diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c1b2202..f27ef27 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ var app = express();
 var crontab = require("./crontab");
 var restore = require("./restore");
 var moment = require('moment');
+var auth = require('./auth');
+
+app.use(auth);
 
 var path = require('path');
 var mime = require('mime-types');
diff --git a/auth.js b/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d2a29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const auth = require('basic-auth');
+
+const admins = { 'admin': { password: 'admin' }, };
+
+module.exports = function (request, response, next) {
+  var user = auth(request);
+  if (!user || !admins[user.name] || admins[user.name].password !== user.pass) {
+    response.set('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="crontab-ui"');
+    return response.status(401).send();
+  }
+  return next();
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2a3521..f254069 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
     "start": "node app.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "express": "latest",
-    "ejs": "latest",
-    "nedb": "latest",
     "body-parser": "latest",
-    "mime-types": "latest",
-    "cron-parser": "latest",
     "connect-busboy": "latest",
+    "cron-parser": "latest",
+    "ejs": "latest",
+    "express": "latest",
+    "express-basic-auth": "^1.1.6",
+    "basic-auth": "^2.0.1",
+    "mime-types": "latest",
     "moment": "latest",
+    "nedb": "latest",
     "nodemailer": "latest"
   },
   "engines": {