diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aab4c1f..c2182b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ You must have a recipe database file (see below) to store the
 recipes in. By default, it will be looked for in your
 home directory.
 
+As of the 0.1.4 release, the parts of the application that can
+alter the database are now password-protected. You will need
+a ``.gourmetpw`` file to contain your userid/password
+definitions. By default it should be in the same directory
+that you are running the application from. A sample password file
+is included in this project.
+
 To actually access the application, open your web browser
 to ``http://localhost:8080``
 
diff --git a/application.properties b/application.properties
index 5b4f5d8..d1f779d 100644
--- a/application.properties
+++ b/application.properties
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.sqlite.JDBC
 #spring.jpa.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect
 spring.jpa.database-platform=org.sqlite.hibernate.dialect.SQLiteDialect
 #spring.jpa.show-sql: true
+
+# My special properties
+gourmet.password.file=.gourmetpw
diff --git a/gourmetpw.sample b/gourmetpw.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d4807c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gourmetpw.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This is a sample password file for the Gourmetj webapp.
+# The actual file should be named ".gourmetpw" and located
+# in the same directory that you run the application from.
+#
+# Blank lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
+# Password lines look like this (remove leading "#")
+#
+# userid,password,role[,role,...]
+#
+# like so:
+#
+# john.smith,secretpassword,USER 
+#
+# Where "role" is a security role. ADMIN is also allowed.
+#
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/SpringSecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/SpringSecurityConfig.java
index 683f4f9..6064ff3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/SpringSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mousetech/gourmetj/SpringSecurityConfig.java
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 package com.mousetech.gourmetj;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.LineNumberInputStream;
+import java.io.LineNumberReader;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configurers.provisioning.UserDetailsManagerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
@@ -12,6 +23,11 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecur
 public class SpringSecurityConfig
 		extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
+	/* Logger */
+
+	private static final Logger log =
+			LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpringSecurityConfig.class);
+
 	@Override
 	protected void configure(HttpSecurity http)
 			throws Exception {
@@ -32,12 +48,55 @@ public class SpringSecurityConfig
 		http.csrf().disable();
 	}
 
+	@Value("${gourmet.password.file}")
+	private String passwordFile;
+
 	@Autowired
 	public void configureGlobal(
 			AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
-		auth.inMemoryAuthentication().withUser("tim.holloway")
-			.password("{noop}secret").roles("ADMIN").and()
-			.withUser("jane.doe").password("{noop}5678")
-			.roles("USER");
+
+		File pwFile = new File(passwordFile);
+		if (!pwFile.canRead()) {
+			String msg =
+					"Password file '" + pwFile.getAbsolutePath()
+							+ "' could not be found or read.";
+			log.error(msg);
+			throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+		}
+
+		LineNumberReader rdr =
+				new LineNumberReader(new FileReader(pwFile));
+		String pwLine;
+		InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer<AuthenticationManagerBuilder> authenticator =
+				auth.inMemoryAuthentication();
+		while ((pwLine = rdr.readLine()) != null) {
+			pwLine = pwLine.trim();
+			if (( pwLine.length() == 0) || (pwLine.charAt(0) == '#')) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			String[] creds = parseCreds(pwLine);
+			UserDetailsManagerConfigurer<AuthenticationManagerBuilder, InMemoryUserDetailsManagerConfigurer<AuthenticationManagerBuilder>>.UserDetailsBuilder bar =
+					authenticator.withUser(creds[0])
+						.password("{noop}"+creds[1]);
+			int credlen = creds.length;
+			for (int i = 2; i < credlen; i++) {
+				bar.roles(creds[i]);
+			}
+		}
+		rdr.close();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse CSV credential/roles line. Element 1 is userid,
+	 * element 2 is password, following element(s) are role(s)
+	 * 
+	 * @param pwLine
+	 * @return Credentials array following CSV values, trimmed
+	 */
+	private String[] parseCreds(String pwLine) {
+		String[] creds = pwLine.split(",");
+		String[] ocreds = Arrays.stream(creds).map(e -> e.trim())
+			.toArray(String[]::new);
+		return ocreds;
 	}
 }