diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..107dc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.7.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:ms:20170412':
+    - mozaik > browserify > crypto-browserify > browserify-sign > elliptic > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > watchify > browserify > crypto-browserify > browserify-sign > elliptic > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > browserify > crypto-browserify > create-ecdh > elliptic > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > watchify > browserify > crypto-browserify > create-ecdh > elliptic > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > browserify > crypto-browserify > browserify-sign > elliptic > hmac-drbg > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > watchify > browserify > crypto-browserify > browserify-sign > elliptic > hmac-drbg > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > browserify > crypto-browserify > create-ecdh > elliptic > hmac-drbg > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
+    - mozaik > watchify > browserify > crypto-browserify > create-ecdh > elliptic > hmac-drbg > hash.js > mocha > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-06-20T07:20:10.644Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d9d93b..24a56b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "description": "Real time dashboard for the Twitter Sentiment analysis using Spark Streaming and Watson",
   "main": "server.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower cache clean && node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install"
+    "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower cache clean && node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -52,12 +54,14 @@
     "superagent": "^1.4.0",
     "superagent-bluebird-promise": "^2.1.0",
     "when": "~3.7.3",
-    "ws": "~0.7.2"
+    "ws": "~0.7.2",
+    "snyk": "^1.35.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*"
   },
   "author": "david_taieb@us.ibm.com",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "readmeFilename": "README.md"
+  "readmeFilename": "README.md",
+  "snyk": true
 }