diff --git a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/Handler.php b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/Handler.php
index 864e060..f8731fd 100644
--- a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/Handler.php
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <?php namespace Bkwld\Croppa;
 
 // Deps
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
 
 /**
  * Handle a Croppa-style request, forwarding the actual work onto other classes.
@@ -25,10 +27,12 @@ class Handler extends Controller {
 	 *
 	 * @param Bkwld\Croppa\URL $url
 	 * @param Bkwld\Croppa\Storage $storage
+	 * @param Illuminate\Http\Request $request
 	 */
-	public function __construct(URL $url, Storage $storage) {
+	public function __construct(URL $url, Storage $storage, Request $request) {
 		$this->url = $url;
 		$this->storage = $storage;
+		$this->request = $request;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -40,6 +44,12 @@ public function __construct(URL $url, Storage $storage) {
 	 */
 	public function handle($request) {
 
+		// Validate the signing token
+		if (($token = $this->url->signingToken($request))
+			&& $token != $this->request->input('token')) {
+			throw new NotFoundHttpException('Token missmatch');
+		}
+
 		// Get crop path relative to it's dir
 		$crop_path = $this->url->relativePath($request);
 
diff --git a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/ServiceProvider.php b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/ServiceProvider.php
index 4b64b83..6955693 100755
--- a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ public function register() {
 
 		// Handle the request for an image, this cooridnates the main logic
 		$this->app->singleton('Bkwld\Croppa\Handler', function($app) {
-			return new Handler($app['Bkwld\Croppa\URL'], $app['Bkwld\Croppa\Storage']);
+			return new Handler($app['Bkwld\Croppa\URL'], 
+				$app['Bkwld\Croppa\Storage'], 
+				$app['request']);
 		});
 
 		// Interact with the disk
@@ -109,7 +111,13 @@ public function bootLaravel5() {
 	 */
 	public function getConfig() {
 		$key = $this->version() == 5 ? 'croppa' : 'croppa::config';
-		return $this->app->make('config')->get($key);
+		$config = $this->app->make('config')->get($key);
+
+		// Use Laravel's encryption key if instructed to
+		if (isset($config['secure_key']) && $config['secure_key'] == 'app.key') {
+			$config['secure_key'] = $this->app->make('config')->get('app.key');
+		}
+		return $config;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/URL.php b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/URL.php
index f457a67..4da82f7 100644
--- a/src/Bkwld/Croppa/URL.php
+++ b/src/Bkwld/Croppa/URL.php
@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ public function generate($url, $width = null, $height = null, $options = null) {
 			}
 		}
 		
-		// Assemble the new path and return
+		// Assemble the new path
 		$parts = pathinfo($path);
 		$path = trim($parts['dirname'],'/').'/'.$parts['filename'].$suffix;
 		if (isset($parts['extension'])) $path .= '.'.$parts['extension'];
-		return $this->pathToUrl($path);
+		$url = $this->pathToUrl($path);
+
+		// Secure with hash token
+		if ($token = $this->signingToken($url)) $url .= '?token='.$token;
+
+		// Return the $url
+		return $url;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -95,6 +101,20 @@ public function pathToUrl($path) {
 		else return rtrim($this->config['url_prefix'], '/').'/'.$this->relativePath($path);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generate the signing token from a URL or path.  Or, if no key was defined,
+	 * return nothing.
+	 *
+	 * @param string path or url
+	 * @return string|void
+	 */
+	public function signingToken($url) {
+		if (isset($this->config['signing_key']) 
+			&& ($key = $this->config['signing_key'])) {
+			return md5($key.basename($url));
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Make the regex for the route definition.  This works by wrapping both the
 	 * basic Croppa pattern and the `path` config in positive regex lookaheads so
diff --git a/src/config/config.php b/src/config/config.php
index be9a467..e4402ca 100755
--- a/src/config/config.php
+++ b/src/config/config.php
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
 	/**
 	 * Maximum number of sizes to allow for a particular source file.  This is to 
 	 * limit scripts from filling up your hard drive with images.  Set to falsey or 
-	 * comment out to have no limit.
+	 * comment out to have no limit.  This is disabled by default because the
+	 * `signing_key` is a better prevention of malicilous usage.
 	 *
 	 * @var integer | boolean
 	 */
-	'max_crops' => 12,
+	'max_crops' => false,
 
 
 	/*
@@ -74,6 +75,19 @@
 	// 'url_prefix' =>  '//'.Request::getHttpHost().'/uploads/',        // Local
 	// 'url_prefix' => 'https://your-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/', // S3
 
+	/**
+	 * Reject attempts to maliciously create images by signing the generated the 
+	 * request with a hash based on the request parameters and this signing key. 
+	 * Set to 'app.key' to use Laravel's `app.key` config, any other string to use 
+	 * THAT as the key, or false to disable.
+	 *
+	 * If you are generating URLs outside of `Croppa::url()`, like the croppa.js 
+	 * module, you can disable this feature by setting the `signing_key` config 
+	 * to false.
+	 *
+	 * @var string|boolean
+	 */
+	'signing_key' => 'app.key',
 
 	/*
 	|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/TestUrlGenerator.php b/tests/TestUrlGenerator.php
index 5f89c2a..3637da8 100644
--- a/tests/TestUrlGenerator.php
+++ b/tests/TestUrlGenerator.php
@@ -69,4 +69,14 @@ public function testCropsInSubDirectory() {
 		$this->assertEquals('/images/crops/file-200x100.png', $url->generate('/images/file.png', 200, 100));
 	}
 
+	public function testSecure() {
+
+		$url = new URL([ 'signing_key' => 'test' ]);
+		$this->assertEquals('/path/file-200x100.png?token=dc0787d205f619a2b2df8554c960072e', $url->generate('/path/file.png', 200, 100));
+
+		$url = new URL([ 'signing_key' => 'test' ]);
+		$this->assertNotEquals('/path/file-200x100.png?token=dc0787d205f619a2b2df8554c960072e', $url->generate('/path/file.png', 200, 200));
+
+	}
+
 }
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