diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 1ed8778..e55fda6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 NODE_ENV=
 
 # TWILIO
-TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=
-TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=
-TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=
+TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
+TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
+TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
+
+# SECRETS
+SECRETS_PASSWORD=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
+SECRETS_SALT=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
+SECRETS_IV_POSITION=secret_do_not_commit_or_change_this_create_.env.local_instead
 
 # PRISMA
 DATABASE_URL="postgres://hestia:test123@localhost:5432/hestia"
diff --git a/scripts/validate-env.ts b/scripts/validate-env.ts
index da28326..888b6fd 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-env.ts
+++ b/scripts/validate-env.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ const ValidateEnvironment = () => {
 			TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID: z.string().min(1),
 			TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN: z.string().min(1),
 			TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER: z.string().regex(PhoneRegex),
+			SECRETS_PASSWORD: z.string().length(32),
+			SECRETS_SALT: z.string().min(16),
+			SECRETS_IV_POSITION: z.number().positive(),
 		})
 		.safeParse(process.env);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.test.ts b/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d421ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { decrypt, encrypt } from './encryption';
+
+describe('Encryption', () => {
+	it('should encrypt and decrypt data', () => {
+		const data = 'aye its ya boi!';
+
+		vi.mock('$env/static/private', () => ({
+			SECRETS_PASSWORD: 'aac7405eb3384e68c285fc252dbf68b2',
+			SECRETS_SALT: 'c4aeaf8bda72ea45e8c23269ca849013',
+			SECRETS_IV_POSITION: 9,
+		}));
+
+		const encrypted = encrypt(data);
+		console.log(encrypted);
+		const decrypted = decrypt(encrypted);
+
+		expect(decrypted).toEqual(data);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.ts b/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e077db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/crypto/encryption.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { SECRETS_PASSWORD, SECRETS_IV_POSITION, SECRETS_SALT } from '$env/static/private';
+import { createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, randomBytes, scryptSync } from 'node:crypto';
+
+const algorithm = 'aes-256-gcm';
+const password = SECRETS_PASSWORD;
+const salt = SECRETS_SALT;
+const iv_position = Number(SECRETS_IV_POSITION);
+
+function construct(encrypted: string, tag: Buffer, iv: { value: Buffer; position: number }) {
+	return `${encrypted.slice(0, iv.position)}${iv.value.toString('hex')}${encrypted.slice(iv.position)}${tag.toString('hex')}`;
+}
+
+function deconstruct(encrypted: string, position: number): [Buffer, string, Buffer] {
+	const iv = encrypted.slice(position, position + 16);
+	const text = `${encrypted.slice(0, position)}${encrypted.slice(position + 16, encrypted.length - 32)}`;
+	const authTag = encrypted.slice(encrypted.length - 32);
+	return [Buffer.from(iv, 'hex'), text, Buffer.from(authTag, 'hex')];
+}
+
+export function encrypt(value: string): string {
+	const key = scryptSync(password, salt, 32);
+	const iv = randomBytes(8);
+
+	const cipher = createCipheriv(algorithm, key, iv);
+	const encrypted = cipher.update(value, 'utf-8', 'hex') + cipher.final('hex');
+	const authTag = cipher.getAuthTag();
+
+	return construct(encrypted, authTag, { value: iv, position: iv_position });
+}
+
+export function decrypt(value: string): string {
+	const key = scryptSync(password, salt, 32);
+	const [iv, text, authTag] = deconstruct(value, iv_position);
+
+	const decipher = createDecipheriv(algorithm, key, iv);
+	decipher.setAuthTag(authTag);
+
+	return decipher.update(text, 'hex', 'utf-8') + decipher.final('utf-8');
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/server/crypto/index.ts b/src/lib/server/crypto/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ebae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/crypto/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './encryption';