diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edbb976a..61aeb26b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.1",
     "cors": "^2.8.1",
     "csslint": "^0.10.0",
+    "csurf": "^1.9.0",
     "decomment": "^0.8.7",
     "dotenv": "^2.0.0",
     "dropzone": "^4.3.0",
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 79baca8d..b8d19c80 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import session from 'express-session';
 import connectMongo from 'connect-mongo';
 import passport from 'passport';
 import path from 'path';
+import csurf from 'csurf';
 
 // Webpack Requirements
 import webpack from 'webpack';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import files from './routes/file.routes';
 import aws from './routes/aws.routes';
 import serverRoutes from './routes/server.routes';
 import embedRoutes from './routes/embed.routes';
+import { requestsOfTypeJSON } from './utils/requestsOfType';
 
 import { renderIndex } from './views/index';
 import { get404Sketch } from './views/404Page';
@@ -73,18 +75,27 @@ app.use(session({
     autoReconnect: true
   })
 }));
+
+// Enables CSRF protection and stores secret in session
+app.use(csurf());
+// Middleware to add CSRF token as cookie to some requests
+const csrfToken = (req, res, next) => {
+  res.cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', req.csrfToken());
+  next();
+};
+
 app.use(passport.initialize());
 app.use(passport.session());
-app.use('/api', users);
-app.use('/api', sessions);
-app.use('/api', projects);
-app.use('/api', files);
-app.use('/api', aws);
+app.use('/api', requestsOfTypeJSON(), users);
+app.use('/api', requestsOfTypeJSON(), sessions);
+app.use('/api', requestsOfTypeJSON(), projects);
+app.use('/api', requestsOfTypeJSON(), files);
+app.use('/api', requestsOfTypeJSON(), aws);
 // this is supposed to be TEMPORARY -- until i figure out
 // isomorphic rendering
-app.use('/', serverRoutes);
+app.use('/', csrfToken, serverRoutes);
 
-app.use('/', embedRoutes);
+app.use('/', csrfToken, embedRoutes);
 app.get('/auth/github', passport.authenticate('github'));
 app.get('/auth/github/callback', passport.authenticate('github', { failureRedirect: '/login' }), (req, res) => {
   res.redirect('/');
diff --git a/server/utils/requestsOfType.js b/server/utils/requestsOfType.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cac9bca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/requestsOfType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+  express middleware that sends a 406 Unacceptable
+  response if an incoming request's Content-Type
+  header does not match `type`
+*/
+const requestsOfType = type => (req, res, next) => {
+  if (req.get('content-type') != null && !req.is(type)) {
+    return next({ statusCode: 406 }); // 406 UNACCEPTABLE
+  }
+
+  return next();
+};
+
+export default requestsOfType;
+export const requestsOfTypeJSON = () => requestsOfType('application/json');