diff --git a/JwtStore.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/JwtStore.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3bc86..0000000
--- a/JwtStore.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-using JwtStore.Api.Options;
-
-namespace JwtStore.Api.Extensions;
-
-public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
-{
-    public static IServiceCollection AddConfigurations(this IServiceCollection services)
-    {
-        services.ConfigureOptions<SecretsOptionsSetup>();
-
-        return services;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/JwtStore.Api/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs b/JwtStore.Api/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bf2e9e..0000000
--- a/JwtStore.Api/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-using JwtStore.Infrastructure.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-
-namespace JwtStore.Api.Options;
-
-public class SecretsOptionsSetup : IConfigureOptions<SecretsOptions>
-{
-    private const string Secrets = nameof(Secrets);
-    private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
-
-    public SecretsOptionsSetup(IConfiguration configuration)
-        => _configuration = configuration;
-
-    public void Configure(SecretsOptions options)
-        => _configuration.GetSection(Secrets)
-                         .Bind(options);
-}
diff --git a/JwtStore.Api/Program.cs b/JwtStore.Api/Program.cs
index c1ad9ad..552ef87 100644
--- a/JwtStore.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/JwtStore.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using JwtStore.Api.Extensions;
 using JwtStore.Infrastructure.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
diff --git a/JwtStore.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/JwtStore.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 1273d45..79c1495 100644
--- a/JwtStore.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/JwtStore.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=localhost,1433;Database=jwt-store;User ID=sa;Password=1q2w3e4r@#$;Trusted_Connection=False; TrustServerCertificate=True;"
   },
+  "Jwt": {
+    "PrivateKey": "",
+    "Audience": "",
+    "Issuer": "",
+    "ExpirationInMinutes": 0
+  },
   "Secrets": {
     "ApiKey": "",
-    "JwtPrivateKey": "",
     "PasswordSaltKey": ""
   },
   "Logging": {
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptions.cs b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8805112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+namespace JwtStore.Infrastructure.Authentication;
+
+public sealed class JwtOptions
+{
+    public const string SectionName = "Jwt";
+
+    public string Audience { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public string Issuer { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public string PrivateKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public int TokenExpirationInMinutes { get; init; }
+}
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptionsSetup.cs b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptionsSetup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0a5363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Authentication/JwtOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace JwtStore.Infrastructure.Authentication;
+
+public sealed class JwtOptionsSetup(IConfiguration configuration)
+    : IConfigureOptions<JwtOptions>
+{
+    private readonly IConfiguration _configuration = configuration;
+
+    public void Configure(JwtOptions options)
+        => _configuration.GetSection(JwtOptions.SectionName)
+                         .Bind(options);
+}
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index f7a4d05..5ef6812 100644
--- a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+using JwtStore.Infrastructure.Authentication;
 using JwtStore.Infrastructure.Data;
+using JwtStore.Infrastructure.Options;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace JwtStore.Infrastructure.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
@@ -9,6 +15,38 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
 {
     private const string DefaultConnection = nameof(DefaultConnection);
 
+    public static IServiceCollection AddConfigurations(this IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+        services.ConfigureOptions<SecretsOptionsSetup>();
+        services.ConfigureOptions<JwtOptionsSetup>();
+
+        return services;
+    }
+
+    public static IServiceCollection AddJwtAuthentication(this IServiceCollection services, IOptions<JwtOptions> options)
+    {
+        var jwtOptions = options.Value;
+
+        services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
+                .AddJwtBearer(options =>
+                {
+                    options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
+                    {
+                        ValidateIssuer = true,
+                        ValidateAudience = true,
+                        ValidateLifetime = true,
+                        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
+                        ValidIssuer = jwtOptions.Issuer,
+                        ValidAudience = jwtOptions.Audience,
+                        IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jwtOptions.PrivateKey))
+                    };
+                });
+
+        services.AddAuthorization();
+
+        return services;
+    }
+
     public static IServiceCollection AddPersistence(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
         services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/JwtStore.Infrastructure.csproj b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/JwtStore.Infrastructure.csproj
index 7030c79..17eba63 100644
--- a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/JwtStore.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/JwtStore.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptions.cs b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptions.cs
index b6df4c0..2fc74bc 100644
--- a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptions.cs
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptions.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ namespace JwtStore.Infrastructure.Options;
 
 public sealed class SecretsOptions
 {
-    public string ApiKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public const string SectionName = "Secrets";
 
-    public string JwtPrivateKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string ApiKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 
     public string PasswordSaltKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 }
diff --git a/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a513f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JwtStore.Infrastructure/Options/SecretsOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace JwtStore.Infrastructure.Options;
+
+public sealed class SecretsOptionsSetup(IConfiguration configuration)
+    : IConfigureOptions<SecretsOptions>
+{
+    private readonly IConfiguration _configuration = configuration;
+
+    public void Configure(SecretsOptions options)
+        => _configuration.GetSection(SecretsOptions.SectionName)
+                         .Bind(options);
+}