diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0fab65..dd17d06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Go module `brainbaking.com/go-jamming`:
 
 > A minimalistic Go-powered jamstack-augmented microservice for webmentions etc
 
-✅️ **This is a fork of [https://github.com/wgroeneveld/serve-my-jams](serve-my-jams)**, the Node-powered original microservice, which is no longer being maintained. 
+✅️ **This is a fork of [serve-my-jams](https://github.com/wgroeneveld/serve-my-jams)**, the Node-powered original microservice, which is no longer being maintained. 
 
 **Are you looking for a way to DO something with this?** See https://github.com/wgroeneveld/jam-my-stack !
 
diff --git a/app/limiter.go b/app/limiter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4238b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/limiter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"brainbaking.com/go-jamming/common"
+	"brainbaking.com/go-jamming/rest"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type visitor struct {
+	limiter  *rate.Limiter
+	lastSeen time.Time
+}
+
+type RateLimiter struct {
+	visitors        map[string]*visitor
+	mu              sync.RWMutex
+	rateLimitPerSec int
+	rateBurst       int
+	Middleware      func(next http.Handler) http.Handler
+}
+
+func NewRateLimiter(rateLimitPerSec int, rateBurst int) *RateLimiter {
+	rl := &RateLimiter{
+		visitors:        make(map[string]*visitor),
+		mu:              sync.RWMutex{},
+		rateBurst:       rateBurst,
+		rateLimitPerSec: rateLimitPerSec,
+	}
+	rl.Middleware = func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return rl.limiterMiddleware(next)
+	}
+
+	go rl.cleanupVisitors()
+	return rl
+}
+
+const (
+	ttl         = 5 * time.Minute
+	cleanupCron = 2 * time.Minute
+)
+
+func (rl *RateLimiter) getVisitor(ip string) *rate.Limiter {
+	rl.mu.Lock()
+	defer rl.mu.Unlock()
+
+	v, exists := rl.visitors[ip]
+	if !exists {
+		limiter := rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(rl.rateLimitPerSec), rl.rateBurst)
+		rl.visitors[ip] = &visitor{limiter, common.Now()}
+		return limiter
+	}
+
+	v.lastSeen = common.Now()
+	return v.limiter
+}
+
+func (rl *RateLimiter) cleanupVisitors() {
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(cleanupCron)
+
+		rl.mu.Lock()
+		for ip, v := range rl.visitors {
+			if time.Since(v.lastSeen) > ttl {
+				log.Debug().Str("ip", ip).Msg("Cleaning up rate limiter visitor")
+				delete(rl.visitors, ip)
+			}
+		}
+		rl.mu.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+// with the help of https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/how-to-rate-limit-http-requests, TY!
+func (rl *RateLimiter) limiterMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ip := r.RemoteAddr // also contains port, but don't care
+		limiter := rl.getVisitor(ip)
+
+		if limiter.Allow() == false {
+			log.Error().Str("ip", ip).Msg("Someone spamming? Rate limit hit!")
+			rest.TooManyRequests(w)
+			return
+		}
+
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/app/logging.go b/app/logging.go
index 85f0d55..793fd9b 100644
--- a/app/logging.go
+++ b/app/logging.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (lrw *loggingResponseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	lrw.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
 }
 
-func loggingMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func LoggingMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		logWriter := &loggingResponseWriter{w, http.StatusOK}
 		next.ServeHTTP(logWriter, r)
diff --git a/app/server.go b/app/server.go
index 5218f57..e4c79ae 100644
--- a/app/server.go
+++ b/app/server.go
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ func Start() {
 
 	server.routes()
 	http.Handle("/", r)
-	r.Use(loggingMiddleware)
+	r.Use(LoggingMiddleware)
+	r.Use(NewRateLimiter(5, 10).Middleware)
 
 	log.Info().Int("port", server.conf.Port).Msg("Serving...")
 	http.ListenAndServe(":"+strconv.Itoa(server.conf.Port), nil)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6962d02..56b3c83 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.8
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.21.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210220033141-f8bda1e9f3ba
 	willnorris.com/go/microformats v1.1.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3ee2b39..113509a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210119212857-b64e53b001e4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210220033141-f8bda1e9f3ba h1:O8mE0/t419eoIwhTFpKVkHiTs/Igowgfkj25AcZrtiE=
+golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210220033141-f8bda1e9f3ba/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xkSsbof2nBLbhDlRMhhhyNLN/zl3eTqcnHD5viDpcZ0=
diff --git a/playground.go b/playground.go
index 1c74b44..a34932b 100644
--- a/playground.go
+++ b/playground.go
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
 func mainz() {
-	fmt.Println("Hello, playground")
-	resp, err := http.Get("https://brainbaking.com/notes")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	}
-
-	body, err2 := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err2 != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Printf("tis ditte")
-	fmt.Printf("%s", body)
+	//time.Tick()
 }
diff --git a/rest/utils.go b/rest/utils.go
index 46ed3e4..99011f5 100644
--- a/rest/utils.go
+++ b/rest/utils.go
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 // mimicing NotFound: https://golang.org/src/net/http/server.go?s=64787:64830#L2076
 func BadRequest(w http.ResponseWriter) {
-	http.Error(w, "400 bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
+	http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusBadRequest), http.StatusBadRequest)
+}
+
+func TooManyRequests(w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusTooManyRequests), http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 }
 
 func Unauthorized(w http.ResponseWriter) {
-	http.Error(w, "401 unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+	http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusUnauthorized), http.StatusUnauthorized)
 }
 
 func Json(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) {