diff --git a/dpts-server/Cargo.toml b/dpts-server/Cargo.toml
index 1e84f74..d07ce25 100644
--- a/dpts-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dpts-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ edition.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+argon2 = "0.5.3"
+axum = "0.8.4"
+clap = {workspace = true, features = ["derive"]}
 dpts-core = {workspace = true}
 chrono = {workspace = true}
-clap = {workspace = true, features = ["derive"]}
-axum = "0.8.4"
 serde.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
+rand = "0.9.1"
diff --git a/dpts-server/src/auth.rs b/dpts-server/src/auth.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e9f3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpts-server/src/auth.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use argon2::{
+    Argon2, 
+    PasswordHasher,
+    PasswordVerifier,
+    password_hash::{
+        Salt,
+        SaltString,
+        PasswordHash,
+        rand_core::OsRng,
+    },
+};
+use chrono::format::parse;
+use crate::error::Error;
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
+
+pub fn try_hash_password(password: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    let mut rng = OsRng::default();
+    let salt_string= SaltString::generate(&mut rng);
+    let salt = salt_string.as_salt();
+    let hash = Argon2::default().hash_password(password.as_bytes(), salt).or(Err(Error::PasswordHash("Hashing password with salt".to_string())))?;
+    Ok(hash.to_string())
+}
+
+pub fn try_verify_password(password: &str, password_hash: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+    let parsed_hash = PasswordHash::new(password_hash).or(Err(Error::PasswordHash("Failed to parse password hash string".to_string())))?;
+    match Argon2::default().verify_password(password.as_bytes(), &parsed_hash) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+        Err(_) => Ok(false),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use argon2::password_hash::rand_core::OsRng;
+
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn test_password() {
+        let valid_password = "valid";
+        let invalid_password = "invalid";
+        let hash = try_hash_password(valid_password).unwrap();
+        assert!(try_verify_password(valid_password, &hash).unwrap());
+        assert!(!try_verify_password(invalid_password, &hash).unwrap());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/dpts-server/src/error.rs b/dpts-server/src/error.rs
index 1c8363f..c1339a2 100644
--- a/dpts-server/src/error.rs
+++ b/dpts-server/src/error.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Uninitialized OnceCell: {0}")]
+    UninitializedOnceCell(String),
     #[error("Parse int error")]
     ParseInt(#[from] std::num::ParseIntError),
+    #[error("Argon2 Password hash error: {0}")]
+    PasswordHash(String),
     #[error("Parse toml error")]
     TomlDe(#[from] toml::de::Error),
     #[error("Missing config value: ({0})")]
diff --git a/dpts-server/src/lib.rs b/dpts-server/src/lib.rs
index a31209e..0aeb816 100644
--- a/dpts-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dpts-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod args;
+mod auth;
 mod config;
 pub mod error;
 pub use args::Args;
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