diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba08eb7..a6054e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
-efault.js
+default.js
diff --git a/api/controller/officer.Controller.js b/api/controller/officer.Controller.js
index 8e09f54..7d2a1f2 100644
--- a/api/controller/officer.Controller.js
+++ b/api/controller/officer.Controller.js
@@ -238,11 +238,20 @@ const officerActions = (
    */
   const resetPassword = async (req, res) => {
     try {
+      const { password } = req.body
+
+      if(!password) return res.json({
+        status: "password not changed",
+        msg: "Please provide a new password"
+      })
       const officer = await Officers.findOneAndUpdate(
         { _id: req.params.officerID },
         req.body.password
       );
-      res.json(officer);
+      res.json({
+        msg: "your password change was successful",
+        officer
+      });
     } catch (err) {
       res.status(500).json(err);
     }
diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c9716f..0000000
--- a/config/default.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  MONGO_URI:
-    "mongodb+srv://criminalRecord:bz49cRMd5VUq6OyV@criminal-registry-api-c.a3vdg.mongodb.net/criminalRecord?retryWrites=true&w=majority",
-  MONGO_DB: "mongodb://localhost:27017/criminal-registry-API",
-  mySecrete: "Brilliant Bright",
-  PORT: process.env.PORT || 3000,
-  url: "http://localhost",
-};