diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seanstarkey/notesvault/config/SecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/seanstarkey/notesvault/config/SecurityConfig.java
index c5c3025..35be1e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seanstarkey/notesvault/config/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seanstarkey/notesvault/config/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.configuration.AuthenticationConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.AbstractHttpConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
  * Provides the password encoder bean used to hash and verify user passwords.
  */
 @Configuration
+@EnableWebSecurity
 public class SecurityConfig {
 
     private final JwtAuthFilter jwtAuthFilter;