diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3506662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - pug > pug-code-gen > constantinople > babel-types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-06T23:37:57.422Z'
+    - pug > pug-filters > constantinople > babel-types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-06T23:37:57.422Z'
+    - pug > pug-code-gen > pug-attrs > constantinople > babel-types > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-06T23:37:57.422Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94afe2f..eb23de8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "description": "Under construction holding app",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rcsl/inprogress#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.15.3",
-    "pug": "^2.0.0-rc.1"
-  }
+    "pug": "^2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "snyk": "^1.319.1"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }