diff --git a/Models/Token.cs b/Models/Token.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1310f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Models/Token.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace TextSender_API.Models;
+
+public class Token
+{
+    #region Properties
+    [JsonProperty("access_token")]
+    public string? AccessToken { get; set; }
+    [JsonProperty("issued")]
+    public DateTime? Issued { get; set; }
+    #endregion
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 99cc324..d22fd0b 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
 // Add services to the container.
@@ -11,6 +19,22 @@ builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
 
 var app = builder.Build();
 
+var connString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
+
+builder.Services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme).AddJwtBearer(options =>
+{
+    options.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
+    options.SaveToken = true;
+    options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters()
+    {
+        ValidateIssuer = true,
+        ValidateAudience = true,
+        ValidAudience = builder.Configuration["JWT:Audience"],
+        ValidIssuer = builder.Configuration["JWT:Issuer"],
+        IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(builder.Configuration["JWT:Secret"]!))
+    };
+});
+
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
 if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 {
@@ -21,6 +45,7 @@ if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
 
 app.UseHttpsRedirection();
 
+app.UseAuthentication();
 app.UseAuthorization();
 
 app.MapControllers();
diff --git a/TextSender-API.csproj b/TextSender-API.csproj
index 3e29007..d4d3f0b 100644
--- a/TextSender-API.csproj
+++ b/TextSender-API.csproj
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="7.0.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="7.0.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="7.0.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.21.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.5.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="7.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>