diff --git a/src/controllers/abstractproduct.js b/src/controllers/abstractproduct.js
index 12ddaf2..67bbc24 100644
--- a/src/controllers/abstractproduct.js
+++ b/src/controllers/abstractproduct.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class AbstractProductController {
     async create(req, res) {
         const { groupId, localId, barcode, name, net_weight, category, unit } = req.body;
 
+        if (!req.file) throw new customError(`user hasn't supplied a file for abstract product creation`, responseCodes.responses.image_filename)
+
         const tempPath = req.file.path;
         const image_buffer = fs.readFileSync(tempPath);
         const image_filename = createHash('md5').update(image_buffer).digest('hex');
diff --git a/src/controllers/user.js b/src/controllers/user.js
index ef166aa..b1a5286 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.js
+++ b/src/controllers/user.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
 import jwtutils from '../utils/jwt.js';
 import AbstractProductService from '../services/abstractproduct.js';
 import ProductService from '../services/product.js';
+import CategoryService from '../services/category.js';
 import translate from '../utils/translate.js';
 import responseCodes from '../response/responseCodes.js';
 import customError from '../response/customError.js';
-import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 
 const TAG = "/controllers/userjs"
 
diff --git a/src/services/abstractproduct.js b/src/services/abstractproduct.js
index 4f3c22b..e955e28 100644
--- a/src/services/abstractproduct.js
+++ b/src/services/abstractproduct.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class AbstractProductService {
 
     async getAll(groupId) {
         let result = (await db.query("SELECT local_id, barcode, name, net_weight, image_filename, category, unit FROM abstract_products WHERE group_id = $1", [groupId])).rows;
-        if (!result) throw new customError("getAll abstract products not found", responses.responses.abstractproducts.not_found)
+        // if (!result) throw new customError("getAll abstract products not found", responses.responses.abstractproducts.not_found)
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/category.js b/src/services/category.js
index f7337a8..e14f00c 100644
--- a/src/services/category.js
+++ b/src/services/category.js
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class CategoryService {
         if (result.rowCount == 0) throw new customError(`getByName categories not found`, responseCodes.responses.category.not_found)
         return result.rows[0];
     }
+
+    async getAll(groupId) {
+        let result = (await db.query("SELECT group_id, local_id, name FROM categories WHERE group_id = $1", [groupId])).rows
+        return result
+    }
 }
 
 export default new CategoryService();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/product.js b/src/services/product.js
index d09868c..ef8b924 100644
--- a/src/services/product.js
+++ b/src/services/product.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ProductService {
 
     async getAll(groupId) {
         let result = (await db.query("SELECT local_id, abstract_product_id, amount, date_of_production, expiry_date FROM products WHERE group_id = $1", [groupId])).rows;
-        if (!result) throw new customError(`getAll product not found`, responseCodes.responses.products.not_found);
+        // if (!result) throw new customError(`getAll product not found`, responseCodes.responses.products.not_found);
         return result;
     }