diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5bd5a73..6a56e75 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -585,6 +585,20 @@ name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonwebtoken"
+version = "6.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "chrono 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ring 0.14.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.93 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_derive 1.0.93 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "untrusted 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel32-sys"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -630,6 +644,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fern 0.5.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.28 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.11.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "jsonwebtoken 6.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime_guess 1.8.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "number_prefix 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -646,6 +661,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "walkdir 2.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "web-view 0.4.1 (git+https://github.com/j-selby/web-view.git?rev=752106e4637356cbdb39a0bf1113ea3ae8a14243)",
+ "webbrowser 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "which 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "widestring 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1242,6 +1258,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.14.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc 1.0.37 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.58 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "spin 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "untrusted 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.15"
@@ -1402,6 +1431,11 @@ name = "smallvec"
 version = "0.6.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -1823,6 +1857,11 @@ name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "1.7.2"
@@ -1906,6 +1945,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "webview-sys 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/j-selby/web-view.git?rev=752106e4637356cbdb39a0bf1113ea3ae8a14243)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webbrowser"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "widestring 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webview-sys"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2080,6 +2128,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum indexmap 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7e81a7c05f79578dbc15793d8b619db9ba32b4577003ef3af1a91c416798c58d"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dbe6e417e7d0975db6512b90796e8ce223145ac4e33c377e4a42882a0e88bb08"
 "checksum itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "501266b7edd0174f8530248f87f99c88fbe60ca4ef3dd486835b8d8d53136f7f"
+"checksum jsonwebtoken 6.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a81d1812d731546d2614737bee92aa071d37e9afa1409bc374da9e5e70e70b22"
 "checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
 "checksum language-tags 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a91d884b6667cd606bb5a69aa0c99ba811a115fc68915e7056ec08a46e93199a"
 "checksum lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bc5729f27f159ddd61f4df6228e827e86643d4d3e7c32183cb30a1c08f604a14"
@@ -2148,6 +2197,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum relay 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1576e382688d7e9deecea24417e350d3062d97e32e45d70b1cde65994ff1489a"
 "checksum remove_dir_all 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4a83fa3702a688b9359eccba92d153ac33fd2e8462f9e0e3fdf155239ea7792e"
 "checksum reqwest 0.9.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "00eb63f212df0e358b427f0f40aa13aaea010b470be642ad422bcbca2feff2e4"
+"checksum ring 0.14.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "426bc186e3e95cac1e4a4be125a4aca7e84c2d616ffc02244eef36e2a60a093c"
 "checksum rustc-demangle 0.1.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a7f4dccf6f4891ebcc0c39f9b6eb1a83b9bf5d747cb439ec6fba4f3b977038af"
 "checksum rustc_version 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "138e3e0acb6c9fb258b19b67cb8abd63c00679d2851805ea151465464fe9030a"
 "checksum ryu 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b96a9549dc8d48f2c283938303c4b5a77aa29bfbc5b54b084fb1630408899a8f"
@@ -2171,6 +2221,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum slug 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b3bc762e6a4b6c6fcaade73e77f9ebc6991b676f88bb2358bddb56560f073373"
 "checksum smallvec 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4c8cbcd6df1e117c2210e13ab5109635ad68a929fcbb8964dc965b76cb5ee013"
 "checksum smallvec 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ab606a9c5e214920bb66c458cd7be8ef094f813f20fe77a54cc7dbfff220d4b7"
+"checksum spin 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 "checksum stable_deref_trait 1.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dba1a27d3efae4351c8051072d619e3ade2820635c3958d826bfea39d59b54c8"
 "checksum string 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d0bbfb8937e38e34c3444ff00afb28b0811d9554f15c5ad64d12b0308d1d1995"
 "checksum strsim 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
@@ -2213,6 +2264,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum unicode-normalization 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "141339a08b982d942be2ca06ff8b076563cbe223d1befd5450716790d44e2426"
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "882386231c45df4700b275c7ff55b6f3698780a650026380e72dabe76fa46526"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fc72304796d0818e357ead4e000d19c9c174ab23dc11093ac919054d20a6a7fc"
+"checksum untrusted 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "55cd1f4b4e96b46aeb8d4855db4a7a9bd96eeeb5c6a1ab54593328761642ce2f"
 "checksum url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dd4e7c0d531266369519a4aa4f399d748bd37043b00bde1e4ff1f60a120b355a"
 "checksum urlencoding 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3df3561629a8bb4c57e5a2e4c43348d9e29c7c29d9b1c4c1f47166deca8f37ed"
 "checksum utf8-ranges 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9d50aa7650df78abf942826607c62468ce18d9019673d4a2ebe1865dbb96ffde"
@@ -2224,6 +2276,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum want 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a05d9d966753fa4b5c8db73fcab5eed4549cfe0e1e4e66911e5564a0085c35d1"
 "checksum want 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b6395efa4784b027708f7451087e647ec73cc74f5d9bc2e418404248d679a230"
 "checksum web-view 0.4.1 (git+https://github.com/j-selby/web-view.git?rev=752106e4637356cbdb39a0bf1113ea3ae8a14243)" = "<none>"
+"checksum webbrowser 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "97d468a911faaaeb783693b004e1c62e0063e646b0afae5c146cd144e566e66d"
 "checksum webview-sys 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/j-selby/web-view.git?rev=752106e4637356cbdb39a0bf1113ea3ae8a14243)" = "<none>"
 "checksum which 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b57acb10231b9493c8472b20cb57317d0679a49e0bdbee44b3b803a6473af164"
 "checksum widestring 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "effc0e4ff8085673ea7b9b2e3c73f6bd4d118810c9009ed8f1e16bd96c331db6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e25f93..3e3d039 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ chrono = "0.4.6"
 
 clap = "2.32.0"
 
+# used to open a link to the users default browser
+webbrowser = "0.5.2"
+# used in JWT based package authentication
+jsonwebtoken = "6"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 walkdir = "2.2.7"
 serde = "1.0.89"
diff --git a/bootstrap.windows.toml b/bootstrap.windows.toml
index 1c8d2cf..e2f752c 100644
--- a/bootstrap.windows.toml
+++ b/bootstrap.windows.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 name = "yuzu"
-target_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuzu-emu/liftinstall/master/config.windows.v8.toml"
+target_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jroweboy/liftinstall/master/config.windows.v8.toml"
diff --git a/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs b/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
index df9ea28..50eda2d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/rest/services/mod.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use futures::future::Future as _;
 use futures::sink::Sink;
 
 mod attributes;
+mod authentication;
 mod config;
 mod default_path;
 mod dark_mode;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ impl Service for WebService {
             (Method::Get, "/api/exit") => exit::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Get, "/api/packages") => packages::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Get, "/api/installation-status") => installation_status::handle(self, req),
+            (Method::Post, "/api/check-auth") => authentication::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/start-install") => install::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/uninstall") => uninstall::handle(self, req),
             (Method::Post, "/api/update-updater") => update_updater::handle(self, req),
diff --git a/src/installer.rs b/src/installer.rs
index b64df8b..f7d9dce 100644
--- a/src/installer.rs
+++ b/src/installer.rs
@@ -53,11 +53,20 @@ pub enum InstallMessage {
     EOF,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Credentials {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub username: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub token: String,
+}
+
 /// Metadata about the current installation itself.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct InstallationDatabase {
     pub packages: Vec<LocalInstallation>,
     pub shortcuts: Vec<String>,
+    pub credentials: Credentials,
 }
 
 impl InstallationDatabase {
@@ -66,6 +75,7 @@ impl InstallationDatabase {
         InstallationDatabase {
             packages: Vec::new(),
             shortcuts: Vec::new(),
+            credentials: Credentials{username: String::new(), token: String::new()},
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 454ef24..6efa301 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ extern crate slug;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 extern crate sysinfo;
 
+extern crate jsonwebtoken as jwt;
+
 mod archives;
 mod config;
 mod frontend;
diff --git a/src/sources/mod.rs b/src/sources/mod.rs
index 345ffa6..2cf4965 100644
--- a/src/sources/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/mod.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ pub mod types;
 
 pub mod github;
 
+pub mod patreon;
+
 use self::types::ReleaseSource;
 
 /// Returns a ReleaseSource by a name, if possible
 pub fn get_by_name(name: &str) -> Option<Box<dyn ReleaseSource>> {
     match name {
         "github" => Some(Box::new(github::GithubReleases::new())),
+        "patreon" => Some(Box::new(patreon::PatreonReleases::new())),
         _ => None,
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/views/SelectPackages.vue b/ui/src/views/SelectPackages.vue
index 863b5a9..110706b 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/SelectPackages.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/SelectPackages.vue
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export default {
       }))
     },
     install: function () {
+      // TODO route instead to an authentication endpoint. if this package needs auth, then call the backend and route to the auth page
       this.$router.push('/install/regular')
     },
     go_back: function () {