diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0407444..270b5d3 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ MAXLEN=5120
 MAXFILES=128
 SHOW_SUBMITTED=true
 
-ADMIN_EMAIL=john.doe@example.com
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+ADMIN_EMAIL=john.doe@example.com
+
+SESSION_SECRET=
+SESSION_MEMCACHE_HOST=memcache:11211
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0f9da2..c62fdc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 node_modules
 .env
 package-lock.json
+yarn.lock
 
 # code
 !*.js
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8e34039..7160529 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,17 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - './usercontent:/opt/code/usercontent'
       # uncomment this for debug mode
-      #- './:/opt/code'
-    restart: always
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+      - './:/opt/code'
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - bin
+  memcache:
+    image: memcached
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - bin
+
+networks:
+  bin:
+    driver: bridge
+
diff --git a/gen_key.sh b/gen_key.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d66c144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gen_key.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+errcho() {
+    echo $* >&2
+}
+
+if [[ $1 != '-y' ]]; then
+    errcho -e "\033[31mERROR: \033[0mThis will overwrite your current key."
+    errcho -e "\033[31mERROR: \033[0mRun it again with -y as first argument to confirm."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '[:alpha:]' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
+
+sed -i "s/^SESSION_SECRET=[a-zA-Z0-9]*$/SESSION_SECRET=$KEY/g" .env
+
+echo Your key is $KEY
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diff --git a/middleware/index.js b/middleware/index.js
index c0b37d1..73b8b65 100644
--- a/middleware/index.js
+++ b/middleware/index.js
@@ -5,4 +5,22 @@ const bodyparse = require('body-parser');
 router.use(bodyparse.json());
 router.use(bodyparse.urlencoded({extended: true}));
 
+const session = require('express-session');
+const memcache = require("connect-memcached")(session);
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+router.use(
+    session({
+        secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET,
+        secure: true,
+        resave: false,
+        saveUninitialized: true,
+        store: new memcache({
+            hosts: [process.env.SESSION_MEMCACHE_HOST],
+            secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET +
+            crypto.createHash('sha256', process.env.SESSION_SECRET).digest().toString('hex')
+        })
+    })
+);
+
 module.exports = router;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e5c4041..33b467d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
+    "connect-memcached": "^2.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
+    "express-session": "^1.17.3",
     "fancy-log": "^2.0.0",
     "glob": "^9.2.1",
     "pug": "^3.0.2"
diff --git a/public/static/main.css b/public/static/main.css
index 28d53ca..039fade 100644
--- a/public/static/main.css
+++ b/public/static/main.css
@@ -46,4 +46,19 @@ input[type=submit] {
 }
 input[type=submit]:hover {
     box-shadow: 0 2px 4px #60806040;
+}
+
+div.captcha_box {
+    margin:0 auto;
+    width:100px;
+    text-align:center;
+    background-color: white;
+    padding: 20px;
+    border: 1px solid gray;
+}
+p.c_s {
+    margin:0;
+    padding: 0;
+    font-size:11pt;
+    font-family: sans-serif
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/main.js b/routes/main.js
index e0dd3c7..92767a5 100644
--- a/routes/main.js
+++ b/routes/main.js
@@ -3,11 +3,25 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const handler = require('express-async-handler');
 const content = require('../helpers/content');
 
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
 async function index(req, res) {
+
+    if (!req.session.captcha) {
+        req.session.captcha = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('base64').substring(0, 6);
+    }
+
+    req.session.captcha_input = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('base64').substring(0,10);
+    if (!req.session.csrf)
+        req.session.csrf = crypto.randomBytes(10).toString('base64');
+
     res.render('main', {
         maxlen: process.env.MAXLEN,
-        submitted: content.submitted()
+        submitted: content.submitted(),
+        req,
+        crypto
     });
+    
 }
 
 router.get('/', handler(index));
diff --git a/routes/upload.js b/routes/upload.js
index b920e84..62bb863 100644
--- a/routes/upload.js
+++ b/routes/upload.js
@@ -2,11 +2,30 @@ const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 const handler = require('express-async-handler');
 const content = require('../helpers/content');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 const { MAXFILES } = process.env;
 
 async function upload(req, res) {
 
+    if (req.body['_csrf'] != req.session.csrf) {
+        res.status(405).send('CSRF error');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!req.body[req.session.captcha_input]) {
+        res.status(405).send('Captcha error; please go back and refresh the page a few times.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (req.body[req.session.captcha_input] != req.session.captcha) {
+        res.status(405).send('Bad captcha');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    req.session.captcha = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('base64').substring(0,6);
+    
+
     if (content.submitted() >= MAXFILES) {
         res.status(405).send('Not allowed');
         return;
diff --git a/views/captcha.pug b/views/captcha.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff860d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/captcha.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+mixin captcha(text)
+    div(class='captcha_box')
+                -
+                    const pyRange = (start, stop, step) =>
+                        Array.from(
+                            { length: (stop - start) / step + 1 },
+                            (value, index) => start + index * step
+                        );
+                    var captcha = text
+                    var shuffled_indexes = pyRange(0, captcha.length - 1, 1);
+                    shuffled_indexes.sort(() => crypto.randomInt(0,10) > 5 ? 1 : -1);
+                    var current_index = -1;
+                    const rint = (m, mx) => crypto.randomInt(m, mx);
+
+                    const blowfish = () => {
+                        const rules = [
+                            'font-weight:normal',
+                            'font-family:inherit',
+                            'font-weight:bold',
+                            'font-weight:normal',
+                            'display:block',
+                            'display:inline-block',
+                            'display:flex',
+                            'display:none',
+                            'display:none'
+                        ];
+                        const n = rint(8, 16);
+                        let out = '';
+
+                        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                            out += rules[rint(0,rules.length - 1)] + ';'.repeat(rint(1,6))
+                        }
+                        return out;
+                    }
+
+                    
+
+                each index in shuffled_indexes
+                    -
+                        current_index++
+                        var left_margin = 0;
+
+
+                    p(class='c_s' style=`transform:translate(${((index - current_index) * (rint(80,82) / 10))}px, ${rint(-3,3)}px);${blowfish()};font-weight:${rint(0,2) == 1 ? 'bold' : 'normal'};color:#220000;display:inline-block`)= captcha[index]
+                    each i in pyRange(0, rint(4,10), 1)
+                        p(class='c_s' style=`transform:translate(${((index - current_index) * (rint(80,82) / 10))}px, ${rint(-3,3)}px);${blowfish()};font-weight:bold;color:#220000;display:none`)= a
diff --git a/views/main.pug b/views/main.pug
index b1b4cdc..0d80d88 100644
--- a/views/main.pug
+++ b/views/main.pug
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 extends template/main.pug
 
+block root
+    include captcha.pug
+
 block content
     - var exceeded = submitted >= process.env.MAXFILES
     form(action='/upload' method='POST')
+        input(type='hidden' name='_csrf' value=req.session.csrf)
         p(align='center')
             textarea(name='text' class='data' placeholder='Put your text in here!' + (maxlen ? ` (Max length is ${maxlen} bytes)` : ''))
             br
             if (!exceeded)
+                br
+                | Captcha:
+                br
+                input(type='text' name=req.session.captcha_input)
+        if (!exceeded)
+            +captcha(req.session.captcha)
+            p(align='center' style='padding-bottom:10px')
                 input(type='submit' value='Upload!')
+            
         if (exceeded)
             p(style='color:darkred;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt' align='center')
                 | Max uploads limit exceeded. No more uploads would be accepted.