diff --git a/src/server/user_mgr.c b/src/server/user_mgr.c
--- a/src/server/user_mgr.c
+++ b/src/server/user_mgr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
@@ -111,7 +112,11 @@ int deleteUser(struct user *user_ptr)
 	free(user_ptr->username);
 	memset(user_ptr, '\0', sizeof(struct user));
 
+	user_mgr_info.current_users--;
+
 	return 1;
+
+	backup_list_XML();
 }
 
 int createUser(struct user *user_ptr, char *nameOfUser)
@@ -123,6 +128,8 @@ int createUser(struct user *user_ptr, ch
 	user_ptr->render_power = 0;
 	user_ptr->last_job = 0;
 
+	user_mgr_info.current_users++;
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ int placeUser(int index, char *nameOfUse
 {
 	int higher;
 	int lower;
+	int total_moves;
 
 	// I shift data in the array to create an open the space where the user should be added
 	// but first I figure out which way is the shortest
@@ -146,16 +154,25 @@ int placeUser(int index, char *nameOfUse
 
 		// here the data is shifted to open up a space
 		if(index - lower < higher - index)
-			for(; lower < index; lower++)
+		  {
+		    total_moves = index - lower;
+		    for(; lower < index; lower++)
 				memcpy(&user_mgr_info.user_array[lower], &user_mgr_info.user_array[lower + 1], sizeof(struct user));
+		  }
 		else
-			for(; higher > index; higher--)
+		  {
+		    total_moves = higher - index;
+		    for(; higher > index; higher--)
 				memcpy(&user_mgr_info.user_array[higher], &user_mgr_info.user_array[higher - 1], sizeof(struct user));
+		  }
 	}
 
 	// add the user to the array
 	createUser(&user_mgr_info.user_array[index], nameOfUser);
 
+	if(total_moves > 50){
+	  resize_user_array();
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -215,16 +232,30 @@ int addUser(char *nameOfUser)
 		}
 	}
 
+	backup_list_XML();
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int initialize_users()
 {
-	// pull data from XML file
+  struct stat buffer;
+  // cif user_list.xml exists
+  if(stat("user_list.xml", &buffer) == 0)
+  {
+    restart_From_XML_backup();
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    user_mgr_info.current_users = 0;
 
-	// if XML file is not found create new array of size 50
+    user_mgr_info.user_array_size = 50;
+    user_mgr_info.user_array = malloc(sizeof(struct user) * 50);
+  }
 
-	return 1;
+  // if XML file is not found create new array of size 50
+
+
+  return 1;
 }
 
 /********************************** XMLness *****************************/
@@ -232,7 +263,7 @@ int initialize_users()
 int backup_list_XML()
 {
 	xmlTextWriterPtr writer;
-    char *tmp;
+        char *tmp;
 	int counter;
 
 
@@ -242,6 +273,10 @@ int backup_list_XML()
 	// create root element user_list
 	xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"user_list");
 
+	_distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", user_mgr_info.current_users);
+	xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"amount_of_users", (xmlChar*)tmp);
+	free(tmp);
+
 	for(counter = 0; counter < user_mgr_info.user_array_size; counter++)
 	{
 		if(user_mgr_info.user_array[counter].username != 0)
@@ -252,6 +287,11 @@ int backup_list_XML()
 
 			_distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", user_mgr_info.user_array[counter].last_job);
 			xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"last_job", (xmlChar*)tmp);
+			free(tmp);
+
+			_distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", user_mgr_info.user_array[counter].render_power);
+			xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"render_power", (xmlChar*)tmp);
+			free(tmp);
 
 			xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer);
 		}
@@ -260,3 +300,33 @@ int backup_list_XML()
 	return 0;
 
 }
+
+int restart_From_XML_backup(){
+  xmlDocPtr doc;
+  xmlNodePtr cur;
+  int counter;
+
+  doc = xmlParseFile("user_list.xml");
+  cur = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
+  if (xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (xmlChar*)"user_list"))
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "xml document is wrong type");
+      xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  user_mgr_info.current_users = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"amount_of_users"));
+
+  user_mgr_info.user_array_size = user_mgr_info.current_users * 2;
+  user_mgr_info.user_array = malloc(sizeof(struct user) * user_mgr_info.user_array_size);
+
+  cur = cur->xmlChildrenNode;
+  for(counter = 0; cur->next; counter++){
+    user_mgr_info.user_array[counter*2].username = (char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"amount_of_users");
+    user_mgr_info.user_array[counter*2].last_job = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"last_job"));
+    user_mgr_info.user_array[counter*2].render_power = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"render_power"));
+    cur = cur->next;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}