fetch(`${SERVER_URL}/api/signin`, {
      method: 'POST',
      mode: 'cors',
      body: JSON.stringify({username: email, password:password})})
      .then(response => {
        if (response.status !== 200) {
          debugger;
          const status = response.status;
          const statusText = response.statusText;
          throw("Could not login " + status + " " +statusText);

/*
        I would like to execute this in order to extract the data.msg from 401 errors
          but my errors get lost in the promise chain.

          response.json()
            .then(data => { throw(data.msg)})
             .catch(() => {throw(status)}
            */

        } else {
          return response.json()}
      })
      .then (data => {
        localStorage.setItem('token', data.access_token);
        dispatch({type: AUTH_USER});
        browserHistory.push('/welcome');
      })
      .catch(errorMsg => {
        dispatch(authError(errorMsg));
      })
  }