diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c37fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.7.0
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:ms:20170412':
+    - cloudant > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T04:33:07.366Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0b85cd..f5224ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node app.js",
-    "test": "grunt"
+    "test": "grunt",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -28,13 +30,15 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.2",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
     "rest-facade": "^1.4.1",
-    "simple-data-vis": "^0.2.0"
+    "simple-data-vis": "^0.2.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.30.1"
   },
-   "devDependencies": {
+  "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "0.4.5",
     "grunt-cli": "0.1.13",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "0.12.0",
     "jshint": "2.8.0",
     "grunt-jscs": "2.8.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }