diff --git a/server/src/controller/item.controller.js b/server/src/controller/item.controller.js
index e2916cf..f34ec64 100644
--- a/server/src/controller/item.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controller/item.controller.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import cloudinary from "cloudinary";
 import cloudinaryStorage from "multer-storage-cloudinary";
 import config from "../config";
 import VerifyToken from "../_helper/VerifyToken";
+// import AppError from "../utils/appError";
+// import catchAsync from "../utils/catchAsync";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 router.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
@@ -86,6 +88,12 @@ router.get("/:id", async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+// router.get("/:id", catchAsync(async (req, res) => {
+//     const item = await getItem(req.params.id);
+//     if (!item) return next(new AppError('No item found', 404));
+//     res.status(200).send(item);
+// }));
+
 // RETURNS ALL THE ITEMS IN THE DATABASE
 router.get("/", async (req, res) => {
   try {
diff --git a/server/src/utils/appError.js b/server/src/utils/appError.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..303ae06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/utils/appError.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class AppError extends Error {
+    constructor(message, statusCode) {
+        super(message);
+        this.statusCode = statusCode;
+
+        this.status = `${statusCode}`.startsWith('4') ? 'fail' : 'error';
+        this.isOperational = true;
+
+        Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = AppError;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/utils/catchAsync.js b/server/src/utils/catchAsync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3be97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/utils/catchAsync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//Catching error in async functions to avoid using the try catch block everywhere
+module.exports = fn => {
+    return (req, res, next) => {
+        fn(req, res, next).catch(next);
+    }
+}
+