diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9016b03..4147a9a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient
 const fs = require('fs')
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 const cors = require('cors')
+const AutoEncrypt = require('@small-tech/auto-encrypt')
 const https = require('https')
 const morgan = require('morgan')
 const history = require('connect-history-api-fallback')
+const { onShutdown } = require('node-graceful-shutdown')
 
 const routes = require('./routes')
 const pub = require('./pub')
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ app.use(function (err, req, res, next) {
   res.status(500).send('An error occurred while processing the request')
 })
 
+const server = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+  ? AutoEncrypt.https.createServer(app)
+  : https.createServer(sslOptions, app)
+
 client.connect({ useNewUrlParser: true })
   .then(() => {
     console.log('Connected successfully to db')
@@ -77,10 +83,18 @@ client.connect({ useNewUrlParser: true })
     return store.setup(DOMAIN, dummy)
   })
   .then(() => {
-    https.createServer(sslOptions, app).listen(app.get('port-https'), function () {
-      console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port-https'))
+    server.listen(app.get('port-https'), function () {
+      console.log('Guppe server listening on port ' + app.get('port-https'))
     })
   })
   .catch(err => {
     throw new Error(err)
   })
+
+onShutdown(async () => {
+  await client.close()
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close(err => (err ? reject(err) : resolve()))
+  })
+  console.log('Guppe server closed')
+})
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 57b736c..21077fd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@
         "js-tokens": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "@panva/asn1.js": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@panva/asn1.js/-/asn1.js-1.0.0.tgz",
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+    },
+    "@small-tech/auto-encrypt": {
+      "version": "2.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@small-tech/auto-encrypt/-/auto-encrypt-2.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Qfm3BckBsf7Rf1Qys60pwHOsLA0IEzYDig6xM69psXuWowwgnjFSlylKQvr9bal/DVlMBbo559jCpBFY40EZuQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "bent": "github:aral/bent#errors-with-response-headers",
+        "encodeurl": "^1.0.2",
+        "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
+        "jose": "^1.24.0",
+        "moment": "^2.24.0",
+        "node-forge": "^0.10.0",
+        "ocsp": "^1.2.0",
+        "server-destroy": "^1.0.1"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -158,6 +178,32 @@
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       }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1.js/-/asn1.js-4.10.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-p32cOF5q0Zqs9uBiONKYLm6BClCoBCM5O9JfeUSlnQLBTxYdTK+pW+nXflm8UkKd2UYlEbYz5qEi0JuZR9ckSw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "bn.js": "^4.0.0",
+        "inherits": "^2.0.1",
+        "minimalistic-assert": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1.js-rfc2560/-/asn1.js-rfc2560-4.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ysf48ni+f/efNPilq4+ApbifUPcSW/xbDeQAh055I+grr2gXgNRQqHew7kkO70WSMQ2tEOURVwsK+dJqUNjIIg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "asn1.js-rfc5280": "^2.0.0"
+      }
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+    "asn1.js-rfc5280": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1.js-rfc5280/-/asn1.js-rfc5280-2.0.1.tgz",
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+      "requires": {
+        "asn1.js": "^4.5.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/assert-plus/-/assert-plus-1.0.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "async": {
+      "version": "1.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-7GphrlZIDAw8skHJVhjiCJL5Zyo="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async-each/-/async-each-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -286,12 +337,33 @@
         "tweetnacl": "^0.14.3"
       }
     },
+    "bent": {
+      "version": "github:aral/bent#16a959683c6916204c28a1c870cb7b399c9215a9",
+      "from": "github:aral/bent#errors-with-response-headers",
+      "requires": {
+        "bytesish": "^0.4.1",
+        "caseless": "~0.12.0",
+        "is-stream": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "is-stream": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-stream/-/is-stream-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-XCoy+WlUr7d1+Z8GgSuXmpuUFC9fOhRXglJMx+dwLKTkL44Cjd4W1Z5P+BQZpr+cR93aGP4S/s7Ftw6Nd/kiEw=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.0.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "bn.js": {
+      "version": "4.11.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.11.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-E6QoYqCKZfgatHTdHzs1RRKP7ip4vvm+EyRUeE2RF0NblwVvb0p6jSVeNTOFxPn26QXN2o6SMfNxKp6kU8zQaw=="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.19.0.tgz",
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     },
+    "bytesish": {
+      "version": "0.4.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bytesish/-/bytesish-0.4.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-i4uu6M4zuMUiyfZN4RU2+i9+peJh//pXhd9x1oSe1LBkZ3LEbCoygu8W0bXTukU1Jme2txKuotpCZRaC3FLxcQ=="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cache-base/-/cache-base-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -1494,6 +1571,16 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-PYyt2Q2XZWn6g1qx+OSyOhBWBac="
     },
+    "fs-extra": {
+      "version": "8.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-8.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yhlQgA6mnOJUKOsRUFsgJdQCvkKhcz8tlZG5HBQfReYZy46OwLcY+Zia0mtdHsOo9y/hP+CxMN0TU9QxoOtG4g==",
+      "requires": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
+        "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
+        "universalify": "^0.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "fs.realpath": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1605,8 +1692,7 @@
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-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-IItsdsea19BoLC7ELy13q1iJFNmd7ofZH5+X/pJr90/nRoPEX0DJo1dHDbgtYWOhJhcCgMDTOw84RZ72q6lB+Q=="
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       "integrity": "sha1-R+Y/evVa+m+S4VAOaQ64uFKcCZo="
     },
+    "jose": {
+      "version": "1.28.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jose/-/jose-1.28.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JmfDRzt/HSj8ipd9TsDtEHoLUnLYavG+7e8F6s1mx2jfVSfXOTaFQsJUydbjJpTnTDHP1+yKL9Ke7ktS/a0Eiw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@panva/asn1.js": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -2117,6 +2211,14 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-Epai1Y/UXxmg9s4B1lcB4sc1tus="
     },
+    "jsonfile": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-h3Gq4HmbZAdrdmQPygWPnBDjPss=",
+      "requires": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+      }
+    },
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       "version": "1.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsprim/-/jsprim-1.4.1.tgz",
@@ -2391,6 +2493,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "minimalistic-assert": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimalistic-assert/-/minimalistic-assert-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UtJcAD4yEaGtjPezWuO9wC4nwUnVH/8/Im3yEHQP4b67cXlD/Qr9hdITCU1xDbSEXg2XKNaP8jsReV7vQd00/A=="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
@@ -2436,6 +2543,11 @@
         "minimist": "0.0.8"
       }
     },
+    "moment": {
+      "version": "2.29.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.29.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kHmoybcPV8Sqy59DwNDY3Jefr64lK/by/da0ViFcuA4DH0vQg5Q6Ze5VimxkfQNSC+Mls/Kx53s7TjP1RhFEDQ=="
+    },
     "mongodb": {
       "version": "3.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/-/mongodb-3.3.2.tgz",
@@ -2512,6 +2624,16 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node-forge": {
+      "version": "0.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PPmu8eEeG9saEUvI97fm4OYxXVB6bFvyNTyiUOBichBpFG8A1Ljw3bY62+5oOjDEMHRnd0Y7HQ+x7uzxOzC6JA=="
+    },
+    "node-graceful-shutdown": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-graceful-shutdown/-/node-graceful-shutdown-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g1tq/R8ie/At5xRHGfF+chTge1jVPxf1NEClLpZIPxOPi6PJ9II81T35ms1u+s4N/mqOCp60CFd+ps+DIWRigQ=="
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemon/-/nodemon-1.19.3.tgz",
@@ -3405,6 +3527,18 @@
         "has": "^1.0.3"
       }
     },
+    "ocsp": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ocsp/-/ocsp-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-RpoXdrRX3uZ+sCAUCMGUa6xAdsw=",
+      "requires": {
+        "asn1.js": "^4.8.0",
+        "asn1.js-rfc2560": "^4.0.0",
+        "asn1.js-rfc5280": "^2.0.0",
+        "async": "^1.5.2",
+        "simple-lru-cache": "0.0.2"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-finished/-/on-finished-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -4130,6 +4264,11 @@
         "send": "0.17.1"
       }
     },
+    "server-destroy": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/server-destroy/-/server-destroy-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-8Tv5KOQrnD55OD5hzDmYtdFObN0="
+    },
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@@ -4179,6 +4318,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "simple-lru-cache": {
+      "version": "0.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-lru-cache/-/simple-lru-cache-0.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-1ZzDoZPBpdAyD4Tucy9uRxPlEd0="
+    },
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@@ -4772,6 +4916,11 @@
         "crypto-random-string": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "universalify": {
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg=="
+    },
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       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c73b90..56aae61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Decentralized social groups with ActivityPub, NodeJS, Express, Vue, and Mongodb",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@small-tech/auto-encrypt": "2.0.5",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "connect-history-api-fallback": "^1.6.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.4",
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
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     "mongodb": "^3.3.2",
     "morgan": "^1.9.1",
+    "node-graceful-shutdown": "1.1.0",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "request-promise-native": "^1.0.7"
   },