diff --git a/src/api/ApiStatusCodes.ts b/src/api/ApiStatusCodes.ts
index ceb5309..7dcbb9a 100644
--- a/src/api/ApiStatusCodes.ts
+++ b/src/api/ApiStatusCodes.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ApiStatusCodes {
     static readonly ILLEGAL_PARAMETER = 1110
     static readonly NOT_FOUND = 1111
     static readonly AUTHENTICATION_FAILED = 1112
+    static readonly STATUS_PASSWORD_BACK_OFF = 1113
 }
 
 export = ApiStatusCodes
diff --git a/src/routes/login/LoginRouter.ts b/src/routes/login/LoginRouter.ts
index c976252..00ea0d0 100644
--- a/src/routes/login/LoginRouter.ts
+++ b/src/routes/login/LoginRouter.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import InjectionExtractor = require('../../injection/InjectionExtractor')
 import DataStoreProvider = require('../../datastore/DataStoreProvider')
 import CaptainManager = require('../../user/system/CaptainManager')
 import Authenticator = require('../../user/Authenticator')
+import CircularQueue from '../../utils/CircularQueue'
 
 const router = express.Router()
 
+const failedLoginCircularTimestamps = new CircularQueue<number>(5)
+
 router.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
     let password = req.body.password || ''
 
@@ -30,6 +33,16 @@ router.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
 
     Promise.resolve() //
         .then(function() {
+            const oldestKnownFailedLogin = failedLoginCircularTimestamps.peek()
+            if (
+                oldestKnownFailedLogin &&
+                new Date().getTime() - oldestKnownFailedLogin < 30000
+            )
+                throw ApiStatusCodes.createError(
+                    ApiStatusCodes.STATUS_PASSWORD_BACK_OFF,
+                    'Too many wrong passwords... Wait for 30 seconds and retry.'
+                )
+
             return DataStoreProvider.getDataStore(namespace).getHashedPassword()
         })
         .then(function(savedHashedPassword) {
@@ -54,6 +67,19 @@ router.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
             baseApi.data = { token: authToken }
             res.send(baseApi)
         })
+        .catch(function(err) {
+            return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+                if (
+                    err &&
+                    err.captainErrorType &&
+                    err.captainErrorType ===
+                        ApiStatusCodes.STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD
+                ) {
+                    failedLoginCircularTimestamps.push(new Date().getTime())
+                }
+                reject(err)
+            })
+        })
         .catch(ApiStatusCodes.createCatcher(res))
 })
 
diff --git a/src/utils/CircularQueue.ts b/src/utils/CircularQueue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c16327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/CircularQueue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+export default class CircularQueue<T> {
+    private values: (T | undefined)[] = []
+    private currSize = 0
+
+    constructor(private maxSize: number) {
+        if (!this.maxSize) throw new Error('invalid size of zero')
+        if (this.maxSize === 1) throw new Error('invalid size of one')
+        for (let index = 0; index < this.maxSize; index++) {
+            this.values.push(undefined)
+        }
+    }
+
+    push(value: T) {
+        this.values[this.currSize % this.maxSize] = value
+        this.currSize++
+    }
+
+    peek(): T | undefined {
+        const nextPositionToBeOverwritten = this.currSize % this.maxSize
+        return this.values[nextPositionToBeOverwritten]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CircularQueue.test.ts b/tests/CircularQueue.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..968d840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CircularQueue.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import CircularQueue from '../src/utils/CircularQueue'
+
+function createTest(size: number, initWith: number) {
+    const testQueue = new CircularQueue<string>(size)
+    for (let index = 0; index < initWith; index++) {
+        testQueue.push('val:' + (index + 1))
+    }
+
+    return testQueue
+}
+
+test('Large Circular Queue', () => {
+    for (let index = 5; index < 20; index++) {
+        expect(createTest(4, index).peek()) //
+            .toBe('val:' + (index - 3))
+    }
+})
+
+test('Basic Circular Queue', () => {
+    expect(createTest(2, 10).peek()) //
+        .toBe('val:9')
+
+})
+
+test('Basic Circular Queue', () => {
+    expect(createTest(2, 1).peek()) //
+        .toBe(undefined)
+})
+
+test('Basic Circular Queue', () => {
+    expect(createTest(2, 2).peek()) //
+        .toBe('val:1')
+})
+
+test('Basic Circular Queue', () => {
+    expect(createTest(2, 3).peek()) //
+        .toBe('val:2')
+})