diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index e2677ea9..ad1991a2 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ config :philomena,
 config :philomena,
   password_pepper: "dn2e0EpZrvBLoxUM3gfQveBhjf0bG/6/bYhrOyq3L3hV9hdo/bimJ+irbDWsuXLP"
 
+config :philomena, :pow,
+  user: Philomena.Users.User,
+  repo: Philomena.Repo
+
 config :bcrypt_elixir,
   log_rounds: 12
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena/users/password.ex b/lib/philomena/users/password.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af31ed17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena/users/password.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Users.Password do
+  def hash_pwd_salt(password, opts \\ []) do
+    pepper = Application.get_env(:philomena, :password_pepper)
+
+    Bcrypt.hash_pwd_salt(<<password::binary, pepper::binary>>, opts)
+  end
+
+  def verify_pass(password, stored_hash) do
+    pepper = Application.get_env(:philomena, :password_pepper)
+
+    Bcrypt.verify_pass(<<password::binary, pepper::binary>>, stored_hash)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
index 506e8212..023e7282 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 defmodule Philomena.Users.User do
+  alias Philomena.Users.Password
+
   use Ecto.Schema
+
+  use Pow.Ecto.Schema,
+    password_hash_methods: {&Password.hash_pwd_salt/1, &Password.verify_pass/2}
+
   import Ecto.Changeset
 
   schema "users" do
     field :email, :string
-    field :encrypted_password, :string, default: ""
+    field :encrypted_password, :string
+    field :password_hash, :string, source: :encrypted_password
     field :reset_password_token, :string
     field :reset_password_sent_at, :naive_datetime
     field :remember_created_at, :naive_datetime
@@ -13,12 +20,17 @@ defmodule Philomena.Users.User do
     field :last_sign_in_at, :naive_datetime
     field :current_sign_in_ip, EctoNetwork.INET
     field :last_sign_in_ip, EctoNetwork.INET
+    field :name, :string
+
+    pow_user_fields()
+
     timestamps(inserted_at: :created_at)
   end
 
   @doc false
   def changeset(user, attrs) do
     user
+    |> pow_changeset(attrs)
     |> cast(attrs, [])
     |> validate_required([])
   end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web.ex b/lib/philomena_web.ex
index 8d668dff..e753576d 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web.ex
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb do
 
       # Import convenience functions from controllers
       import Phoenix.Controller, only: [get_flash: 1, get_flash: 2, view_module: 1]
+      import Pow.Plug, only: [current_user: 1]
 
       # Use all HTML functionality (forms, tags, etc)
       use Phoenix.HTML
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/endpoint.ex b/lib/philomena_web/endpoint.ex
index 4f7265e4..df1e30dc 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/endpoint.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/endpoint.ex
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Endpoint do
     signing_salt: "signed cookie",
     encryption_salt: "authenticated encrypted cookie"
 
+  plug Philomena.Plugs.Session, otp_app: :philomena
+
   plug PhilomenaWeb.Plugs.RenderTime
   plug PhilomenaWeb.Router
 end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/plugs/session.ex b/lib/philomena_web/plugs/session.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d11f0454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/plugs/session.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Plugs.Session do
+  use Pow.Plug.Base
+
+  alias Plug.Conn
+  alias Philomena.{Repo, Users.User}
+
+  @session_key :philomena_session
+
+  def fetch(conn, _config) do
+    conn = Conn.fetch_session(conn)
+    user = Conn.get_session(conn, @session_key)
+
+    conn
+    |> maybe_load_user(user)
+  end
+
+  def create(conn, user, _config) do
+    user = session_value(user)
+
+    conn =
+      conn
+      |> Conn.fetch_session()
+      |> Conn.put_session(@session_key, user)
+    
+    {conn, user}
+  end
+
+  def delete(conn, _config) do
+    conn
+    |> Conn.fetch_session()
+    |> Conn.delete_session(@session_key)
+  end
+
+  defp maybe_load_user(conn, {:ok, user}) do
+    with {:ok, [user_id, hash]} <- Jason.decode(user),
+         %User{} = user <- Repo.get(User, user_id),
+         ^hash <- binary_part(user.encrypted_password, 0, 25)
+    do
+      {conn, user}
+    else
+      _ ->
+        {conn, nil}
+    end
+  end
+  defp maybe_load_user(conn, _) do
+    {conn, nil}
+  end
+
+  defp session_value(user) do
+    Jason.encode([user.id, binary_part(user.encrypted_password, 0, 25)])
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
index 2304326d..59a8ac87 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
   use PhilomenaWeb, :router
+  use Pow.Phoenix.Router
 
   pipeline :browser do
     plug :accepts, ["html"]
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
     plug :accepts, ["json"]
   end
 
+  scope "/" do
+    pipe_through :browser
+
+    pow_routes()
+  end
+
   scope "/", PhilomenaWeb do
     pipe_through :browser
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.eex b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.eex
deleted file mode 100644
index a580fb35..00000000
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.eex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/>
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
-    <title>Philomena · Phoenix Framework</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<%= Routes.static_path(@conn, "/css/app.css") %>"/>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <header>
-      <section class="container">
-        <nav role="navigation">
-          <ul>
-            <li><a href="https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html">Get Started</a></li>
-          </ul>
-        </nav>
-        <a href="http://phoenixframework.org/" class="phx-logo">
-          <img src="<%= Routes.static_path(@conn, "/images/phoenix.png") %>" alt="Phoenix Framework Logo"/>
-        </a>
-      </section>
-    </header>
-    <main role="main" class="container">
-      <p class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><%= get_flash(@conn, :info) %></p>
-      <p class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"><%= get_flash(@conn, :error) %></p>
-      <%= render @view_module, @view_template, assigns %>
-      <p>Rendered in <%= render_time(@conn) %> ms</p>
-    </main>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="<%= Routes.static_path(@conn, "/js/app.js") %>"></script>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c0e2b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+doctype html
+html lang="en"
+  head
+    meta charset="utf-8"
+    meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"
+    meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"
+    title 
+      = if assigns[:title] do
+        => assigns[:title]
+        ' - Philomena
+      - else
+        ' Philomena
+    link rel="stylesheet" href=Routes.static_path(@conn, "/css/app.css")
+  body
+    = if @current_user do
+      p
+        ' Welcome
+        = @current_user.name
+    = render @view_module, @view_template, assigns
+    p
+      ' Rendered in
+      => render_time(@conn)
+      ' ms
+    script type="text/javascript" src=Routes.static_path(@conn, "/js/app.js")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 58076258..2a13cb81 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ defmodule Philomena.MixProject do
       {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.0"},
       {:phoenix_slime, "~> 0.12.0"},
       {:ecto_network, "~> 1.1"},
-      {:pbkdf2, "~> 2.0"}
+      {:pow, "~> 1.0.11"},
+      {:bcrypt_elixir, "~> 2.0"}
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 4e7f372d..5d625124 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 %{
+  "bcrypt_elixir": {:hex, :bcrypt_elixir, "2.0.3", "64e0792d5b5064391927bf3b8e436994cafd18ca2d2b76dea5c76e0adcf66b7c", [:make, :mix], [{:comeonin, "~> 5.1", [hex: :comeonin, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:elixir_make, "~> 0.4", [hex: :elixir_make, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "comeonin": {:hex, :comeonin, "5.1.2", "fbbbbbfcf0f0e9900c0336d16c8d462edf838ba1759577e29cc5fbd7c28a4540", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "connection": {:hex, :connection, "1.0.4", "a1cae72211f0eef17705aaededacac3eb30e6625b04a6117c1b2db6ace7d5976", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "2.6.3", "99aa50e94e685557cad82e704457336a453d4abcb77839ad22dbe71f311fcc06", [:rebar3], [{:cowlib, "~> 2.7.3", [hex: :cowlib, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ranch, "~> 1.7.1", [hex: :ranch, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "cowlib": {:hex, :cowlib, "2.7.3", "a7ffcd0917e6d50b4d5fb28e9e2085a0ceb3c97dea310505f7460ff5ed764ce9", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "3.1.7", "fa21d06ef56cdc2fdaa62574e8c3ba34a2751d44ea34c30bc65f0728421043e5", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.6", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
   "ecto_network": {:hex, :ecto_network, "1.1.0", "7062004b9324ff13e50c02dab84877f8a55e06db9eabbf2d04bda21da6fc6e8a", [:mix], [{:ecto_sql, ">= 3.0.0", [hex: :ecto_sql, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_html, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :phoenix_html, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:postgrex, ">= 0.14.0", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "ecto_sql": {:hex, :ecto_sql, "3.1.6", "1e80e30d16138a729c717f73dcb938590bcdb3a4502f3012414d0cbb261045d8", [:mix], [{:db_connection, "~> 2.0", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto, "~> 3.1.0", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mariaex, "~> 0.9.1", [hex: :mariaex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:myxql, "~> 0.2.0", [hex: :myxql, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.14.0 or ~> 0.15.0", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "elixir_make": {:hex, :elixir_make, "0.6.0", "38349f3e29aff4864352084fc736fa7fa0f2995a819a737554f7ebd28b85aaab", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "file_system": {:hex, :file_system, "0.2.7", "e6f7f155970975789f26e77b8b8d8ab084c59844d8ecfaf58cbda31c494d14aa", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.17.0", "abe21542c831887a2b16f4c94556db9c421ab301aee417b7c4fbde7fbdbe01ec", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "jason": {:hex, :jason, "1.1.2", "b03dedea67a99223a2eaf9f1264ce37154564de899fd3d8b9a21b1a6fd64afe7", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@
   "plug_cowboy": {:hex, :plug_cowboy, "2.1.0", "b75768153c3a8a9e8039d4b25bb9b14efbc58e9c4a6e6a270abff1cd30cbe320", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 2.5", [hex: :cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug, "~> 1.7", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "plug_crypto": {:hex, :plug_crypto, "1.0.0", "18e49317d3fa343f24620ed22795ec29d4a5e602d52d1513ccea0b07d8ea7d4d", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.15.0", "dd5349161019caeea93efa42f9b22f9d79995c3a86bdffb796427b4c9863b0f0", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 2.1", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.5", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
+  "pow": {:hex, :pow, "1.0.11", "f5ef721ac17d2bf8f9dd92f5d40fa0b96512d24b91a26603147754034e3a6101", [:mix], [{:ecto, "~> 2.2 or ~> 3.0", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix, "~> 1.3.0 or ~> 1.4.0", [hex: :phoenix, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_html, ">= 2.0.0 and <= 3.0.0", [hex: :phoenix_html, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug, ">= 1.5.0 and < 2.0.0", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
   "ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.7.1", "6b1fab51b49196860b733a49c07604465a47bdb78aa10c1c16a3d199f7f8c881", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "slime": {:hex, :slime, "1.2.0", "d46ede53c96b743dfdd23821268dc9b01f04ffea65d9d57c4e3d9200b162df02", [:mix], [{:neotoma, "~> 1.7", [hex: :neotoma, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "telemetry": {:hex, :telemetry, "0.4.0", "8339bee3fa8b91cb84d14c2935f8ecf399ccd87301ad6da6b71c09553834b2ab", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},