diff --git a/backend/src/config/@types/express/index.d.ts b/backend/src/config/@types/express/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf4b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/config/@types/express/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { ClaimGrants } from 'livekit-server-sdk';
+import { User } from '@typings-ce';
+
+// Override the Express Request type to include a session object with user and token properties
+// This will allow controllers to access the user and token information from the request object in a type-safe manner
+declare module 'express' {
+	interface Request {
+		session?: {
+			user?: User;
+			tokenClaims?: ClaimGrants;
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index 5041c8a..9a2ebb1 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 		"emitDecoratorMetadata": true, /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
 		"paths": {
 			"@typings-ce": ["./src/typings/ce/index.ts"]
-		}
+		},
+		"typeRoots": ["src/config/@types"]
 	},
 	"include": ["src/**/*.ts", "index.ts"],
 	"exclude": ["node_modules", "tests/**/*.ts", "tests/**/*.tsx"],