diff --git a/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/ApiResult.cs b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/ApiResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adf5af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/ApiResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Contracts
+{
+    public class ApiResult
+    {
+        public ApiResult(string message, ApiResults result)
+        {
+            Message = message;
+            Result = result;
+        }
+        public string Message { get; }
+        public ApiResults Result { get; }
+    }
+
+    public enum ApiResults
+    {
+        Ok,
+        Warning,
+        Error,
+        Invalid
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/DTO/UserDto.cs b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/DTO/UserDto.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb3483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/DTO/UserDto.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Contracts.DTO
+{
+    public class UserDto
+    {
+        public UserDto(string id, string userName, string mail, string role, DateTime dateCreated)
+        {
+            Id = id;
+            UserName = userName;
+            Mail = mail;
+            Role = role;
+            DateCreated = dateCreated;
+        }
+
+        public string Id { get; }
+        public string UserName { get; }
+        public string Mail { get; }
+        public string Role { get; }
+        public DateTime DateCreated { get; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/SharpRSS.API.Contracts.csproj b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/SharpRSS.API.Contracts.csproj
index ccefe79..5cf2042 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/SharpRSS.API.Contracts.csproj
+++ b/SharpRSS.API.Contracts/SharpRSS.API.Contracts.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <Folder Include="Auth" />
-      <Folder Include="DTO" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
index d778a0b..82d4695 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using SharpRSS.API.Contracts;
+using SharpRSS.API.Contracts.DTO;
+using SharpRSS.API.Data;
+using SharpRSS.API.Models;
+using SharpRSS.API.Models.Auth;
 
 namespace SharpRSS.API.Controllers
 {
@@ -7,10 +12,20 @@ namespace SharpRSS.API.Controllers
     [Route("api/[controller]")]
     public class AuthController : ControllerBase
     {
-        [HttpGet("authenticate")]
-        public async Task<ActionResult<string>> Authenticate()
+        public AuthController(AuthService authService)
         {
-            return "Authenticated!";
+            _authService = authService;
+        }
+
+        private readonly AuthService _authService;
+        
+        [HttpPost("create")]
+        public async Task<ActionResult<UserDto>> CreateUser(UserRequest user)
+        {
+            Result<User> result = await _authService.CreateUser(user);
+            if (result.Success)
+                return Ok(Models.Auth.User.ToDto(result.Value ?? new User()));
+            return BadRequest(new ApiResult(result.Message, ApiResults.Error));
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/RssController.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/RssController.cs
index 074e415..91da0df 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/RssController.cs
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Controllers/RssController.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 namespace SharpRSS.API.Controllers
 {
     [ApiController]
     [Route("api/[controller]")]
-    public class RssController
+    public class RssController : ControllerBase
     {
-        
+        [HttpGet("guide")]
+        public async Task<ActionResult<string>> GetGuide()
+        {
+            return Ok("Guide data");
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Cryptography/Hasher.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Cryptography/Hasher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95831bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Cryptography/Hasher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Cryptography
+{
+    public static class Hasher
+    {
+        private const int KeySize = 128;
+        private const int Iterations = 420069;
+        static readonly HashAlgorithmName Algorithm = HashAlgorithmName.SHA512;
+        
+        public static byte[] HashPassword(string password, out byte[] salt)
+        {
+            salt = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(KeySize);
+            return HashInternal(password, salt);
+        }
+
+        public static bool ComparePasswords(string password, byte[] hash, byte[] salt)
+        {
+            byte[] passwordHashed = HashInternal(password, salt);
+            if (hash.Length != passwordHashed.Length)
+                return false;
+            return !hash.Where((t, i) => t != passwordHashed[i]).Any();
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] HashInternal(string password, byte[] salt)
+        {
+            var hash = Rfc2898DeriveBytes.Pbkdf2(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password), salt, Iterations, Algorithm,KeySize);
+            return hash;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthService.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20f0ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using SharpRSS.API.Cryptography;
+using SharpRSS.API.Models;
+using SharpRSS.API.Models.Auth;
+using ToolQit;
+using ToolQit.Logging;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Data
+{
+    public class AuthService
+    {
+        public AuthService(IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            _configuration = configuration;
+            _log = LogManager.CreateLogger(typeof(AuthService));
+            _log.Information("Setting up service...");
+        }
+
+        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
+        private readonly ILog _log;
+
+        public async Task<Result<User>> CreateUser(UserRequest userRequest)
+        {
+            bool result = false;
+            await using DbAccess access = new DbAccess(_configuration);
+
+            var user = access.Users.FirstOrDefault(u => u.UserName == userRequest.UserName);
+            if (user != null)
+                return new Result<User>(user, message:"User name already exists!");
+            byte[] hashedPwdBytes = Hasher.HashPassword(userRequest.Password, out byte[] salt);
+            user = new User()
+            {
+                UserName = userRequest.UserName,
+                Mail = userRequest.EMail,
+                Password = hashedPwdBytes,
+                Salt = salt
+            };
+            access.Users.Add(user);
+            try
+            {
+                int entries = await access.SaveChangesAsync();
+                result = entries > 0;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _log.Error(e, "Error creating user: {UserName}", user.UserName);
+                return new Result<User>(user, message: "Could not create user!");
+            }
+            return new Result<User>(user, result);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthenticationService.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthenticationService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ffd196..0000000
--- a/SharpRSS.API/Data/AuthenticationService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-namespace SharpRSS.API.Data
-{
-    public class AuthenticationService
-    {
-        
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Data/DbAccess.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Data/DbAccess.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281a7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Data/DbAccess.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using SharpRSS.API.Models.Auth;
+using ToolQit;
+using ToolQit.Logging;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Data
+{
+    public sealed class DbAccess : DbContext
+    {
+        public DbAccess(IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            _log = LogManager.CreateLogger(typeof(DbAccess));
+            _configuration = configuration;
+            Database.EnsureCreated();
+        }
+        
+        public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
+
+        private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
+        private readonly ILog _log;
+        
+        
+        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
+        {
+            string connection = _configuration["DataBase:Connection"] ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(_configuration), "No connection string in appsettings!");
+            string server = _configuration["DataBase:Server"] ?? "Unknown";
+            switch (server)
+            {
+                case "MariaDB":
+                    var dbSrvVersion = ServerVersion.AutoDetect(connection);
+                    _log.Information("Server {SrvType} detected, version: {SrvVersion}", dbSrvVersion.Type.ToString(), dbSrvVersion.Version);
+                    optionsBuilder.UseMySql(connection, dbSrvVersion);
+                    break;
+                default: // TODO: Add more database support.
+                    _log.Warning("No valid db server: {Server}/nSupported db servers: 'MariaDB'", server);
+                    throw new Exception("Database server not specified!");
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+            modelBuilder.Entity<User>().ToTable("srss_user");
+            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/User.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/User.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e54e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/User.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using SharpRSS.API.Contracts.DTO;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Models.Auth
+{
+    public class User
+    {
+        public static UserDto ToDto(User user) => new UserDto(user.Id, user.UserName, user.Mail, user.Role, user.DateCreated);
+
+        [Key]
+        public string Id { get; set; } = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+        [Required]
+        public string UserName { get; set; }
+        [Required]
+        [EmailAddress]
+        public string Mail { get; set; }
+        [Required]
+        public byte[] Password { get; set; }
+        [Required]
+        public byte[] Salt { get; set; }
+        [Required]
+        public string Role { get; set; } = "User";
+        [Required]
+        public DateTime DateCreated { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/UserRequest.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/UserRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dbdb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Auth/UserRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Models.Auth
+{
+    public class UserRequest
+    {
+        public string UserName { get; set; }
+        public string EMail { get; set; }
+        public string Password { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Models/Result.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Result.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7db58e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Models/Result.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace SharpRSS.API.Models
+{
+    public class Result<TValue>
+    {
+        public Result(TValue value, bool success = false, string message = "")
+        {
+            Value = value;
+            Success = success;
+            Message = message;
+        }
+        public TValue? Value { get; }
+        public bool Success { get; }
+        public string Message { get; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/Program.cs b/SharpRSS.API/Program.cs
index 56522f5..58c955f 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API/Program.cs
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/Program.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using SharpRSS.API.Data;
 using ToolQit;
 using ToolQit.Logging.Serilog;
 
+
 SetupSerilog();
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 builder.Logging.AddSerilog();
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ builder.Services.AddControllers();
 // Learn more about configuring Swagger/OpenAPI at https://aka.ms/aspnetcore/swashbuckle
 builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
-builder.Services.AddScoped<AuthenticationService>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<AuthService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<SharpRssService>();
 
 var app = builder.Build();
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/SharpRSS.API.csproj b/SharpRSS.API/SharpRSS.API.csproj
index f8bb911..77dbe9a 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API/SharpRSS.API.csproj
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/SharpRSS.API.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="7.0.9" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.10" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="3.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="4.1.0" />
@@ -22,8 +24,4 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="..\ToolQit\ToolQit\ToolQit.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Folder Include="Models" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/SharpRSS.API/appsettings.Development.json b/SharpRSS.API/appsettings.Development.json
index 0c208ae..9cd5ba8 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.API/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/SharpRSS.API/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
+  "DataBase": {
+    "Server": "MariaDB",
+    "Connection": "server=192.168.1.4;user id=api_dev;password=B4OqGO50qCxZXESD;database=sharprss_dev"
+  },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
       "Default": "Information",
diff --git a/SharpRSS.Blazor/Data/SrssAuthenticationStateProvider.cs b/SharpRSS.Blazor/Data/SrssAuthenticationStateProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fa8383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SharpRSS.Blazor/Data/SrssAuthenticationStateProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization;
+
+namespace SharpRSS.Blazor.Data
+{
+    public class SrssAuthenticationStateProvider : AuthenticationStateProvider
+    {
+        public override Task<AuthenticationState> GetAuthenticationStateAsync()
+        {
+            var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(new[]
+            {
+                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "srss")
+            }, "Custom Authentication");
+            var user = new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);
+            return Task.FromResult(new AuthenticationState(user));
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SharpRSS.Blazor/Program.cs b/SharpRSS.Blazor/Program.cs
index 40fda78..9215c85 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.Blazor/Program.cs
+++ b/SharpRSS.Blazor/Program.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using MudBlazor.Services;
 using Serilog;
 using Serilog.Formatting.Compact;
+using SharpRSS.Blazor.Data;
 using ToolQit;
 using ToolQit.Logging.Serilog;
 
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ builder.Logging.AddSerilog();
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
 builder.Services.AddServerSideBlazor();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<AuthenticationStateProvider, SrssAuthenticationStateProvider>();
 builder.Services.AddMudServices();
 
 var app = builder.Build();
diff --git a/SharpRSS.Blazor/SharpRSS.Blazor.csproj b/SharpRSS.Blazor/SharpRSS.Blazor.csproj
index 6b88525..9ab30e8 100644
--- a/SharpRSS.Blazor/SharpRSS.Blazor.csproj
+++ b/SharpRSS.Blazor/SharpRSS.Blazor.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization" Version="7.0.10" />
       <PackageReference Include="MudBlazor" Version="6.9.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="3.0.1" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="7.0.0" />
@@ -21,8 +22,4 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="..\ToolQit\ToolQit\ToolQit.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Folder Include="Data" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>