diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cbb0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.13.5
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-450202:
+    - mongoose > async > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-03T23:32:48.418Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a7ea9f..902b692 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
     "dev": "./node_modules/.bin/nodemon bin/server.js",
-    "start": "node bin/server.js --env=production"
+    "start": "node bin/server.js --env=production",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@
     "request": "^2.75.0",
     "statuses": "^1.3.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "^2.0.1",
-    "swiger": "0.0.2"
+    "swiger": "0.0.2",
+    "snyk": "^1.189.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mm": "^2.0.0",
@@ -63,5 +66,6 @@
     "should": "^11.1.0",
     "supertest": "^2.0.0"
   },
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "snyk": true
 }