diff --git a/cmd/pasty/main.go b/cmd/pasty/main.go
index 06ce92c..7a3bb74 100644
--- a/cmd/pasty/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pasty/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
+import "github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/env"
+
 func main() {
-	// TODO: Implement startup logic
+	// Load the optional .env file
+	env.Load()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 91976cc..399464a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ module github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty
 go 1.15
 
 require (
+	github.com/alexedwards/argon2id v0.0.0-20200802152012-2464efd3196b
 	github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake v0.3.0
-	github.com/fasthttp/router v1.2.4 // indirect
-	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200602225109-6fdc65e7d980 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cd30e78..b1f5123 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.0 h1:7UCwP93aiSfvWpapti8g88vVVGp2qqtGyePsSuDafo4=
-github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
+github.com/alexedwards/argon2id v0.0.0-20200802152012-2464efd3196b h1:rcCpjI1OMGtBY8nnBvExeM1pXNoaM35zqmXBGpgJR2o=
+github.com/alexedwards/argon2id v0.0.0-20200802152012-2464efd3196b/go.mod h1:GFtu6vaWaRJV5EvSFaVqgq/3Iq95xyYElBV/aupGzUo=
 github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake v0.3.0 h1:xm67bEhkKh6ij1790JB83OujPR5CzNe8QuQqAgISZN0=
 github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NdZxfVWX+oR6y2K0o6qAYv6gIOP9rjG0/E9WsDpxqwE=
-github.com/fasthttp/router v1.2.4 h1:RBWbCv4vVf+boczSZh/rX9PDSdR9F8I9zSnVJx5YJfU=
-github.com/fasthttp/router v1.2.4/go.mod h1:Au2V1CaqqAdzQQcPKrbkFAsImd1aHpadrce21AIPnvE=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.7 h1:7rix8v8GpI3ZBb0nSozFRgbtXKv+hOe+qfEpZqybrAg=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.7/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
-github.com/savsgio/gotils v0.0.0-20200616100644-13ff1fd2c28c h1:KKqhycXW1WVNkX7r4ekTV2gFkbhdyihlWD8c0/FiWmk=
-github.com/savsgio/gotils v0.0.0-20200616100644-13ff1fd2c28c/go.mod h1:TWNAOTaVzGOXq8RbEvHnhzA/A2sLZzgn0m6URjnukY8=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.15.1/go.mod h1:YOKImeEosDdBPnxc0gy7INqi3m1zK6A+xl6TwOBhHCA=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.16.0 h1:9zAqOYLl8Tuy3E5R6ckzGDJ1g8+pw15oQp2iL9Jl6gQ=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.16.0/go.mod h1:YOKImeEosDdBPnxc0gy7INqi3m1zK6A+xl6TwOBhHCA=
-github.com/valyala/tcplisten v0.0.0-20161114210144-ceec8f93295a/go.mod h1:v3UYOV9WzVtRmSR+PDvWpU/qWl4Wa5LApYYX4ZtKbio=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200602114024-627f9648deb9/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200414173820-0848c9571904 h1:bXoxMPcSLOq08zI3/c5dEBT6lE4eh+jOh886GHrn6V8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200414173820-0848c9571904/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200602225109-6fdc65e7d980 h1:OjiUf46hAmXblsZdnoSXsEUSKU8r1UEzcL5RVZ4gO9Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200602225109-6fdc65e7d980/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/internal/env/env.go b/internal/env/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a473b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/env/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package env
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/static"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// Load loads an optional .env file
+func Load() {
+	godotenv.Load()
+}
+
+// Get returns the content of the environment variable with the given key or the given fallback
+func Get(key, fallback string) string {
+	found := os.Getenv(static.EnvironmentVariablePrefix + key)
+	if found == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	return found
+}
diff --git a/internal/pastes/deletion_token.go b/internal/pastes/deletion_token.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9fb2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pastes/deletion_token.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package pastes
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/env"
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// deletionTokenContents represents the characters a deletion token may contain
+const deletionTokenContents = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789#+-.,"
+
+// generateDeletionToken generates a new deletion token
+func generateDeletionToken() (string, error) {
+	// Read the deletion token length
+	rawLength := env.Get("DELETION_TOKEN_LENGTH", "12")
+	length, err := strconv.Atoi(rawLength)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Generate the deletion token
+	bytes := make([]byte, length)
+	for i := range bytes {
+		bytes[i] = deletionTokenContents[rand.Int63()%int64(len(deletionTokenContents))]
+	}
+	return string(bytes), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/pastes/paste.go b/internal/pastes/paste.go
index 1527add..85570dd 100644
--- a/internal/pastes/paste.go
+++ b/internal/pastes/paste.go
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 package pastes
 
-import "github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake"
+import (
+	"github.com/alexedwards/argon2id"
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	snowflakeNode, _ = snowflake.NewNode(1)
+}
+
+// snowflakeNode holds the current snowflake node
+var snowflakeNode *snowflake.Node
 
 // Paste represents a saved paste
 type Paste struct {
@@ -9,3 +19,39 @@ type Paste struct {
 	SuggestedSyntaxType string       `json:"suggestedSyntaxType" bson:"suggestedSyntaxType"`
 	DeletionToken       string       `json:"deletionToken" bson:"deletionToken"`
 }
+
+// Create creates a new paste object using the given content
+func Create(content string) (*Paste, error) {
+	// TODO: Generate the suggested syntax type
+	suggestedSyntaxType := ""
+
+	// Generate the deletion token
+	deletionToken, err := generateDeletionToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Return the paste object
+	return &Paste{
+		ID:                  snowflakeNode.Generate(),
+		Content:             content,
+		SuggestedSyntaxType: suggestedSyntaxType,
+		DeletionToken:       deletionToken,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// HashDeletionToken hashes the current deletion token of a paste
+func (paste *Paste) HashDeletionToken() error {
+	hash, err := argon2id.CreateHash(paste.DeletionToken, argon2id.DefaultParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	paste.DeletionToken = hash
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CheckDeletionToken checks whether or not the given deletion token is correct
+func (paste *Paste) CheckDeletionToken(deletionToken string) bool {
+	match, err := argon2id.ComparePasswordAndHash(deletionToken, paste.DeletionToken)
+	return err != nil && match
+}
diff --git a/internal/static/static.go b/internal/static/static.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734e85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/static/static.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package static
+
+// These variables represent the values that may be changed using ldflags
+var (
+	Version                   = "dev"
+	EnvironmentVariablePrefix = "PASTY_"
+)
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6d448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Lukaesebrot/pasty/internal/pastes"
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake"
+)
+
+// Storage represents a storage type
+type Storage interface {
+	initialize() error
+	get(id snowflake.ID) (*pastes.Paste, error)
+	save(paste *pastes.Paste) error
+	delete(id snowflake.ID) error
+}