diff --git a/src/app/sign-in/page.tsx b/src/app/sign-in/page.tsx
index d36d974e..d475cd4a 100644
--- a/src/app/sign-in/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/sign-in/page.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 import { auth } from '@/auth';
-import LoginButton from '@/components/LoginButton';
+import SignInForm from '@/auth/SignInForm';
 import { cc } from '@/utility/css';
-import Link from 'next/link';
 import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
 
 export default async function SignInPage() {
   const session = await auth();
+
   if (session?.user) {
     redirect('/');
   }
+  
   return (
     <div className={cc(
       'fixed top-0 left-0 right-0 bottom-0',
       'flex items-center justify-center flex-col gap-8',
     )}>
-      <LoginButton />
-      <Link href="/">Home</Link>
+      <SignInForm />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c96f28c..00000000
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import NextAuth, { type DefaultSession } from 'next-auth';
-import GitHub from 'next-auth/providers/github';
-
-declare module 'next-auth' {
-  interface Session {
-    user: {
-      id: string
-    } & DefaultSession['user']
-  }
-}
-
-export const {
-  handlers: { GET, POST },
-  auth,
-} = NextAuth({
-  providers: [GitHub({
-    clientId: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID,
-    clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET,
-  })],
-  callbacks: {
-    jwt({ token, profile }) {
-      if (profile) {
-        token.id = profile.id;
-        token.image = profile.avatar_url || profile.picture;
-      }
-      return token;
-    },
-    authorized({ auth }) {
-      // this ensures there is a logged in user for -every- request
-      return (
-        process.env.GITHUB_ADMIN_EMAIL !== undefined &&
-        process.env.GITHUB_ADMIN_EMAIL === auth?.user?.email
-      );
-    },
-  },
-  pages: {
-    // overrides the next-auth default sign-in page
-    signIn: '/sign-in',
-  },
-});
diff --git a/src/auth/SignInForm.tsx b/src/auth/SignInForm.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba6c46f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auth/SignInForm.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+'use client';
+
+import FieldSet from '@/components/FieldSet';
+import InfoBlock from '@/components/InfoBlock';
+import { signIn } from 'next-auth/react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+
+export default function SignInForm() {
+  const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
+
+  return (
+    <InfoBlock
+      className="space-y-8"
+      padding="loose"
+    >
+      <div className="space-y-4">
+        <FieldSet
+          id="email"
+          label="Admin Email"
+          value={email}
+          onChange={setEmail}
+        />
+        <FieldSet
+          id="password"
+          label="Admin Password"
+          value={password}
+          onChange={setPassword}
+          type="password"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <button
+        onClick={() => signIn(
+          'credentials',
+          {
+            email,
+            password,
+            callbackUrl: '/admin/photos',
+          },
+        )}
+      >
+        Sign in
+      </button>
+    </InfoBlock>
+  );
+}
+// 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auth/index.ts b/src/auth/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8d2cdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auth/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import NextAuth, { User, type DefaultSession } from 'next-auth';
+import Credentials from 'next-auth/providers/credentials';
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+declare module 'next-auth' {
+  interface Session {
+    user: {
+      id: string
+    } & DefaultSession['user']
+  }
+}
+
+export const {
+  handlers: { GET, POST },
+  auth,
+  CSRF_experimental,
+} = NextAuth({
+  providers: [
+    Credentials({
+      credentials: {
+        email: { label: 'Email', type: 'text' },
+        password: { label: 'Password', type: 'password' },
+      },
+      async authorize({ email, password }) {
+        if (
+          process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL && process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL === email &&
+          process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD && process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD === password
+        ) {
+          const user: User = { id: '1', email, name: 'Admin User' };
+          return user;
+        } else {
+          return null;
+        }
+      },
+    }),
+  ],
+  callbacks: {
+    authorized({ auth, request }) {
+      const url = new URL(request.url);
+      const { pathname } = url;
+
+      const isUrlProtected = pathname.startsWith('/admin');
+      const isLoggedIn = !!auth?.user;
+      const isAuthorized = !isUrlProtected || isLoggedIn;
+
+      if (pathname === '/admin') {
+        url.pathname = '/admin/photos';
+        return NextResponse.redirect(url);
+      }
+
+      return isAuthorized;
+    },
+  },
+  pages: {
+    signIn: '/sign-in',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/components/FieldSet.tsx b/src/components/FieldSet.tsx
index 8f8f4b64..1ce63584 100644
--- a/src/components/FieldSet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FieldSet.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export default function FieldSet({
   onChange,
   required,
   readOnly,
+  type = 'text',
 }: {
   id: string
   label: string
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export default function FieldSet({
   onChange?: (value: string) => void
   required?: boolean
   readOnly?: boolean
+  type?: 'text' | 'password'
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="space-y-1">
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ export default function FieldSet({
         name={id}
         value={value}
         onChange={e => onChange?.(e.target.value)}
-        type="text"
+        type={type}
         autoComplete="off"
         readOnly={readOnly}
         className="w-full"
diff --git a/src/components/InfoBlock.tsx b/src/components/InfoBlock.tsx
index d86e29af..2386dd70 100644
--- a/src/components/InfoBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InfoBlock.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 export default function InfoBlock({
   children,
+  className,
+  padding = 'loose',
 }: {
   children: ReactNode
+  className?: string
+  padding?: 'loose' | 'normal';
 } ) {
   return (
     <div className={cc(
       'flex flex-col items-center justify-center',
-      'px-8 py-24 rounded-lg',
+      'px-8 rounded-lg',
+      padding === 'loose' ? 'py-24' : 'py-8',
       'border',
       'bg-gray-50 border-gray-200',
       'dark:bg-gray-900/40 dark:border-gray-800',
@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@ export default function InfoBlock({
         'flex flex-col items-center justify-center',
         'space-y-4',
         'text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400',
+        className,
       )}>
         {children}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/LoginButton.tsx b/src/components/LoginButton.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cc2c12f..00000000
--- a/src/components/LoginButton.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-'use client';
-
-import { signIn } from 'next-auth/react';
-
-export default function LoginButton() {
-  return (
-    <div
-      className="button"
-      onClick={() => signIn('github', { callbackUrl: '/' })}
-    >
-      Sign in
-    </div>
-  );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index 72ff19f6..4596922f 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export { auth as middleware } from './auth';
 
 export const config = {
-  matcher: ['/admin/:path*'],
+  matcher: ['/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico).*)'],
 };
diff --git a/src/site/globals.css b/src/site/globals.css
index d9259139..b2002f91 100644
--- a/src/site/globals.css
+++ b/src/site/globals.css
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       tracking-wider
   }
   button, .button,
-  input[type=text] {
+  input[type=text], input[type=password] {
     @apply
       px-2 py-1.5
       border rounded-md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       font-mono text-base leading-none
       min-h-[2.25rem]
   }
-  input[type=text] {
+  input[type=text], input[type=password] {
     @apply
       min-w-[20rem] read-only:cursor-default
       read-only:bg-gray-100