diff --git a/sample/sample.config.ron b/sample/sample.config.ron
index 68921f0..06ea859 100644
--- a/sample/sample.config.ron
+++ b/sample/sample.config.ron
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ FriendlyConfig(
     public_key_hex: None,
     user_hex_keys: [
       "ee11a5dff40c19a555f41fe42b48f00e618c91225622ae37b6c2bb67b76c4e49"
-    ]
+    ],
+    verify_events: true,
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index bd537f8..b419c09 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub struct FriendlyConfig {
     pub description: Option<String>,
     pub public_key_hex: Option<String>,
     pub user_hex_keys: Vec<String>,
+    pub verify_events: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for FriendlyConfig {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ impl Default for FriendlyConfig {
             description: None,
             public_key_hex: None,
             user_hex_keys: vec![],
+            verify_events: true,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ impl FriendlyConfig {
             description,
             public_key_hex,
             user_hex_keys,
+            verify_events,
         } = self;
 
         let mut public_key: Option<Pubkey> = None;
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ impl FriendlyConfig {
             public_key,
             user_keys,
             user_hex_keys,
+            verify_events,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -87,4 +91,5 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub public_key: Option<Pubkey>,
     pub user_keys: Vec<Pubkey>,
     pub user_hex_keys: Vec<String>,
+    pub verify_events: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index bc81892..875b81f 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 /// Errors that can occur in the chorus crate
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
+    // Bad event id
+    #[error("Bad event id, does not match hash")]
+    BadEventId,
+
     // Bad hex input
     #[error("Bad hex input")]
     BadHexInput,
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("Config: {0}")]
     Config(#[from] ron::error::SpannedError),
 
+    // Crypto
+    #[error("Crypto: {0}")]
+    Crypto(#[from] secp256k1::Error),
+
     // Duplicate event
     #[error("Duplicate")]
     Duplicate,
diff --git a/src/nostr.rs b/src/nostr.rs
index e42e782..d0a55b0 100644
--- a/src/nostr.rs
+++ b/src/nostr.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ impl WebSocketService {
 }
 
 async fn validate_event(event: &Event<'_>) -> Result<bool, Error> {
-    // FIXME: check signature
+    // Verify event is valid
+    if GLOBALS.config.read().await.verify_events {
+        event.verify()?;
+    }
 
     // Accept relay lists from anybody
     if event.kind() == Kind(10002) {
diff --git a/src/types/event/mod.rs b/src/types/event/mod.rs
index d57a796..bd850c7 100644
--- a/src/types/event/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/event/mod.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,35 @@ impl<'a> Event<'a> {
         output.extend(br#""}"#);
         Ok(output)
     }
+
+    pub fn verify(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        use secp256k1::hashes::{sha256, Hash};
+        use secp256k1::schnorr::Signature;
+        use secp256k1::{Message, XOnlyPublicKey};
+
+        let signable = format!(
+            r#"[0,"{}",{},{},{},"{}"]"#,
+            self.pubkey(),
+            self.created_at(),
+            self.kind(),
+            self.tags()?,
+            unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.content()) },
+        );
+
+        let hash = sha256::Hash::hash(signable.as_bytes());
+
+        let hashref = <sha256::Hash as AsRef<[u8]>>::as_ref(&hash);
+        if hashref != self.id().as_slice() {
+            return Err(Error::BadEventId);
+        }
+
+        let pubkey = XOnlyPublicKey::from_slice(self.pubkey().as_slice())?;
+        let sig = Signature::from_slice(self.sig().as_slice())?;
+        let message = Message::from_digest_slice(hashref)?;
+        sig.verify(&message, &pubkey)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Event<'_> {