diff --git a/frigate/api/auth.py b/frigate/api/auth.py
index 5e60a5b26..f8643fa69 100644
--- a/frigate/api/auth.py
+++ b/frigate/api/auth.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import secrets
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from flask import Blueprint, make_response, request
+from flask import Blueprint, current_app, make_response, request
 from joserfc import jwt
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ AuthBp = Blueprint("auth", __name__)
 
 
 ALGORITHM = "pbkdf2_sha256"
-JWT_COOKIE_NAME = "jwt.cookie"
 JWT_SECRET = "secret"
-JWT_REFRESH = 120
-JWT_SESSION_LENGTH = 300
 
 
 def hash_password(password, salt=None, iterations=260000):
@@ -55,13 +52,15 @@ def set_jwt_cookie(response, cookie_name, encoded_jwt, expiration):
 
 # TODO:
 # - on startup, generate a signing secret for jwt if it doesn't exist and save as ".auth-token" in the config folder
-# - add users to config
-# - create login page
 # -
 
 
 @AuthBp.route("/auth")
 def auth():
+    JWT_COOKIE_NAME = current_app.frigate_config.auth.cookie_name
+    JWT_REFRESH = current_app.frigate_config.auth.refresh_time
+    JWT_SESSION_LENGTH = current_app.frigate_config.auth.session_length
+
     jwt_source = None
     encoded_token = None
     if "authorization" in request.headers and request.headers[
@@ -126,10 +125,22 @@ def auth():
 
 @AuthBp.route("/login", methods=["POST"])
 def login():
-    password_hash = "pbkdf2_sha256$260000$2e68caab677bb466138d21d18ac94033$3VZhLOSiY9AqD2Y37DgVOerx4L2wi6nPyruoVXd06VQ="
+    JWT_COOKIE_NAME = current_app.frigate_config.auth.cookie_name
+    JWT_SESSION_LENGTH = current_app.frigate_config.auth.session_length
     content = request.get_json()
     user = content["user"]
     password = content["password"]
+    password_hash = next(
+        (
+            u.password_hash
+            for u in current_app.frigate_config.auth.users
+            if u.user == user
+        ),
+        None,
+    )
+    # if the user wasn't found in the config
+    if password_hash is None:
+        make_response({"message": "Login failed"}, 400)
     if verify_password(password, password_hash):
         expiration = int(time.time()) + JWT_SESSION_LENGTH
         encoded_jwt = create_encoded_jwt(user, expiration, JWT_SECRET)
diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 008176956..a826b2595 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -116,6 +116,30 @@ class UIConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     )
 
 
+class UserConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
+    user: str = Field(title="Username")
+    password_hash: str = Field(
+        title="Password hashed and salted using hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac"
+    )
+
+
+class AuthConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
+    enabled: bool = Field(default=False, title="Enable authentication")
+    # TODO: validation for cookie names
+    cookie_name: str = Field(
+        default="jwt.token", title="Name for jwt token cookie", pattern=r"^[a-z]_*$"
+    )
+    session_length: int = Field(
+        default=86400, title="Session length for jwt session tokens", ge=60
+    )
+    refresh_time: int = Field(
+        default=43200,
+        title="Refresh the session if it is going to expire in this many seconds",
+        ge=30,
+    )
+    users: Optional[List[UserConfig]] = Field(default=[], title="Users")
+
+
 class StatsConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     amd_gpu_stats: bool = Field(default=True, title="Enable AMD GPU stats.")
     intel_gpu_stats: bool = Field(default=True, title="Enable Intel GPU stats.")
@@ -1245,10 +1269,11 @@ def verify_motion_and_detect(camera_config: CameraConfig) -> ValueError | None:
 
 
 class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
-    mqtt: MqttConfig = Field(title="MQTT Configuration.")
+    mqtt: MqttConfig = Field(title="MQTT configuration.")
     database: DatabaseConfig = Field(
         default_factory=DatabaseConfig, title="Database configuration."
     )
+    auth: AuthConfig = Field(default_factory=AuthConfig, title="Auth configuration.")
     environment_vars: Dict[str, str] = Field(
         default_factory=dict, title="Frigate environment variables."
     )