diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f5a1d3c16..71847c56f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ gem 'eventmachine'
 gem 'amqp'
 gem 'logging-rails', :require => 'logging/rails'
 gem 'tire'
+gem 'rb-readline'
+gem 'omniauth'
+gem 'omniauth-facebook'
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails', '2.11.0'
diff --git a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
index 61f5c8078..bf7d1f207 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
   def new
   end
 
+# oauth information:
+# http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/how-to-use-omniauth-to-authenticate-your-users/
+
   def create
     user = User.find_by_email(params[:session][:email])
     if user && user.authenticate(params[:session][:password])
@@ -15,8 +18,17 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def create_oauth
+    auth_hash = request.env['omniauth.auth']
+    render :text => auth_hash.inspect
+  end
+
   def destroy
     sign_out
     redirect_to root_url
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  def failure
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/omniauth.rb b/config/initializers/omniauth.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00f8f05e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/omniauth.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
+  provider :facebook, '468555793186398', '546a5b253972f3e2e8b36d9a3dd5a06e'
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c861a0482..be8e01d07 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
   match '/signup',  to: 'users#new'
   match '/signin',  to: 'sessions#new'
   match '/signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', via: :delete
+  # oauth
+  match '/auth/:provider/callback', :to => 'sessions#create_oauth'
+  match '/auth/failure', :to => 'sessions#failure'
 
   match '/help',    to: 'static_pages#help'
   match '/about',   to: 'static_pages#about'