diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TasksController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TasksController.php
index cb9f5b4..454552a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TasksController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TasksController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Events;
+use App\Models\Task;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -43,4 +44,23 @@ class TasksController extends Controller
             return response()->json(['message' => "Server error"], 500);
         }
     }
+
+    public function assignSelf(Request $request): JsonResponse {
+
+        try {
+
+            $task = Task::find($request["task_id"]);
+
+            if($task->max_participants = $task->users()->count()) {
+                return response()->json(["message" => "Max participants reached"], 403);
+            }
+
+            $task->users()->attach($request->user()->id);
+            return response()->json(['message' => "Task assigned"], 200);
+
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            Log::info($e->getMessage());
+            return response()->json(['message' => "Server error"], 500);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 91372b0..bc3aa52 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ Route::middleware(['web', 'auth:sanctum'])->get('/users', [UserController::class
 Route::middleware(['web', 'auth:sanctum'])->post('/events/create', [EventsController::class, "create"]);
 
 Route::middleware(['web', 'auth:sanctum'])->post('/events/task', [TasksController::class, "create"]);
+
+Route::middleware(['web', 'auth:sanctum'])->post('/events/task/assign', [TasksController::class, "assignSelf"]);
diff --git a/tests/Events/tasks/Assign task.bru b/tests/Events/tasks/Assign task.bru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a4143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Events/tasks/Assign task.bru	
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+meta {
+  name: Assign task
+  type: http
+  seq: 2
+}
+
+post {
+  url: {{url}}/api/events/task/assign
+  body: json
+  auth: inherit
+}
+
+headers {
+  X-XSRF-TOKEN: 
+}
+
+body:json {
+  {
+    "task_id": "{{taskId}}"
+  }
+}
+
+vars:pre-request {
+  taskId: 1
+}
+
+settings {
+  encodeUrl: true
+  timeout: 0
+}