diff --git a/server/src/auth.rs b/server/src/auth.rs
index 26af473..8865fe9 100644
--- a/server/src/auth.rs
+++ b/server/src/auth.rs
@@ -57,3 +57,15 @@ pub async fn wall_entry(path: &str, pool: &Pool, params: &mut serde_json::Value)
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub fn generate_secret() -> String {
+    /*
+     * Generates a url-safe-plaintext secret for our db
+     * */
+    use getrandom::getrandom;
+    use base64::{encode_config, URL_SAFE};
+
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = vec![0;64];
+    getrandom(&mut buf);
+    encode_config(buf,URL_SAFE) 
+}