diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationValidator.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationValidator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c979e1467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationValidator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Nancy.Authentication.Basic;
+using Nancy.Security;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
+{
+    public class AuthenticationValidator : IUserValidator
+    {
+        private readonly IConfigFileProvider _configFileProvider;
+
+        public AuthenticationValidator(IConfigFileProvider configFileProvider)
+        {
+            _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
+        }
+
+        public IUserIdentity Validate(string username, string password)
+        {
+            if (_configFileProvider.BasicAuthUsername.Equals(username) &&
+                _configFileProvider.BasicAuthPassword.Equals(password))
+            {
+                return new NzbDroneUser { UserName = username};
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/NzbDroneUser.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/NzbDroneUser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d7883de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/NzbDroneUser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Nancy.Security;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
+{
+    public class NzbDroneUser : IUserIdentity
+    {
+        public string UserName { get; set; }
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> Claims { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/ErrorManagement/ErrorHandler.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/ErrorManagement/ErrorHandler.cs
index 154dd8bd4..6976b6fb0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/ErrorManagement/ErrorHandler.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/ErrorManagement/ErrorHandler.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.ErrorManagement
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (statusCode == HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized)
+                return;
+
             if (context.Response.ContentType == "text/html" || context.Response.ContentType == "text/plain")
                 context.Response = new ErrorModel
                     {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/IndexModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/IndexModule.cs
index 042cae893..eb3b1f5c6 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/IndexModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/IndexModule.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using Nancy;
+using Nancy.Security;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Api.Frontend
 {
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Frontend
     {
         public IndexModule()
         {
+            this.RequiresAuthentication();
             //Serve anything that doesn't have an extension
             Get[@"/(.*)"] = x => Index();
         }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
index f31528274..f338dd079 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/NancyBootstrapper.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-using NLog;
+using System;
+using NLog;
+using Nancy;
+using Nancy.Authentication.Basic;
 using Nancy.Bootstrapper;
 using Nancy.Conventions;
 using Nancy.Diagnostics;
 using NzbDrone.Api.ErrorManagement;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Frontend;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Composition;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Model;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Lifecycle;
 using TinyIoC;
@@ -33,6 +38,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api
             container.Resolve<DatabaseTarget>().Register();
 
             container.Resolve<IMessageAggregator>().PublishEvent(new ApplicationStartedEvent());
+            
+            if (container.Resolve<IConfigFileProvider>().AuthenticationType == AuthenticationType.Basic)
+            {
+                pipelines.EnableBasicAuthentication(new BasicAuthenticationConfiguration(
+                                                        container.Resolve<IUserValidator>(),
+                                                        "NzbDrone"));
+            }
 
             ApplicationPipelines.OnError.AddItemToEndOfPipeline(container.Resolve<NzbDroneErrorPipeline>().HandleException);
         }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
index 52ced19fc..54785dcc3 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Nancy.0.16.1\lib\net40\Nancy.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Nancy.Authentication.Basic">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Nancy.Authentication.Basic.0.16.1\lib\net40\Nancy.Authentication.Basic.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.5.0.3\lib\net35\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Authentication\AuthenticationValidator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Authentication\NzbDroneUser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AutomapperBootstraper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Calendar\CalendarModule.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ClientSchema\FieldDefinitionAttribute.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneApiModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneApiModule.cs
index aef3bca59..342c96d29 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneApiModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneApiModule.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Nancy;
+using Nancy.Security;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Api
 {
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api
         protected NzbDroneApiModule(string resource)
             : base("/api/" + resource.Trim('/'))
         {
+            this.RequiresAuthentication();
             Options["/"] = x => new Response();
         }
     }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneRestModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneRestModule.cs
index 87507b234..19efa7881 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneRestModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDroneRestModule.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Nancy.Security;
 using NzbDrone.Api.REST;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Validation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api
         protected NzbDroneRestModule()
             : this(new TResource().ResourceName)
         {
-
+            this.RequiresAuthentication();
         }
 
         protected NzbDroneRestModule(string resource)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Series/SeriesModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Series/SeriesModule.cs
index c934ee62d..be648aad0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Series/SeriesModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Series/SeriesModule.cs
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Series
             SharedValidator.RuleFor(s => s.RootFolderId).ValidId();
             SharedValidator.RuleFor(s => s.QualityProfileId).ValidId();
 
-
-
-
             PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Title).NotEmpty();
 
         }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/packages.config b/NzbDrone.Api/packages.config
index d3fe03882..33724ffc8 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/packages.config
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/packages.config
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <package id="FluentValidation" version="4.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core" version="1.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Nancy" version="0.16.1" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Nancy.Authentication.Basic" version="0.16.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="5.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="2.0.1.2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="ValueInjecter" version="2.3.3" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/IConfigFileProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/IConfigFileProvider.cs
index 2d5bf6d7a..7fe7e30eb 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/IConfigFileProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/IConfigFileProvider.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         int Port { get; set; }
         bool LaunchBrowser { get; set; }
         AuthenticationType AuthenticationType { get; set; }
+        string BasicAuthUsername { get; set; }
+        string BasicAuthPassword { get; set; }
         int GetValueInt(string key, int defaultValue);
         bool GetValueBoolean(string key, bool defaultValue);
         string GetValue(string key, object defaultValue);
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             CreateDefaultConfigFile();
         }
 
-
         public virtual Guid Guid
         {
             get
@@ -61,10 +62,21 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
 
         public virtual AuthenticationType AuthenticationType
         {
-            get { return (AuthenticationType)GetValueInt("AuthenticationType", 0); }
-            set { SetValue("AuthenticationType", (int)value); }
+            get { return GetValueEnum("AuthenticationType", AuthenticationType.Anonymous); }
+            set { SetValue("AuthenticationType", value); }
         }
 
+        public virtual string BasicAuthUsername
+        {
+            get { return GetValue("BasicAuthUsername", ""); }
+            set { SetValue("BasicAuthUsername", value); }
+        }
+
+        public virtual string BasicAuthPassword
+        {
+            get { return GetValue("BasicAuthPassword", ""); }
+            set { SetValue("BasicAuthPassword", value); }
+        }
 
         public virtual int GetValueInt(string key, int defaultValue)
         {
@@ -76,6 +88,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             return Convert.ToBoolean(GetValue(key, defaultValue));
         }
 
+        private T GetValueEnum<T>(string key, T defaultValue)
+        {
+            return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), GetValue(key, defaultValue), true);
+        }
+
         public virtual string GetValue(string key, object defaultValue)
         {
             var xDoc = XDocument.Load(_configFile);
@@ -96,7 +113,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             return defaultValue.ToString();
         }
 
-
         public virtual void SetValue(string key, object value)
         {
             var xDoc = XDocument.Load(_configFile);
@@ -115,6 +131,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             xDoc.Save(_configFile);
         }
 
+        private void SetValue(string key, Enum value)
+        {
+            SetValue(key, value.ToString().ToLower());
+        }
+
         private void CreateDefaultConfigFile()
         {
             if (!File.Exists(_configFile))
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/Model/AuthenticationType.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/Model/AuthenticationType.cs
index 34d37edf6..31529b179 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/Model/AuthenticationType.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/Model/AuthenticationType.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Model
 {
     public enum AuthenticationType
     {
-        Anonymous = 0,
-        Windows = 1
+        Anonymous,
+        Basic
     }
 }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Console/packages.config b/NzbDrone.Console/packages.config
index f2a88a23a..d889a47ab 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Console/packages.config
+++ b/NzbDrone.Console/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
+  <package id="Nancy" version="0.16.1" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Nancy.Authentication.Basic" version="0.16.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="2.0.1.2" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
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