diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1bffb16..90243de 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[mswin mswin64 mingw x64_mingw jruby]
 # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb
 gem "bootsnap", require: false
 
+#Authentication
+gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
+
 # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images]
 # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ac261d3..96e0c75 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ GEM
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
     base64 (0.2.0)
+    bcrypt (3.1.20)
     bigdecimal (3.1.8)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootsnap (1.18.3)
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  bcrypt (~> 3.1.7)
   bootsnap
   capybara
   debug
diff --git a/app/views/articles/index.html.erb b/app/views/articles/index.html.erb
index 7428945..635f0ad 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/index.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <h1>Articles</h1>
 <%= link_to 'Add an article', new_article_path, class: 'btn btn-primary' %>
+<%= link_to 'Create User', new_user_path, class: 'btn btn-secondary' %>
 
 <ul>
   <% @articles.each do |article| %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 21791b8..c849984 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
   root "articles#index"
   resources :articles
+  resources :users, only: [:new, :create]
 
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ed17b1b..9b6a0cf 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_06_181615) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_10_000010) do
   create_table "articles", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "title", null: false
     t.text "link", null: false
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
   end
 
+  create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "email"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.string "password_digest", null: false
+  end
+
 end