diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
index 8fa6bf2c..fa6255cc 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Controllers/PostsController.cs
@@ -31,4 +31,21 @@ public ActionResult<PostDto> GetPost(string slug) {
 
         return post;
     }
+
+    // POST /posts
+    [HttpPost]
+    public IActionResult CreatePost([FromBody] PostDto postDto)
+    {
+        // simple validation
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(postDto.Title))
+        {
+            return BadRequest(new { errors = new[] { "Title cannot be blank" } });
+        }
+
+        // use the service to create post
+        var createdPost = _postService.CreatePost(postDto);
+
+        // return 201 Created with the new post
+        return Created("", new { post = new { createdPost.Title, createdPost.Body } });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
index 6bac099f..d1eef6ae 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/Services/PostService.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ public interface IPostService
 {
     IEnumerable<PostDto> GetPosts();
     PostDto GetPost(String slug);
+
+    PostDto CreatePost(PostDto postDto);
 }
 
 public class PostService : IPostService
@@ -34,4 +36,23 @@ private Post getPost(string slug)
     {
         return _context.Posts.Where(a=>a.Slug==slug.ToString()).SingleOrDefault();
     }
+
+    public PostDto CreatePost(PostDto postDto)
+    {
+        // create a simple slug from the title
+        var slug = Regex.Replace(postDto.Title.ToLower(), @"\s+", "-");
+
+        var newPost = new Post
+        {
+            Title = postDto.Title,
+            Body = postDto.Body,
+            Slug = slug,
+            CreatedDate = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
+
+        _context.Posts.Add(newPost);
+        _context.SaveChanges();
+
+        return newPost.AsDto();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
index 68bd7dc3..91574de9 100644
--- a/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/MyFirstBlog/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost; Database=bvc-blog; Username=postgres; Password=postgres"
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost; Database=bvc-blog; Username=postgres; Password=1111"
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {