diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8e53eb..fb831e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,23 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.12.6</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>0.12.6</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
+			<version>0.12.6</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AppUserService.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AppUserService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da36705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AppUserService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication;
+
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.User;
+import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.UserRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+
+@Service
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class AppUserService implements UserDetailsService {
+
+    private final UserRepository userRepository;
+
+    @Override
+    public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username){
+        User user = userRepository.findByUsername(username);
+
+        if(user == null){
+            throw new UsernameNotFoundException("User not found: " + username);
+        }
+
+        return org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User.builder()
+                .username(user.getUsername())
+                .password(user.getPassword())
+                .authorities("USER")
+                .build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationController.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationController.java
index e25fd2c..85ef3ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class AuthenticationController {
 
     @PostMapping("/login")
     public LoginResponse login(@RequestBody LoginRequest request) {
+
         return authenticationService.login(request);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationService.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationService.java
index 2472a13..a107c71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/AuthenticationService.java
@@ -3,17 +3,28 @@
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication.dto.LoginRequest;
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication.dto.LoginResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 @Service
 @AllArgsConstructor
 public class AuthenticationService {
 
+    private final AuthenticationManager authenticationManager;
+    private final JwtService jwtService;
+
     public LoginResponse login(LoginRequest request) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement login");
+        Authentication authentication = authenticationManager.authenticate(
+                new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(request.username(), request.password()));
+
+        UserDetails user = (UserDetails) authentication.getPrincipal();
+        String token = jwtService.generateToken(user);
+        return new LoginResponse(token);
     }
 
     public void logout() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement logout");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c87483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+@Component
+public class JwtAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+
+    private final JwtService jwtService;
+    private final UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
+
+    public JwtAuthenticationFilter(JwtService jwtService, UserDetailsService userDetailsService) {
+        this.jwtService = jwtService;
+        this.userDetailsService = userDetailsService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
+                                    HttpServletResponse response,
+                                    FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
+
+        String authHeader = request.getHeader("Authorization");
+
+        if (authHeader == null || !authHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
+            filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String token = authHeader.substring(7);
+        String username = jwtService.extractUsername(token);
+
+        if (username != null && SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication() == null) {
+            UserDetails userDetails = userDetailsService.loadUserByUsername(username);
+
+            if (jwtService.isTokenValid(token, userDetails)) {
+                var authentication = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
+                        userDetails,
+                        null,
+                        userDetails.getAuthorities());
+
+                SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication);
+            }
+        }
+
+        filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtService.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d55206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/authentication/JwtService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication;
+
+import io.jsonwebtoken.Claims;
+import io.jsonwebtoken.Jwts;
+import io.jsonwebtoken.security.Keys;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+@Service
+public class JwtService {
+
+    @Value("${jwt.secret}")
+    private String secretKey;
+
+    @Value("${jwt.expiration-ms}")
+    private long expirationMs;
+
+    private SecretKey getSigningKey() {
+        return Keys.hmacShaKeyFor(secretKey.getBytes());
+    }
+
+    public String generateToken(UserDetails user) {
+        return Jwts.builder()
+                .subject(user.getUsername())
+                .issuedAt(new Date())
+                .expiration(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + expirationMs))
+                .signWith(getSigningKey())
+                .compact();
+    }
+
+    public String extractUsername(String token) {
+        return extractClaim(token, Claims::getSubject);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isTokenValid(String token, UserDetails user) {
+        final String username = extractUsername(token);
+        return username.equals(user.getUsername()) && !isTokenExpired(token);
+    }
+
+    private boolean isTokenExpired(String token) {
+        return extractClaim(token, Claims::getExpiration).before(new Date());
+    }
+
+    private <T> T extractClaim(String token, Function<Claims, T> resolver) {
+        Claims claims = Jwts.parser()
+                .verifyWith(getSigningKey())
+                .build()
+                .parseSignedClaims(token)
+                .getPayload();
+        return resolver.apply(claims);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/config/SecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/config/SecurityConfig.java
index d3ac764..097e446 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/config/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/config/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
 package net.hackyourfuture.security.config;
 
+import net.hackyourfuture.security.authentication.JwtAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configuration.AuthenticationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableMethodSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
 
 @Configuration
+@EnableWebSecurity
+@EnableMethodSecurity
 public class SecurityConfig {
 
     @Bean
-    public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+    public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http, JwtAuthenticationFilter jwtFilter) throws Exception {
         http
                 .csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable())
-                .authorizeHttpRequests(auth -> auth.anyRequest().permitAll());
+                .sessionManagement(session -> session.sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.STATELESS))
+                .authorizeHttpRequests(auth -> auth
+                        .requestMatchers("/users/register", "/auth/login").permitAll()
+                        .anyRequest().authenticated())
+                .addFilterBefore(jwtFilter, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class);
+
         return http.build();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder(){
+        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder(12);
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public AuthenticationManager authenticationManager(AuthenticationConfiguration config) throws Exception{
+        return config.getAuthenticationManager();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserController.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserController.java
index 9309baf..9f3af37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserController.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.dto.UserRequest;
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.dto.UserResponse;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ public UserResponse register(@RequestBody UserRequest request) {
         return userService.register(request);
     }
 
+
+
     @GetMapping("/profile")
-    public UserResponse profile() {
-        return userService.getProfile("REPLACE WITH CURRENTLY LOGGED IN USER ID");
+    public UserResponse profile(Authentication authentication) {
+
+        return userService.getProfile(authentication.getName());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserService.java b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserService.java
index 15afd1e..e09d1ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hackyourfuture/security/user/UserService.java
@@ -4,19 +4,30 @@
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.dto.UserRequest;
 import net.hackyourfuture.security.user.dto.UserResponse;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
 
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 @Service
 @AllArgsConstructor
 public class UserService {
 
     private final UserRepository userRepository;
+    private final PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
 
     public UserResponse register(UserRequest request) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement registration");
+        String encoderPassword = passwordEncoder.encode(request.password());
+        User newUser = new User(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), request.username(), encoderPassword);
+
+        userRepository.createUser(newUser);
+
+        return new UserResponse(newUser.getId(), newUser.getUsername());
     }
 
+    @PreAuthorize("#username == authentication.name")
     public UserResponse getProfile(String username) {
         User user = userRepository.findByUsername(username);
         if (user == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 098cbeb..280d8e4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ spring:
   sql:
     init:
       mode: always
+
+jwt:
+  secret: '${JWT_SECRET}'
+  expiration-ms: 900000