diff --git a/.idea/.idea.DotNetAngular/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/.idea.DotNetAngular/.idea/workspace.xml
index e0b32ab..857f9d3 100644
--- a/.idea/.idea.DotNetAngular/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/.idea.DotNetAngular/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -13,68 +13,8 @@
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-      <change afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/Infrastructure/Utilities/GenerateRefreshTokenHelper.cs" afterDir="false" />
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-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/API/Program.cs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/API/Program.cs" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/API/appsettings.json" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/API/appsettings.json" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/Application/Application.csproj" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/Application/Application.csproj" afterDir="false" />
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     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
@@ -91,7 +31,7 @@
   <component name="Git.Settings">
     <option name="RECENT_BRANCH_BY_REPOSITORY">
       <map>
-        <entry key="$PROJECT_DIR$" value="develop" />
+        <entry key="$PROJECT_DIR$" value="feature/nuget" />
       </map>
     </option>
     <option name="RECENT_GIT_ROOT_PATH" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
@@ -122,14 +62,14 @@
     &quot;RunOnceActivity.git.unshallow&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
     &quot;RunOnceActivity.typescript.service.memoryLimit.init&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
     &quot;com.intellij.ml.llm.matterhorn.ej.ui.settings.DefaultModelSelectionForGA.v1&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
-    &quot;git-widget-placeholder&quot;: &quot;feature/dotnet&quot;,
+    &quot;git-widget-placeholder&quot;: &quot;develop&quot;,
     &quot;junie.onboarding.icon.badge.shown&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
     &quot;node.js.detected.package.eslint&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
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     &quot;node.js.selected.package.tslint&quot;: &quot;(autodetect)&quot;,
     &quot;nodejs_package_manager_path&quot;: &quot;npm&quot;,
-    &quot;settings.editor.selected.configurable&quot;: &quot;vcs.Git&quot;,
+    &quot;settings.editor.selected.configurable&quot;: &quot;preferences.pluginManager&quot;,
     &quot;to.speed.mode.migration.done&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
     &quot;ts.external.directory.path&quot;: &quot;/home/natlinux/RiderProjects/DotNetAngular/src/ClientApp/node_modules/typescript/lib&quot;,
     &quot;vue.rearranger.settings.migration&quot;: &quot;true&quot;
@@ -270,6 +210,9 @@
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       <workItem from="1771503996420" duration="1283000" />
+      <workItem from="1772664092787" duration="54000" />
+      <workItem from="1772664174287" duration="646000" />
+      <workItem from="1773053172796" duration="1432000" />
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       <option name="closed" value="true" />
@@ -303,7 +246,15 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1770318472632</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="5" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00005" summary="update nuget packages to new versions">
+      <option name="closed" value="true" />
+      <created>1771506336945</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00005" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00005" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1771506336945</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="6" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -343,7 +294,8 @@
     <MESSAGE value="update to angular 20" />
     <MESSAGE value="login.component, register.component" />
     <MESSAGE value="update to dotnet 10" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="update to dotnet 10" />
+    <MESSAGE value="update nuget packages to new versions" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="update nuget packages to new versions" />
   </component>
   <component name="XDebuggerManager">
     <breakpoint-manager>
diff --git a/src/API/API.csproj b/src/API/API.csproj
index c3b9857..c6bee54 100644
--- a/src/API/API.csproj
+++ b/src/API/API.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="10.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaProxy" Version="10.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger" Version="10.1.4" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen" Version="10.1.4" />
diff --git a/src/API/Extension/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/API/Extension/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 01723d7..4ca76bf 100644
--- a/src/API/Extension/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/API/Extension/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi;
 
 namespace API.Extension;
@@ -5,7 +8,7 @@ namespace API.Extension;
 public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
 {
     public static IServiceCollection AddWebServices(this IServiceCollection services,
-        ConfigurationManager builderConfiguration)
+        IConfiguration configuration)
     {
         services.AddSwaggerGen(options =>
         {
@@ -13,7 +16,43 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
             options.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "DotNetAngular API", Version = "v1" });
             // update names of the api
             options.SwaggerGeneratorOptions.DocumentFilters.Add(new LowerCaseDocumentFilter());
-            
+            // configure JWT authentication
+            options.AddSecurityDefinition("Bearer", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
+            {
+                Name = "Authorization",
+                Type = SecuritySchemeType.Http,
+                Scheme = "Bearer",
+                BearerFormat = "JWT",
+                In = ParameterLocation.Header,
+                Description =
+                    "JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Enter your token in the text input below."
+            });
+
+            options.AddSecurityRequirement(doc =>
+            {
+                var schemeRef = new OpenApiSecuritySchemeReference("Bearer", doc);
+                return new OpenApiSecurityRequirement
+                {
+                    { schemeRef, new List<string>() }
+                };
+            });
+        });
+        services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
+            .AddJwtBearer(options =>
+            {
+                options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
+                {
+                    ValidateIssuer = true,
+                    ValidateAudience = true,
+                    ValidateLifetime = true,
+                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
+                    ValidIssuer = configuration["Jwt:Issuer"],
+                    ValidAudience = configuration["Jwt:Audience"],
+                    IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey
+                    (Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(configuration["Jwt:Key"] ??
+                                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Jwt:Key is not configured"))),
+                    ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero // remove delay of token expiration time
+                };
         });
         return services;
     }