diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68efbfc..bbbf9b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@ docs/_build/
 
 # Redis
 /dump.rdb
+
+# Project
+config.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookie_api/auth.py b/cookie_api/auth.py
index 7b900f3..94f16bc 100644
--- a/cookie_api/auth.py
+++ b/cookie_api/auth.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from apistar import Component, Settings, http, Route, Include
 from apistar.backends.sqlalchemy_backend import Session
 from apistar_jwt.authentication import get_jwt
 from apistar_jwt.token import JWT
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, InvalidRequestError
 
 from cookie_api.models import User
 
@@ -46,8 +47,31 @@ def logout():
 
 
 # TODO Add user registration
-def register():
-    pass
+def register(settings: Settings, json_data: http.RequestData, session: Session):
+    user_id = json_data.get('email')
+    password = json_data.get('password')
+
+    email_check = session.query(User).filter_by(email=user_id).one_or_none()
+
+    if email_check is not None:
+        message = {
+            'status': 'error',
+            'message': 'user email address is already in use'
+        }
+        return http.Response(message, status=400)
+
+    user = User(email=user_id, password=password)
+
+    session.add(user)
+    session.commit()
+
+    # TODO Send off an email confirmation
+    headers = {}
+    message = {
+        'status': 'success',
+        'message': 'Please check your inbox and confirm your email'
+    }
+    return http.Response(message, status=200, headers=headers)
 
 
 # TODO Add user profile endpoint
@@ -56,7 +80,7 @@ def user_profile():
 
 
 # TODO Add email confirmation
-def confirm():
+def confirm(settings: Settings, json_data: http.RequestData, session: Session):
     pass
 
 
@@ -66,7 +90,8 @@ def reset():
 
 
 routes = [
-    Route('/login', 'POST', login)
+    Route('/login', 'POST', login),
+    Route('/register', 'POST', register)
 ]
 
 auth_routes = [Include('/auth', routes)]
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/wsgi.py
index 7a7bf74..d4f1906 100644
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ b/wsgi.py
@@ -5,53 +5,8 @@ except ImportError:
     from psycopg2cffi import compat
     compat.register()
 
-import os
-import sys
-from cookie_api import JSONRenderer, Base, application_factory
-
-settings = {
-    'DATABASE': {
-        'URL': 'postgresql://apistar:local@localhost/apistar',
-        'METADATA': Base.metadata
-    },
-    'RENDERERS': [JSONRenderer()],
-    'JWT': {
-        'SECRET': 'thisisasecret'
-    },
-    'LOGGING': {
-        "LOG_FILE": 'mylogfile.log',
-        "LEVEL": "DEBUG"
-    }
-}
-
-
-def prepare_import(path):
-    """Given a filename this will try to calculate the python path, add it
-    to the search path and return the actual module name that is expected.
-    """
-    path = os.path.realpath(path)
-
-    if os.path.splitext(path)[1] == '.py':
-        path = os.path.splitext(path)[0]
-
-    if os.path.basename(path) == '__init__':
-        path = os.path.dirname(path)
-
-    module_name = []
-
-    # move up until outside package structure (no __init__.py)
-    while True:
-        path, name = os.path.split(path)
-        module_name.append(name)
-
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '__init__.py')):
-            break
-
-    if sys.path[0] != path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, path)
-
-    return '.'.join(module_name[::-1])
-
+from cookie_api import application_factory
+from config import settings
 
 app = application_factory(settings)