diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 1f45160..71869a6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# DATABASE_* variables are used both to initially configure the
+# ghostforge postgresql database and to later access the data from
+# ghostforge execution.
+DATABASE_CONTAINER_NAME=ghostforge-db
+DATABASE_USER=ghost
+DATABASE_NAME=ghostforge
+DATABASE_PORT=5432
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=
+
 # GHOSTFORGE_*_WEB_PORT variables are used to determine what
 # port the web interface is served on within the container (INTERNAL)
 # and what port this will map to on the host (HOST).
@@ -11,8 +20,11 @@ GHOSTFORGE_INTERNAL_WEB_PORT=1337
 #   Valid values are [prod, dev]
 GHOSTFORGE_ENV=prod
 
-# DATABASE_* variables are used both to initially configure the
-# ghostforge postgresql database and to later access the data from
-# ghostforge execution.
-DATABASE_USER=ghost
-DATABASE_NAME=ghostforge
+# GHOSTFORGE_DATA_DIR stores persistent files for a ghostforge instance
+# and should be mapped or stored as a volume from the docker host.
+# GHOSTFORGE_DATA_DIR is created within the ghostforge container.
+GHOSTFORGE_DATA_DIR=/data
+
+# JWT_SECRET is used for authentication purposes and should be
+# randomized using the method in README.md.
+GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET=
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index c8ef649..dd0767d 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 160
-exclude = docs/*, .git, __pycache__
+exclude = docs/*, .git, __pycache__, build
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9c41fdd..c58ca7f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ FROM python:3.11-alpine
 
 ENV DATABASE_PASSWORD ""
 RUN if [ -z "${DATABASE_PASSWORD}" ]; then echo "ghostforge build error: Set DATABASE_PASSWORD in .env."; exit 1; fi
+RUN if [ -z "${GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET}" ]; then echo "ghostforge build error: Set GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET in .env."; exit 1; fi
 
 WORKDIR /ghostforge
 COPY . .
 RUN rm .env
+RUN mkdir -p "${GHOSTFORGE_DATA_DIR}"
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --requirement requirements.txt
 RUN pip install .
 
 ENV GHOSTFORGE_INTERNAL_WEB_PORT=8080
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3019662..96b44b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ You'll need `docker-compose` installed or you can convert the contents of `docke
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/darrylnixon/ghostforge.git && \
 cd ghostforge && \
-PW=$(/usr/bin/env python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(24))") | sed -i .bak "s/^DATABASE_PASSWORD=.*/DATABASE_PASSWORD=$PW" .env;
+PW=$(/usr/bin/env python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))") /bin/bash -c 'sed -i "" "s/^DATABASE_PASSWORD=.*/DATABASE_PASSWORD=$PW/" .env' && \
+JWT=$(/usr/bin/env python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))") /bin/bash -c 'sed -i "" "s/^GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET=.*/GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET=$JWT/" .env';
 docker-compose up --detach --build;
 docker exec --interactive --tty ghostforge ghostforge_adduser;
 ```
diff --git a/ghostforge/__init__.py b/ghostforge/__init__.py
index eaf852f..e69de29 100644
--- a/ghostforge/__init__.py
+++ b/ghostforge/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Initialization constants for ghostforge.
-
-Constants:
-    _PROJECT (str): Name for the project
-    __version__ (str): The current version of the binhop package
-"""
-_PROJECT = "ghostforge"
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/ghostforge/api.py b/ghostforge/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44a7e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostforge/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from fastapi import Body
+from fastapi import Depends
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from ghostforge.auth import check_user
+from ghostforge.auth.bearer import JWTBearer
+from ghostforge.auth.handler import signJWT
+from ghostforge.models import UserLoginSchema
+
+# define("port", default=os.environ.get("GHOSTFORGE_INTERNAL_WEB_PORT", 1337), help="Webserver port", type=int)
+# define("db_host", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_CONTAINER_NAME", "localhost"), help="Host/IP of db")
+# define("db_port", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_PORT", 5432), help="Port of db", type=int)
+# define("db_database", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_NAME", "ghostforge"), help="Name of db")
+# define("db_user", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_USER", "ghostforge"), help="User with access to db")
+# define("db_password", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_PASSWORD", "secure"), help="Password for db user")
+# define("secret_key", default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_PASSWORD", "secure"), help="Password for db user")
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.get("/", tags=["root"])
+async def read_root() -> dict:
+    return {"message": "Welcome!"}
+
+
+@app.post("/login", tags=["user"])
+async def user_login(user: UserLoginSchema = Body(...)):
+    if check_user(user):
+        return signJWT(user.name)
+    return {"error": "Wrong login details!"}
+
+
+@app.post("/auth_check", dependencies=[Depends(JWTBearer())], tags=["auth_check"])
+async def auth_check(post) -> dict:
+    return {"data": "post added."}
diff --git a/ghostforge/auth/__init__.py b/ghostforge/auth/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..744d500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostforge/auth/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from ghostforge.models import UserLoginSchema
+
+users = [{"name": "test", "password": "pw"}]
+
+
+def check_user(data: UserLoginSchema):
+    print(data)
+    for user in users:
+        if user["name"] == data.name and user["password"] == data.password:
+            return True
+    return False
diff --git a/ghostforge/auth/bearer.py b/ghostforge/auth/bearer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8861ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostforge/auth/bearer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+from fastapi import Request
+from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials
+from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer
+
+from ghostforge.auth.handler import decodeJWT
+
+# from https://github.com/testdrivenio/fastapi-jwt/
+
+
+class JWTBearer(HTTPBearer):
+    def __init__(self, auto_error: bool = True):
+        super(JWTBearer, self).__init__(auto_error=auto_error)
+
+    async def __call__(self, request: Request):
+        credentials: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials = await super(JWTBearer, self).__call__(request)
+        if credentials:
+            if not credentials.scheme == "Bearer":
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Invalid authentication scheme.")
+            if not self.verify_jwt(credentials.credentials):
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Invalid token or expired token.")
+            return credentials.credentials
+        else:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Invalid authorization code.")
+
+    def verify_jwt(self, jwtoken: str) -> bool:
+        isTokenValid: bool = False
+
+        try:
+            payload = decodeJWT(jwtoken)
+        except Exception:
+            payload = None
+        if payload:
+            isTokenValid = True
+        return isTokenValid
diff --git a/ghostforge/auth/handler.py b/ghostforge/auth/handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..131cdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostforge/auth/handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+import time
+from typing import Dict
+
+import jwt
+
+# Based on handler from https://github.com/testdrivenio/fastapi-jwt/
+
+JWT_SECRET = os.environ.get("GHOSTFORGE_JWT_SECRET")
+
+
+def token_response(token: str):
+    return {"access_token": token}
+
+
+def signJWT(user: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    payload = {"user_id": user, "expires": time.time() + 600}
+    token = jwt.encode(payload, JWT_SECRET, algorithm="HS256")
+
+    return token_response(token)
+
+
+def decodeJWT(token: str) -> dict:
+    try:
+        decoded_token = jwt.decode(token, JWT_SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"])
+        return decoded_token if decoded_token["expires"] >= time.time() else None
+    except Exception:
+        return {}
diff --git a/ghostforge/cli.py b/ghostforge/cli.py
index e69de29..749b6ca 100644
--- a/ghostforge/cli.py
+++ b/ghostforge/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import os
+
+import uvicorn
+
+
+def start_api() -> None:
+    uvicorn.run(
+        "ghostforge.api:app", host="0.0.0.0", port=os.environ.get("GHOSTFORGE_INTERNAL_WEB_PORT", 1337), reload=True
+    )
diff --git a/ghostforge/models.py b/ghostforge/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9508d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostforge/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import datetime
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import Field
+
+
+class UserSchema(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(...)
+    password: str = Field(...)
+    created: datetime.datetime = datetime.datetime
+
+    class Config:
+        schema_extra = {
+            "example": {
+                "name": "Jeremy Tootsieroll",
+                "password": "notarealpassword",
+                "created": "2021-03-05T08:21:00.000Z",
+            }
+        }
+
+
+class UserLoginSchema(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(...)
+    password: str = Field(...)
+
+    class Config:
+        schema_extra = {"example": {"name": "Jeremy Tootsieroll", "password": "notarealpassword"}}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ae3448..210f166 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=67.8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -9,22 +9,26 @@ authors = [{ name = "ghostforge", email = "git@nixon.mozmail.com" }]
 description = "A false identity information manager for privacy prudent persons"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = ["tornado", "queries"]
-license = "MIT"
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.95.2",
+    "uvicorn>=0.22.0",
+    "loguru>=0.7.0",
+    "passlib>=1.7.4",
+    "pydantic>=1.10.8",
+]
 
 [project.scripts]
-ghostforge_serve = "ghostforge.cli:service"
+ghostforge_serve = "ghostforge.cli:start_api"
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/DarrylNixon/ghostforge"
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/DarrylNixon/ghostforge/issues"
 
 [tool.bandit]
-exclude_dirs = ["/doc"]
-skips = []
+exclude_dirs = ["/doc", "/build"]
+# TODO: Stop skipping B104 (binding on 0.0.0.0), is there a nice way to get a good docker bind address?
+skips = ["B104"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
-
-[tool.isort]
-profile = "black"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c558e3..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.