diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0d9b581f..c18f7518 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ gem 'sinatra-flash', require: 'sinatra/flash'
 gem 'sinatra-xsendfile', require: 'sinatra/xsendfile'
 gem 'puma', require: nil
 gem 'rubyzip'
+gem 'rack-recaptcha', require: 'rack/recaptcha'
 
 platform :mri do
   gem 'magic' # sudo apt-get install file, For OSX: brew install libmagic
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 83bd354b..c3b1d652 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ GEM
     hashie (2.0.5)
     hiredis (0.4.5)
     i18n (0.6.4)
+    json (1.8.0)
     kgio (2.8.0)
     magic (0.2.6)
       ffi (>= 0.6.3)
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ GEM
     rack (1.5.2)
     rack-protection (1.5.0)
       rack
+    rack-recaptcha (0.6.6)
+      json
     rack-test (0.6.2)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rainbows (4.5.0)
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry
   pry-debugger
   puma
+  rack-recaptcha
   rack-test
   rainbows
   rake
diff --git a/app.rb b/app.rb
index f3effd05..e41def55 100644
--- a/app.rb
+++ b/app.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use Rack::Session::Cookie, key:          'neocities',
                            expire_after: 31556926, # one year in seconds
                            secret:       $config['session_secret']
 
+use Rack::Recaptcha, public_key: $config['recaptcha_public_key'], private_key: $config['recaptcha_private_key']
+helpers Rack::Recaptcha::Helpers
+
 get %r{.+} do
   pass if request.host == '127.0.0.1'
   subname = request.host.match /[\w-]+/
@@ -50,7 +53,9 @@ post '/create' do
   dashboard_if_signed_in
   @site = Site.new username: params[:username], password: params[:password], email: params[:email], new_tags: params[:tags]
 
-  if @site.valid?
+  recaptcha_is_valid = recaptcha_valid?
+
+  if @site.valid? && recaptcha_is_valid
 
     base_path = site_base_path @site.username
 
@@ -69,6 +74,8 @@ post '/create' do
     session[:id] = @site.id
     redirect '/dashboard'
   else
+    @site.errors.add :captcha, 'You must type in the two words correctly! Try again.' if !recaptcha_is_valid
+    
     slim :'/new'
   end
 end
diff --git a/config.yml.template b/config.yml.template
index 6728f339..0c59f1b8 100644
--- a/config.yml.template
+++ b/config.yml.template
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 development:
   database: 'postgres://localhost/neocities'
-  session_secret: SETSOMETHINGHERE
\ No newline at end of file
+  session_secret: SETSOMETHINGHERE
+  recaptcha_public_key: ddsfsdfsdf
+  recaptcha_private_key: fsdgfdsdfd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/css/styles.css b/public/css/styles.css
index b896ff3f..ec7e2c2a 100644
--- a/public/css/styles.css
+++ b/public/css/styles.css
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ textarea, input[type="text"], input[type="password"], input[type="datetime"], in
 
 select, textarea, input[type="text"], input[type="password"], input[type="datetime"], input[type="datetime-local"], input[type="date"], input[type="month"], input[type="time"], input[type="week"], input[type="number"], input[type="email"], input[type="url"], input[type="search"], input[type="tel"], input[type="color"], .uneditable-input {
   color: #000000;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/views/new.slim b/views/new.slim
index e9c9b51f..7355fa9b 100644
--- a/views/new.slim
+++ b/views/new.slim
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+javascript:
+  var RecaptchaOptions = {
+    theme : 'clean'
+  };
+
 - if !@site.errors.empty?
   .row
     .span8.offset2
@@ -54,10 +59,16 @@
           p: input name="tags" type="text" style="width: 400px" placeholder="pokemon, video games, bulbasaur" value="#{params[:tags]}"
 
 
+      .row
+        .span6
+          p Last thing! Enter these two words correctly (with spaces) so we know you're not a robot (don't worry robots, we still love you).
+          div
+            == recaptcha_tag :challenge
+
       .row
         .span6
           h3 You're done. Just click the button below!
 
-      .row style="margin-top: 30px"
+      .row style="margin-top: 10px"
         .span3.offset1
           input.btn.btn-success.btn-large type="submit" value="Create Home Page"
\ No newline at end of file