diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index f86f6219..febbf282 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 )
+import "gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2"
 
 const (
 	versionByte  = 0x31 // "1"
@@ -81,6 +82,30 @@ func Decrypt(input string, key []byte) (string, error) {
 	return string(plaintext), nil
 }
 
+func EncryptJWE(plaintext string, key []byte) (string, error) {
+	enc, err := jose.NewEncrypter(jose.A256GCM, jose.Recipient{Algorithm: jose.DIRECT, Key: key}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	jwe, err := enc.Encrypt([]byte(plaintext))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return jwe.CompactSerialize()
+}
+
+func DecryptJWE(input string, key []byte) (string, error) {
+	jwe, err := jose.ParseEncrypted(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	out, err := jwe.Decrypt(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(out), nil
+}
+
 func appendSlices(s ...[]byte) []byte {
 	var output []byte
 	for _, r := range s {
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_test.go b/crypto/crypto_test.go
index f1ea3ec9..4d5fb342 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ func TestEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, message, plaintext)
 }
 
+func TestEncryptDecryptJWE(t *testing.T) {
+	message := "this is a message or is it?"
+	ciphertext, err := EncryptJWE(message, []byte("AES256Key-32Characters1234567890"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	plaintext, err := DecryptJWE(ciphertext, []byte("AES256Key-32Characters1234567890"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	log.Println(ciphertext)
+	require.Equal(t, message, plaintext)
+}
+
 func TestEncryptExpectedOutputxxxxx(t *testing.T) {
 	// These values are taken from https://docs.pushbullet.com/#encryption
 	// The following expected ciphertext from the site was used as a baseline:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1ec1786..2c632b04 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ require (
 
 require github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 
-require firebase.google.com/go/v4 v4.8.0
+require (
+	firebase.google.com/go/v4 v4.8.0
+	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0
+)
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.102.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9dfe132d..d142cb06 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
+gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 h1:NGk74WTnPKBNUhNzQX7PYcTLUjoq7mzKk2OKbvwk2iI=
+gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:M9dMgbHiYLoDGQrXy7OpJDJWiKiU//h+vD76mk0e1AI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=