diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d122ce2..2a8c022 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module github.com/ystv/web-auth
 go 1.16
 
 require (
+	github.com/Clarilab/gocloaksession v1.3.0
+	github.com/Nerzal/gocloak/v8 v8.5.0
 	github.com/balacode/zr-whirl v1.0.2
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
@@ -18,5 +20,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0
 	github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail/v2 v2.10.0
 	gopkg.in/guregu/null.v4 v4.0.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa630b2..af1e195 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+github.com/Clarilab/gocloaksession v1.3.0 h1:J6KNLln5t4LddyVAbZ+cH77p+o3RwVO1MiU7gsjGQCA=
+github.com/Clarilab/gocloaksession v1.3.0/go.mod h1:WwrhynRUHjEYT9tX/vyeCXOT3Uaa4y/714PzG4YIN+g=
+github.com/Nerzal/gocloak/v8 v8.5.0 h1:sk84BrGnmFyqie+KcBtg13RrVCC3Skx8LnST8/gxqpY=
+github.com/Nerzal/gocloak/v8 v8.5.0/go.mod h1:Zzuv9uk+6drd8VrFT0ihxvIicMv7+umQKtKfnp5jCAs=
 github.com/balacode/zr v1.1.0 h1:3UsFdsRjPd6inBA1Nr9fAVHNJPor0x1K4RYArFmuzWE=
 github.com/balacode/zr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Gek772GtTXR/nDElnIYqB8kHcg3nKhjzTt1yZNUVnmA=
 github.com/balacode/zr-whirl v1.0.2 h1:Ztbmrjv2N0tGpeHk4ZaX90lI/83aqKDqe8dOI2mWMVs=
@@ -7,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
+github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4 v4.0.0-preview1 h1:CaO/zOnF8VvUfEbhRatPcwKVWamvbYd8tQGRWacE9kU=
+github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4 v4.0.0-preview1/go.mod h1:+hnT3ywWDTAFrW5aE+u2Sa/wT555ZqwoCS+pk3p6ry4=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4zYo=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
@@ -21,6 +27,9 @@ github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 h1:icxd5fm+REJzpZx7ZfpaD87
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.8.0 h1:1kAa0fCrnpv+QYdkdcRzrRM7AyYs5o8+jZdJCz9xj6k=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.8.0/go.mod h1:9JhgTzTaE31GZDpH/HSvHiRJrJ3iKAgqqH0Bl/Ocjdk=
+github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:UpN9CgLZNsv4e9XG50UU8xdI0F43UQ4HmxLBDwaroHU=
+github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.6.0 h1:joIR5PNLM2EFqqESUjCMGXrWmXNHEU9CEiK813oKYS4=
+github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:PwvJS6hvaPkjtjNg9ph+VrSD92bi5Zq73w/BIH7cC3Q=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 h1:ozyZYNQW3x3HtqT1jira07DN2PArx2v7/mN66gGcHOs=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -51,33 +60,53 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJ
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v0.0.0-20180701023420-4b7aa43c6742/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible h1:HRMgzkcYKYpi3C8ajMPV8OFXaaRUnok+kx1WdO15EQc=
 github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0 h1:P2KMzcFwrPoSjkF1WLRPsp3UMLyql8L4v9hQpVeK5so=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0/go.mod h1:EBwu+T5AvHOcXwvZIkQFjUN6s8Czyqw12GL/Y0tUyRM=
+github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.3 h1:FoResxvleQwYiPAVKe1tMUlEirodZqlqglIuFsdDntY=
+github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.3/go.mod h1:/XUiZBD3kVx5SmUOl55voK5yeAbBNNIed+2O73XgrPE=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:kZn38zHttfInRq0xu/PH0az30d+z6vm202qpg1oXVMw=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7/go.mod h1:Ax+UKWsSmolVDwsd+7N3ZtXu+yMGCf907BLYF3GoBXY=
 github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail/v2 v2.10.0 h1:nib6RaJ4qVh5HD9UE9QJqnUZyWp3upv+Z6CFxaMj0V8=
 github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:kA1XbQfCI4JxQ9ccSN6VFyIEkkugOm7YiPkA5hKiQn4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210711020723-a769d52b0f97 h1:/UOmuWzQfxxo9UtlXMwuQU8CMgg1eZXqTRwkSQJWKOI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210711020723-a769d52b0f97/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
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 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
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+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
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+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
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+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
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 gopkg.in/go-playground/assert.v1 v1.2.1/go.mod h1:9RXL0bg/zibRAgZUYszZSwO/z8Y/a8bDuhia5mkpMnE=
 gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9 v9.29.1/go.mod h1:+c9/zcJMFNgbLvly1L1V+PpxWdVbfP1avr/N00E2vyQ=
diff --git a/user/keycloak.go b/user/keycloak.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e1d1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/keycloak.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package user
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/Nerzal/gocloak/v8"
+)
+
+func (s *Store) newUser(ctx context.Context, u User) error {
+	client := gocloak.NewClient("https://sso2.ystv.co.uk")
+	token, err := client.LoginAdmin(ctx, "user", "pass", "realmName")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	user := gocloak.User{
+		FirstName:     gocloak.StringP(u.Firstname),
+		LastName:      gocloak.StringP(u.Lastname),
+		Email:         gocloak.StringP(u.Email),
+		EmailVerified: gocloak.BoolP(true),
+		Enabled:       gocloak.BoolP(true),
+		Username:      gocloak.StringP(u.Username),
+	}
+	_, err = client.CreateUser(ctx, token.AccessToken, "realName", user)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/user/user.go b/user/user.go
index 37693fb..e1500fb 100644
--- a/user/user.go
+++ b/user/user.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/Clarilab/gocloaksession"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/ystv/web-auth/utils"
 	"gopkg.in/guregu/null.v4"
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ type (
 	}
 	// Store stores the dependencies
 	Store struct {
-		db *sqlx.DB
+		db    *sqlx.DB
+		cloak *gocloaksession.GoCloakSession
 	}
 	// User represents relevant user fields
 	User struct {
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ type (
 
 // NewUserRepo stores our dependency
 func NewUserRepo(db *sqlx.DB) *Store {
-	return &Store{db}
+	return &Store{
+		db: db,
+	}
 }
 
 // GetUser returns a user using any unique identity fields
@@ -68,28 +72,26 @@ func (s *Store) GetPermissions(ctx context.Context, u User) ([]Permission, error
 }
 
 // VerifyUser will check that that the password is correct with provided
-// credentials
-func (s *Store) VerifyUser(ctx context.Context, u User) error {
-	plaintext := u.Password
+// credentials and if verified will return the User object
+func (s *Store) VerifyUser(ctx context.Context, u User) (User, error) {
 	user, err := s.getUser(ctx, u)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return u, fmt.Errorf("failed to get user: %w", err)
 	}
-	if utils.HashPass(user.Salt+plaintext) == user.Password {
-		return nil
+	if utils.HashPass(user.Salt+u.Password) == user.Password {
+		return user, nil
 	}
-	return errors.New("invalid credentials")
+	return u, errors.New("invalid credentials")
 }
 
 // UpdateUserPassword will update the password and set the reset_pw to false
 func (s *Store) UpdateUserPassword(ctx context.Context, u User) (User, error) {
-	plaintext := u.Password
 	user, err := s.GetUser(ctx, u)
 	if err != nil {
 		return u, fmt.Errorf("failed to get user: %w", err)
 	}
-	u.Password = utils.HashPass(user.Salt + plaintext)
-	u.ResetPw = false
+	user.Password = utils.HashPass(user.Salt + u.Password)
+	user.ResetPw = false
 	err = s.updateUser(ctx, user)
 	if err != nil {
 		return u, fmt.Errorf("failed to update user: %w", err)