   unq: uniqueIndex('unique_vote').on(table.userId, table.stallId),
-}));
+}));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/progress.route.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/progress.route.ts
index 63cd280..b5a7b8c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/progress.route.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/progress.route.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import type { AppEnv } from '../types'
-import { requireAuth } from '../middleware/auth'
 import { getProgress } from '../controllers/progress.Controller'
 
 const progress = new Hono<AppEnv>()
 
-progress.get('/', requireAuth, getProgress)
+progress.get('/:userId', getProgress)
 
 export default progress
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/progress.Service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/progress.Service.ts
index 0c669bf..edfa051 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/progress.Service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/progress.Service.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 import { getDb } from '../db/client'
 import { ratings, users } from '../db/schema'
 import { eq, count } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import type { AppEnv } from '../types'
-import { ensureUserExists } from './user.Service'
 
-export const fetchProgress = async (env: AppEnv['Bindings'], userId: string) => {
-  const ormDb = getDb(env.DB)
-  
-  //ensure the user exists and grab profile data via Clerk
-  await ensureUserExists(env, userId)
+export const fetchProgress = async (db: D1Database, userId: string) => {
+  const ormDb = getDb(db)
 
-  const userRecord = await ormDb.select({ isCompleted: users.isCompleted }).from(users).where(eq(users.id, userId))
-  const isCompleted = userRecord[0]?.isCompleted || false
+  const userRecord = await ormDb.select({ completed: users.completed }).from(users).where(eq(users.id, userId))
+  const isCompleted = userRecord[0]?.completed || false
 
   const countResult = await ormDb.select({ count: count() }).from(ratings).where(eq(ratings.userId, userId))
   const progressCount = countResult[0]?.count || 0
 
-  return { progress: progressCount, isCompleted }
+  return { userId, progress: progressCount, isCompleted }
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/vote.Service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/vote.Service.ts
index 3b1bc9b..6dafc50 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/vote.Service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/vote.Service.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const submitVote = async (
     if (progressCount >= 15) {
       await ormDb
         .update(users)
-        .set({ isCompleted: true })
+        .set({ completed: true })
         .where(eq(users.id, userId))
     }