diff --git a/src/api.py b/src/api.py
index f6f0945..bd029b9 100644
--- a/src/api.py
+++ b/src/api.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import requests
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import ORJSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
+from src.auth import verify_token
 from src.scraper import fide_scraper
 
-app = FastAPI(default_response_class=ORJSONResponse)
+app = FastAPI(
+    default_response_class=ORJSONResponse,
+    dependencies=[Depends(verify_token)],
+)
 
 app.add_middleware(
   CORSMiddleware,
diff --git a/src/auth.py b/src/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7d36d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+import secrets
+
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials, HTTPBearer
+
+API_TOKENS: set[str] = set()
+
+_tokens_env = os.environ.get("API_TOKENS", "")
+if _tokens_env:
+    API_TOKENS = {token.strip() for token in _tokens_env.split(",") if token.strip()}
+
+security = HTTPBearer(auto_error=False)
+
+
+def verify_token(credentials: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials | None = Depends(security)) -> None:
+    if not API_TOKENS:
+        return
+
+    if credentials is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Missing authentication token",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+        )
+
+    token = credentials.credentials
+
+    if not any(secrets.compare_digest(token, valid_token) for valid_token in API_TOKENS):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid authentication token",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+        )