diff --git a/src/js/account/passwordReset.js b/src/js/account/passwordReset.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b5b730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/account/passwordReset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { setupInfoModal } from "../setupListeners";
+import { request } from "./helpers";
+
+export function renderForgotPasswordForm() {
+  const modal = document.createElement('section');
+  modal.classList.add('modal');
+  modal.innerHTML = `<div class="modal-background"></div>
+  <div class="modal-content">
+    <a class="close-button">&times;&#xFE0E;</a>
+    <section class="info-modal" id="forgotPasswordForm">
+      <h2>Forgot Password</h2>
+      <p>Enter the email address associated with your Lexiconga account to initiate a password reset.</p>
+      <label>Email<br>
+        <input type="email" id="forgotPasswordEmailField" style="max-width:250px;" maxlength="100">
+      </label>
+      <section id="forgotPasswordErrorMessages"></section>
+      <button class="button" id="forgotPasswordSubmit">Email Password Reset Key</button>
+    </section>
+  </div>`;
+
+  document.body.appendChild(modal);
+
+  setupStartResetForm();
+  setupInfoModal(modal);
+}
+
+function setupStartResetForm() {
+  document.getElementById('forgotPasswordSubmit').addEventListener('click', sendPasswordReset);
+}
+
+function sendPasswordReset() {
+  const email = document.getElementById('forgotPasswordEmailField').value.trim();
+  const errorMessageElement = document.getElementById('forgotPasswordErrorMessages');
+  let errorMessage = '';
+  
+  if (email === '') {
+    errorMessage += '<p class="red bold">Please enter an email address.</p>';
+  }
+
+  errorMessageElement.innerHTML = errorMessage;
+
+  if (errorMessage === '') {
+    request({
+      action: 'initiate-password-reset',
+      email,
+    }, success => {
+      console.log(success);
+    }, error => {
+      errorMessage += '<p class="red bold">' + error + '</p>';
+    }).then(() => {
+      errorMessageElement.innerHTML = errorMessage;
+      if (errorMessage === '') {
+        document.getElementById('forgotPasswordForm').innerHTML = `<h2>Password Reset Key Sent</h2>
+        <p>Go check your email for the password reset link.</p>
+        <p><em>Note that it may be sent to your spam/junk folder by mistake.</em></p>`;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/js/account/setupListeners.js b/src/js/account/setupListeners.js
index b3bf316..d8fec90 100644
--- a/src/js/account/setupListeners.js
+++ b/src/js/account/setupListeners.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { logIn, createAccount } from "./login";
 import { setCookie } from "../StackOverflow/cookie";
 import { changeDictionary, createNewDictionary } from "./dictionaryManagement";
 import { addMessage } from "../utilities";
+import { renderForgotPasswordForm } from "./passwordReset";
 
 export function setupLoginModal(modal) {
   const closeElements = modal.querySelectorAll('.modal-background, .close-button');
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export function setupLoginModal(modal) {
   });
 
   document.getElementById('loginSubmit').addEventListener('click', logIn);
+  document.getElementById('forgotPasswordButton').addEventListener('click', renderForgotPasswordForm);
   document.getElementById('createAccountSubmit').addEventListener('click', createAccount);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/php/api/User.php b/src/php/api/User.php
index b52beda..613b6e6 100644
--- a/src/php/api/User.php
+++ b/src/php/api/User.php
@@ -267,6 +267,74 @@ VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
     return false;
   }
 
+  public function setPasswordReset($email) {
+    $date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
+    $reset_code = random_int(0, 999999999);
+    $reset_code_hash = $this->token->hash($reset_code);
+    $query = "UPDATE `users` SET `password_reset_code`=?, `password_reset_date`=? WHERE `email`=?;";
+    $reset = $this->db->execute($query, array(
+      $reset_code,
+      $date,
+      $email,
+    ));
+    
+    if ($reset) {
+      $user_data = $this->getUserDataByEmailForPasswordReset($email);
+      if ($user_data) {
+        $to = $email;
+        $subject = "Here's your Lexiconga password reset link";
+        $message = "Hello " . $user_data['public_name'] . "\r\n\r\nSomeone has requested a password reset link for your Lexiconga account. If it was you, you can reset your password by going to the link below and entering a new password for yourself:\r\n";
+        $message .= "http://lexicon.ga/passwordreset?account=" . $user_data['id'] . "&code=" . $reset_code_hash . "\r\n\r\n";
+        $message .= "If it wasn't you who requested the link, you can ignore this email since it was only sent to you, but you might want to consider changing your password when you have a chance.\r\n\r\n";
+        $message .= "The password link will only be valid for today until you use it.\r\n\r\n";
+        $message .= "Thanks!\r\nThe Lexiconga Admins";
+        $header = "From: Lexiconga Password Reset <donotreply@lexicon.ga>\r\n"
+          . "Reply-To: help@lexicon.ga\r\n"
+          . "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
+        if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $header)) {
+          return true;
+        } else {
+          return array(
+            'error' => 'Could not send email to ' . $email,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      return array(
+        'error' => $this->db->last_error_info,
+      );
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public function checkPasswordReset($id, $code) {
+    $date = date("Y-m-d");
+    $daterange = "'" . $date . " 00:00:00' AND '" . $date . " 23:59:59'";
+    $unhashed_code = $this->token->unhash($code);
+    $query = "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `id`=? AND `password_reset_code`=? AND `password_reset_date` BETWEEN " . $daterange . ";";
+    $stmt = $this->db->query($query, array(
+      $id,
+      $unhashed_code,
+    ));
+    $results = $stmt->fetchAll();
+    
+    if ($stmt && $results) {
+        return count($results) === 1;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public function resetPassword($password, $email) {
+    $password_hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
+    $query = "UPDATE `users` SET `password`=?, `password_reset_date`='0000-00-00 00:00:00' WHERE `email`=?;";
+    return $this->db->execute($query, array(
+      $password_hash,
+      $email,
+    ));
+  }
+
   private function generateUserToken ($user_id, $dictionary_id) {
     $user_data = array(
       'id' => intval($user_id),
@@ -287,4 +355,17 @@ VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
     $stmt = $this->db->query($update_query, array($new_password));
     return $stmt->rowCount() === 1;
   }
+
+  private function getUserDataByEmailForPasswordReset($email) {
+    $query = 'SELECT id, public_name FROM users WHERE email=?';
+    $stmt = $this->db->query($query, array($email));
+    $result = $stmt->fetch();
+    if ($stmt && $result) {
+      return array(
+        'id' => $result['id'],
+        'public_name' => $result['public_name'] ? $result['public_name'] : 'Lexiconger',
+      );
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/src/php/api/index.php b/src/php/api/index.php
index fdb76be..1d05666 100644
--- a/src/php/api/index.php
+++ b/src/php/api/index.php
@@ -418,6 +418,32 @@ switch ($action) {
       'error' => true,
     ), 400);
   }
+  case 'initiate-password-reset': {
+    if (isset($request['email'])) {
+      $user = new User();
+      $password_reset = $user->setPasswordReset($request['email']);
+      if ($password_reset === true) {
+        return Response::json(array(
+          'data' => $password_reset,
+          'error' => false,
+        ), 200);
+      }
+      if (isset($password_reset['error'])) {
+        return Response::json(array(
+          'data' => $password_reset['error'],
+          'error' => true,
+        ), 500);
+      }
+      return Response::json(array(
+        'data' => 'Could not send password reset key: email not found',
+        'error' => true,
+      ), 401);
+    }
+    return Response::json(array(
+      'data' => 'Could not send password reset key: required data missing',
+      'error' => true,
+    ), 400);
+  }
 
   default: {
     return Response::html('Hi!');