diff --git a/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
index fc63fa3..62ca73b 100644
--- a/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.sportshub.application.configuration;
 
+import org.sportshub.application.security.JwtAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
@@ -10,24 +11,25 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.AbstractHt
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
 import static jakarta.servlet.DispatcherType.FORWARD;
 import static jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN;
 import static jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED;
-import jakarta.servlet.DispatcherType;
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
 public class SecurityConfiguration {
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(
-        HttpSecurity httpSecurity
+        HttpSecurity httpSecurity,
+        JwtAuthenticationFilter jwtAuthenticationFilter
     ) throws Exception {
         httpSecurity
             .csrf(AbstractHttpConfigurer::disable)
             .httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults())
+            .addFilterBefore(jwtAuthenticationFilter, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class)
             .authorizeHttpRequests(requests -> requests
                 .dispatcherTypeMatchers(FORWARD).permitAll()
                 .requestMatchers(
diff --git a/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..062cb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package org.sportshub.application.security;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION;
+import static org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils.isEmpty;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.WebAuthenticationDetailsSource;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+@Component
+public class JwtAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+    private static final String BEARER_PREFIX = "Bearer ";
+    private final JwtService jwtService;
+    private final UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
+
+    public JwtAuthenticationFilter(JwtService jwtService, UserDetailsService userDetailsService) {
+        this.jwtService = jwtService;
+        this.userDetailsService = userDetailsService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doFilterInternal(
+        HttpServletRequest request,
+        HttpServletResponse response,
+        FilterChain filterChain
+    ) throws ServletException, IOException {
+        String authorizationHeader = request.getHeader(AUTHORIZATION);
+
+        if (!isEmpty(authorizationHeader) && authorizationHeader.startsWith(BEARER_PREFIX)) {
+            String token = authorizationHeader.substring(BEARER_PREFIX.length());
+            String username = jwtService.extractUsername(token);
+
+            if (!isEmpty(username) && SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication() == null) {
+                UserDetails userDetails = userDetailsService.loadUserByUsername(username);
+                if (jwtService.isValid(token) && userDetails.getUsername().equals(username)) {
+                    UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authenticationToken = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
+                        userDetails,
+                        null,
+                        userDetails.getAuthorities()
+                    );
+                    authenticationToken.setDetails(new WebAuthenticationDetailsSource().buildDetails(request));
+                    SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authenticationToken);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtService.java b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtService.java
index b3a766d..bd5b178 100644
--- a/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtService.java
+++ b/sportshub-application/src/main/java/org/sportshub/application/security/JwtService.java
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@ import com.auth0.jwt.exceptions.JWTVerificationException;
 public class JwtService {
     private final Algorithm algorithm;
     private final JWTVerifier jwtVerifier;
+    private final int tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes;
 
-    public JwtService(@Value("${application.security.secretKey}") String secretKey) {
+    public JwtService(
+        @Value("${application.security.secretKey}") String secretKey,
+        @Value("${application.security.tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes}") int tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes
+    ) {
         algorithm = Algorithm.HMAC512(secretKey);
+        this.tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes = tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes;
         jwtVerifier = JWT.require(algorithm).build();
     }
 
     public String createJwt(User user) {
-        ZonedDateTime expirationDate = ZonedDateTime.now().plusMinutes(30);
+        ZonedDateTime expirationDate = ZonedDateTime.now().plusMinutes(tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes);
 
         return JWT.create()
             .withSubject(user.id().toString())
diff --git a/sportshub-launcher/src/main/resources/application.yml b/sportshub-launcher/src/main/resources/application.yml
index acf3965..9d5e816 100644
--- a/sportshub-launcher/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/sportshub-launcher/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 application:
   security:
     secretKey: "secret-key"
+    tokenExpirationDelayInMinutes: 30
 
 logging:
   level: