diff --git a/backend/Api/Startup.cs b/backend/Api/Startup.cs
index 8be7f08..08a2658 100644
--- a/backend/Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/backend/Api/Startup.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,29 @@ namespace Api
             services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
             {
                 c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "My API", Version = "v1" });
+
+                // Configure Swagger to use Bearer token authentication
+                c.AddSecurityDefinition("Bearer", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
+                {
+                    Description = "JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme",
+                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.Http,
+                    Scheme = "bearer"
+                });
+
+                c.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement
+                {
+                    {
+                        new OpenApiSecurityScheme
+                        {
+                            Reference = new OpenApiReference
+                            {
+                                Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
+                                Id = "Bearer"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        new string[] { }
+                    }
+                });
             });
         }