diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
index b0b0442..93fb89a 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace SurveyBackend.Controllers;
 public class AuthController : ControllerBase
 {
     [HttpPost("login")]
-    public async Task<IActionResult> GetToken([FromBody] UserLoginDTO loginData)
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetToken([FromBody] UserLoginDto loginData)
     {
         return Ok();
     }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDTO.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDto.cs
similarity index 82%
rename from SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDTO.cs
rename to SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDto.cs
index 9dc2510..8e58ee2 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDTO.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserLoginDto.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace SurveyBackend.DTOs;
 
-public record UserLoginDTO
+public record UserLoginDto
 {
     public required string Email { get; set; }
     public required string Password { get; set; }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDTO.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDto.cs
similarity index 87%
rename from SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDTO.cs
rename to SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDto.cs
index b3013db..3c0808d 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDTO.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/DTOs/UserRegistrationDto.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace SurveyBackend.DTOs;
 
-public record UserRegistrationDTO
+public record UserRegistrationDto
 {
     public string Email { get; set; }
     public string Username { get; set; }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Program.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Program.cs
index 8aa2aca..23fd2d7 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Program.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/Program.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using SurveyBackend.Core.Models;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using SurveyBackend.Infrastructure;
 using SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Data;
 
 namespace SurveyBackend;
@@ -11,33 +13,44 @@ public class Program
     {
         var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
-        // Add services to the container.
+        AuthOptions.MakeOptions(builder.Configuration, Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JWT_SECRET_KEY"));
+
         builder.Services.AddAuthorization();
 
-        builder.Services.AddDbContext<DataContext>(options =>
+        builder.Services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
         {
             options.UseSqlite(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
         });
 
-        builder.Services.AddIdentity<User, IdentityRole<int>>(options => { })
-            .AddEntityFrameworkStores<DataContext>()
-            .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
+        builder.Services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
+            .AddJwtBearer(options =>
+            {
+                options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
+                {
+                    ValidateIssuer = true,
+                    ValidateAudience = true,
+                    ValidateLifetime = true,
+                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
+                    ValidIssuer = AuthOptions.Issuer,
+                    ValidAudience = AuthOptions.Audience,
+                    IssuerSigningKey = AuthOptions.SymmetricSecurityKey
+                };
+            });
 
         builder.Services.AddControllers();
 
-        // Learn more about configuring Swagger/OpenAPI at https://aka.ms/aspnetcore/swashbuckle
         builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
         builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
 
         var app = builder.Build();
 
-        // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
         if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
         {
             app.UseSwagger();
             app.UseSwaggerUI();
         }
 
+        app.UseAuthentication();
         app.UseAuthorization();
 
         app.MapControllers();
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/SurveyBackend.API.csproj b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/SurveyBackend.API.csproj
index e11596b..3764109 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/SurveyBackend.API.csproj
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/SurveyBackend.API.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.14" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="8.0.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="9.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.4.0"/>
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.Development.json b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.Development.json
index c14bf00..bcc29ea 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=Application.db"
+  },
+  "JwtSettings": {
+    "SecretKey": "sigma_super_secret_key_for_jwt_tokens_yo",
+    "Issuer": "SurveyBackend",
+    "Audience": "SurveyClient",
+    "ExpiresInMinutes": 600
   }
 }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.json b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.json
index 19a74e6..3b14cf8 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.json
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.API/appsettings.json
@@ -8,5 +8,11 @@
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=Application.db"
+  },
+  "JwtSettings": {
+    "SecretKey": "sigma_super_secret_key_for_jwt_tokens_yo_that_should_be_stored_in_ENV",
+    "Issuer": "SurveyBackend",
+    "Audience": "SurveyClient",
+    "ExpiresInMinutes": 600
   }
 }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Models/User.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Models/User.cs
index ab4dcbe..78f2286 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Models/User.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Models/User.cs
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
 
 namespace SurveyBackend.Core.Models;
 
-public class User : IdentityUser<int>
+public class User
 {
+    public string Id { get; set; }
+    public string Email { get; set; }
     public string FirstName { get; set; }
     public string LastName { get; set; }
 
+    public string Password { get; set; }
+
     public ICollection<Group> Groups { get; set; }
 }
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diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Services/IUserService.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Services/IUserService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d97a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/Services/IUserService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace SurveyBackend.Core.Services;
+
+public interface IUserService
+{
+    
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/SurveyBackend.Core.csproj b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/SurveyBackend.Core.csproj
index 7bc422a..adbb79f 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/SurveyBackend.Core.csproj
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Core/SurveyBackend.Core.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" Version="2.3.1" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.14" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/AuthOptions.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/AuthOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd379e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/AuthOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+
+namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure;
+
+public static class AuthOptions
+{
+    public static string Issuer;
+    public static string Audience;
+    public static TimeSpan TokenLifetime;
+    private static string? SecurityKey { get; set; }
+
+    public static SymmetricSecurityKey SymmetricSecurityKey
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(SecurityKey);
+
+            return new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SecurityKey));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void MakeOptions(IConfigurationManager configurationManager, string? securityKey = null)
+    {
+        var jwtSettings = configurationManager.GetSection("JwtSettings");
+        Issuer = jwtSettings["Issuer"] ?? "DefaultIssuer";
+        Audience = jwtSettings["Audience"] ?? "DefaultAudience";
+        TokenLifetime = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(int.Parse(jwtSettings["TokenLifetime"] ?? "60"));
+        SecurityKey = securityKey ?? jwtSettings["SecretKey"];
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/DataContext.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
similarity index 59%
rename from SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/DataContext.cs
rename to SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index a44573f..fb500db 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/DataContext.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ using SurveyBackend.Core.Models;
 
 namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Data;
 
-public class DataContext : IdentityDbContext<User, IdentityRole<int>, int>
+public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
 {
+    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
     public DbSet<Group> Groups { get; set; }
 
-    public DataContext(DbContextOptions<DataContext> options) : base(options)
+    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
     {
-        Database.EnsureCreated();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Helpers/TokenHelper.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Helpers/TokenHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52ae64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Helpers/TokenHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using SurveyBackend.Core.Models;
+
+namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Helpers;
+
+public class TokenHelper
+{
+    public static string GetAuthToken(User user)
+    {
+        var userId = user.Id.ToString();
+
+        var claims = new List<Claim>
+        {
+            new(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, userId)
+        };
+
+        var jwt = new JwtSecurityToken(
+            claims: claims,
+            issuer: AuthOptions.Issuer,
+            audience: AuthOptions.Audience,
+            expires: DateTime.UtcNow + AuthOptions.TokenLifetime,
+            signingCredentials: new SigningCredentials(AuthOptions.SymmetricSecurityKey, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256)
+        );
+
+        var token = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(jwt);
+
+        return token;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Repositories/UserRepository.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Repositories/UserRepository.cs
index 306872e..bd1980d 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Repositories/UserRepository.cs
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Repositories/UserRepository.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Repositories;
 
 public class UserRepository : IUserRepository
 {
-    private readonly DataContext _context;
+    private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
 
-    public UserRepository(DataContext context)
+    public UserRepository(ApplicationDbContext context)
     {
         _context = context;
     }
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/IPasswordHasher.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/IPasswordHasher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52d1427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/IPasswordHasher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Services;
+
+public interface IPasswordHasher
+{
+    public string HashPassword(string password);
+    public bool Verify(string password, string hashedPassword);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/Sha256PasswordHasher.cs b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/Sha256PasswordHasher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f513cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/Services/Sha256PasswordHasher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+
+namespace SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.Services;
+
+public class Sha256PasswordHasher : IPasswordHasher
+{
+    private const int RehashCount = 10000;
+
+    private const int HashSizeBytes = 16;
+
+    private const int SaltSizeBytes = 16;
+
+    public string HashPassword(string password)
+    {
+        var saltBytes = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(SaltSizeBytes);
+
+        using var deriveBytes = GetDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes);
+
+        var hashBytes = deriveBytes.GetBytes(HashSizeBytes);
+
+        var fullHashBytes = new byte[SaltSizeBytes + HashSizeBytes];
+
+        Array.Copy(saltBytes, 0, fullHashBytes, 0, SaltSizeBytes);
+        Array.Copy(hashBytes, 0, fullHashBytes, SaltSizeBytes, HashSizeBytes);
+
+        var hashedPassword = Convert.ToBase64String(fullHashBytes);
+
+        return hashedPassword;
+    }
+
+    public bool Verify(string password, string hashedPassword)
+    {
+        var fullHashBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(hashedPassword);
+
+        var saltBytes = new byte[SaltSizeBytes];
+
+        Array.Copy(fullHashBytes, 0, saltBytes, 0, SaltSizeBytes);
+
+        using var deriveBytes = GetDeriveBytes(password, saltBytes);
+
+        var hashBytes = deriveBytes.GetBytes(HashSizeBytes);
+
+        var isMatch = CompareHashes(hashBytes, fullHashBytes);
+
+        return isMatch;
+    }
+
+    private static bool CompareHashes(byte[] hashBytes, byte[] fullHashBytes)
+    {
+        for (var i = 0; i < HashSizeBytes; i++)
+            if (hashBytes[i] != fullHashBytes[i + SaltSizeBytes])
+                return false;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static Rfc2898DeriveBytes GetDeriveBytes(string password, byte[] saltBytes)
+    {
+        return new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(password, saltBytes, RehashCount, HashAlgorithmName.SHA256);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.csproj b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.csproj
index eeefcab..ce7dbfc 100644
--- a/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/SurveyBackend/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure/SurveyBackend.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.3" />
+      <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="7.1.2" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>