diff --git a/.env b/.env
index eff805f..9fe0894 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_URL="https://choiceof.dev/matomo/"
 NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_SITE_ID="1"
 NEXT_PUBLIC_SLUG_FOR_OFFICIAL_PREVIEW="pizza-or-instant-noodles"
 NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL="http://localhost:1234/api.php"
+NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY="0x4AAAAAAABX6tUdT3sWYN82"
diff --git a/apps/devchoices-next/pages/_app.tsx b/apps/devchoices-next/pages/_app.tsx
index 49807bc..ca28ecb 100644
--- a/apps/devchoices-next/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/apps/devchoices-next/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import init from '@socialgouv/matomo-next'
 const MATOMO_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_URL
 const MATOMO_SITE_ID = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MATOMO_SITE_ID
 const WEBSITE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBSITE_URL
+const TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY
 
 export const QuestionContext = createContext<{
   questions: QuestionInterface[]
@@ -98,6 +99,18 @@ function CustomApp({ Component, pageProps, router }: AppProps) {
         <Component {...pageProps} key={url} />
       </AnimatePresence>
 
+      <div id="turnstile-widget"></div>
+      <Script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" onLoad={() => {
+        window.turnstileWidgetId = turnstile.render('#turnstile-widget', {
+          sitekey: TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY,
+          callback: function (token) {
+            window.turnstileToken = token
+          },
+        });
+        window.refreshTurnstileToken = function () {
+          turnstile.reset(window.turnstileWidgetId)
+        }
+      }}></Script>
       <Script id="matomo" strategy="lazyOnload">
         {`
           var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
diff --git a/apps/devchoices-next/pages/question/[slug].tsx b/apps/devchoices-next/pages/question/[slug].tsx
index d02f42d..856dff8 100644
--- a/apps/devchoices-next/pages/question/[slug].tsx
+++ b/apps/devchoices-next/pages/question/[slug].tsx
@@ -92,30 +92,30 @@ export function QuestionPage(props: QuestionPageProps) {
       await router.push('/question/' + questionContext.questions[questionContext.questions.indexOf(question) + 1].slug)
   }
 
-  const onLeft = () => {
-    // todo store the +1 in the database
+  const postPosition = (p: Number) => {
     const form = new FormData()
-    form.append('position', '0')
+    form.append('position', p.toString())
+    form.append('token', window.turnstileToken)
     fetch(`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL}?slug=${slug}`, {
       method: 'POST',
       body: form,
     }).catch(() => {
       setVoteValues([voteValues[0], voteValues[1] + 1])
+    }).finally(() => {
+      window.refreshTurnstileToken()
     })
+  }
+
+  const onLeft = () => {
+    // todo store the +1 in the database
+    postPosition(0)
     setVoteValues([voteValues[0] + 1, voteValues[1]])
     setShowResult(true)
   }
 
   const onRight = () => {
     // todo store the +1 in the database
-    const form = new FormData()
-    form.append('position', '1')
-    fetch(`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL}?slug=${slug}`, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      body: form,
-    }).catch(() => {
-      setVoteValues([voteValues[0], voteValues[1] + 1])
-    })
+    postPosition(1)
     setVoteValues([voteValues[0], voteValues[1] + 1])
     setShowResult(true)
   }
diff --git a/php/api.php b/php/api.php
index 849937f..ba8c35a 100644
--- a/php/api.php
+++ b/php/api.php
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 <?php
+require_once '../../config.php';
+require_once 'turnstile.php';
 
 if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN']))
   header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: {$_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN']}");
 header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST');
 
-include('../../config.php');
+$method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
+
+if ($method === 'POST') {
+  $token = $_POST['token'] ?? null;
+  if (is_null($token)) {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    echo 'no-token';
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $validationResult = validateToken($token, $config['CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SECRET']);
+  if (is_null($validationResult) || $validationResult['success'] !== true) {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    echo 'invalid-token';
+    return;
+  }
+}
 
 $pdo = new PDO("mysql:dbname=" . $config['DB_NAME'] . ";host=" . $config['DB_HOST'], $config['DB_USER'], $config['DB_PASSWORD']);
-$method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
 $slug = $_GET['slug'] ?? null;
 $dispatchCountOn = 50;
 $ip = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
diff --git a/php/turnstile.php b/php/turnstile.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1f8c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/turnstile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+function validateToken($token, $secretKey)
+{
+  $stream = stream_context_create([
+    'http' => [
+      'method' => 'POST',
+      'header' => 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+      'content' => http_build_query(['secret' => $secretKey, 'response' => $token])]
+  ]);
+
+  $result = file_get_contents(
+    'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify',
+    false,
+    $stream);
+
+  if ($result === false) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return json_decode($result, true);
+}