diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82bd622..2149892 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ wiki-pages/*
 webroot/*
 venv/
 __pycache__/
+data/*
 *.swp
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 89a09e0..aadc2d7 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 host='0.0.0.0'
 port=8080
 debug=True
+database={'host': 'localhost', 'username': 'root', 'database': 'deadwiki', 'password': '123'}
diff --git a/data_management.py b/data_management.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b722d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data_management.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import config
+import json
+
+def get_data(data_type, key, value):
+    if data_type == 'users':
+        users_json_string = open('data/users.json', 'r').read()
+        json_data = json.loads(users_json_string)
+        for json_object in json_data:
+            if json_object[key] == value:
+                return json_object
+
+    return -1
+           
+
diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d33bcbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import hashlib
+
+def sha512_hash(Password):
+    HashedPassword = hashlib.sha512(Password.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+    return HashedPassword
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9f84222..e38623c 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect
 from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
 import os
 import config
+import functions
+import data_management
 
 md = MarkdownIt().enable('table')
 
@@ -46,18 +48,25 @@ def edit_page(page):
 
 # Forms
 @app.route('/submit-edit', methods=['POST'])
-def handle_data():
+def submit_edit_page():
     page = request.form['page']
     content = request.form['content']
     username = request.form['username']
-    password = request.form['password']
+    password_hash = functions.sha512_hash(request.form['password'])
 
-    with open(f'./wiki-pages/{page}.md', 'w') as file:
-        print(content)
-        file.write(content)
-        file.close()
+    user_object = data_management.get_data('users', 'username', username)
+    print(user_object['password_hash'])
+    print(password_hash)
+
+    if user_object['password_hash'] == password_hash:
+        with open(f'./wiki-pages/{page}.md', 'w') as file:
+            file.write(content)
+            file.close()
+        return redirect(f'/wiki/{page}', 302)
+
+    else:
+        return 'Incorrect password'
 
-    return redirect(f'/wiki/{page}', 302)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':