diff --git a/www/application/controllers/Password_recovery.php b/www/application/controllers/Password_recovery.php
index 1af8d9d2..dfd9a689 100644
--- a/www/application/controllers/Password_recovery.php
+++ b/www/application/controllers/Password_recovery.php
@@ -5,18 +5,29 @@ defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
 class Password_recovery extends CI_Controller {
 
     public function index() {
+        $data = [];
+        $data['hcaptcha_site_key'] = "416c2382-9d6e-4131-bb58-e61b33f46a8b";
+        $data['hcaptcha_secret'] = "0x371da01B1407137aCb0FcCB387753450DFD096BC";
+
         $data['action_message'] = "";
         if ($_POST) {
-            $data['email'] = $this->input->post('email');
-            if ($data['email'] == '') {
-                $out['error'] = 'Please specify valid emal to continue';
-                $data['action_message'] = "<div class=\"text-left\"><div class=\"alert alert-danger no-border\">" . $out['error'] . "</div></div>";
+            $data['h-captcha-response'] = $this->input->post('h-captcha-response');
+            if ($this->verifyCaptcha($data)) {
+                $data['email'] = $this->input->post('email');
+                if ($data['email'] == '') {
+                    $out['error'] = 'Please specify valid emal to continue';
+                    $data['action_message'] = "<div class=\"text-left\"><div class=\"alert alert-danger no-border\">" . $out['error'] . "</div></div>";
+                } else {
+                    $this->resetMemberPass($data['email']);
+                    $out['error'] = "&nbsp;&nbsp;If we find your email,  you will receive a link to reset your password. Please use or <a 
+    href='https://www.wrenchboard.com/contact'>contact form</a> if you did not get our message after few minutes. ";
+                    $data['action_message'] = "<div class=\"text-left\"><div class=\"alert alert-info no-border\">" . $out['error'] . "</div></div>";
+                }
             } else {
-                $this->resetMemberPass($data['email']);
-                $out['error'] = "&nbsp;&nbsp;If we find your email,  you will receive a link to reset your password. Please use or <a 
-href='https://www.wrenchboard.com/contact'>contact form</a> if you did not get our message after few minutes. ";
-                $data['action_message'] = "<div class=\"text-left\"><div class=\"alert alert-info no-border\">" . $out['error'] . "</div></div>";
+                $out['error'] = 'Please verify that you are human';
+                $data['action_message'] = "<div class=\"text-left\"><div class=\"alert alert-danger no-border\">" . $out['error'] . "</div></div>";
             }
+
         }
         $data["message"] = "Enter your account username, Email.<br> We will send you an email to reset your password";
        // $this->load->view('users/view_external_header');
@@ -48,4 +59,27 @@ href='https://www.wrenchboard.com/contact'>contact form</a> if you did not get o
         return $this->actionMessage;
     }
 
+    private function verifyCaptcha($verify_data) {
+        if (!is_array($verify_data) || !array_key_exists('hcaptcha_secret',$verify_data) || $verify_data['hcaptcha_secret']=='' 
+        || !array_key_exists('h-captcha-response',$verify_data) || $verify_data['h-captcha-response']=='') {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $data = array(
+            'secret' => $verify_data['hcaptcha_secret'],
+            'response' => $verify_data['h-captcha-response']
+        );
+        $verify = curl_init();
+        curl_setopt($verify, CURLOPT_URL, "https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify");
+        curl_setopt($verify, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+        curl_setopt($verify, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($data));
+        curl_setopt($verify, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        $response = curl_exec($verify);
+        // var_dump($response);
+        $responseData = json_decode($response);
+        if(is_object($responseData) && property_exists($responseData, 'success') && $responseData->success) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/www/application/views/site3/external/view_resetpass.php b/www/application/views/site3/external/view_resetpass.php
index 8d357afe..7bea04ff 100644
--- a/www/application/views/site3/external/view_resetpass.php
+++ b/www/application/views/site3/external/view_resetpass.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	<head>
 		<meta name="title" content="WrenchBoard: Find a Freelancer  | Sell Professional Services" />
         <?php include("header_contents.php");?>
+		<script src='https://www.hCaptcha.com/1/api.js' async defer></script>
 	</head>
 	<!--end::Head-->
 	<!--begin::Body-->
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@
 								<label class="form-label fw-bolder text-gray-900 fs-6">Email</label>
 								<input class="form-control form-control-solid" type="email" placeholder="Your Username/Email" name="email" value="" autocomplete="off" />
 							</div>
+							<div class="fv-row mb-10" style="text-align:center;">
+								<div class="h-captcha" data-sitekey="<?php echo $hcaptcha_site_key; ?>"></div>
+							</div>
 							<!--end::Input group-->
 							<!--begin::Actions-->
 							<?php echo $action_message; ?>