diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 9ad367c..3dbf59e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - release/*
   workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering of the workflow
 
 
@@ -33,16 +34,6 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '25'
       - name: Run Tests
         run: mvn clean test
-      - name: Upload Test Results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: surefire-reports
-          path: target/surefire-reports/
-      - name: Upload Coverage Report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: jacoco-report
-          path: target/jacoco/coverage-reports/jacoco.xml
 
   package:
     name: Package
@@ -62,15 +53,4 @@ jobs:
           name: packaged-app
           path: target/Help-Me-Help-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
 
-  deployPages:
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: self-hosted
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '25'
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bee94ec..48a9ee7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 *.war
 *.ear
 *.nar
+target/
 
 ##############################
 ## Maven
@@ -37,3 +38,8 @@ out/
 ##############################
 *.db
 *.DS_Store
+
+##############################
+## VSCode
+##############################
+.vscode/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dc3b895..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4895163..b0f6764 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
             <artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
             <version>${javafx.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.security/spring-security-crypto -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-security-crypto</artifactId>
+          <version>7.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/Repository.java b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/Repository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6850bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/Repository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package edu.group5.app.model;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a repository
+ */
+public abstract class Repository<K, V> {
+  protected final Map<K, V> content;
+
+  public Repository(Map<K, V> content) {
+    this.content = content;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the content of the repo
+   * @return content of the repo
+   */
+  public Map<K, V> getContent() {
+    return content;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepository.java b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14a77d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package edu.group5.app.model.organization;
+
+import edu.group5.app.model.Repository;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the business logic associated with organizations
+ */
+public class OrganizationRepository extends Repository<Integer, Organization> {
+  /**
+   * Creates a new Organization Repository
+   *
+   * @param content holds all current organizations in the repository; must not be null
+   * @throws NullPointerException if content is null
+   */
+  public OrganizationRepository(Map<Integer, Organization> content) {
+    super(Objects.requireNonNull(content, "content cannot be null"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets all trusted organizations in the repository
+   * @return all organizations with trusted = true
+   */
+  public Map<Integer, Organization> getTrustedOrganizations() {
+    Map<Integer, Organization> trustedOrganizations = new HashMap<>();
+
+    content.forEach((orgNr, org) -> {
+      if (org.trusted()) {
+        trustedOrganizations.put(orgNr, org);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return trustedOrganizations;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepositoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a3392e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/group5/app/model/organization/OrganizationRepositoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package edu.group5.app.model.organization;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class OrganizationRepositoryTest {
+
+  private OrganizationRepository repository;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setUp() {
+    Map<Integer, Organization> content = new HashMap<>();
+
+    Organization trustedOrganization1 = new Organization(1, "Trusted Org1", true, "org.com", true, "description");
+    Organization trustedOrganization2 = new Organization(2, "Trusted Org2", true, "org.com", true, "description");
+    Organization untrustedOrganization1 = new Organization(3, "Untrusted Org1", false, "org.com", true, "description");
+    Organization untrustedOrganization2 = new Organization(4, "Untrusted Org2", false, "org.com", true, "description");
+
+    content.put(1, trustedOrganization1);
+    content.put(2, trustedOrganization2);
+    content.put(3, untrustedOrganization1);
+    content.put(4, untrustedOrganization2);
+
+    repository = new OrganizationRepository(content);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void constructor_ThrowsWhenContentIsNull() {
+    assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new OrganizationRepository(null));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void getTrustedOrganizations_OnlyReturnsTrustedOrganizations() {
+    Map<Integer, Organization> trusted = repository.getTrustedOrganizations();
+
+    assertEquals(2, trusted.size());
+    assertTrue(trusted.containsKey(1));
+    assertTrue(trusted.containsKey(2));
+    assertFalse(trusted.containsKey(3));
+    assertFalse(trusted.containsKey(4));
+    assertTrue(trusted.values().stream().allMatch(Organization::trusted));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst b/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
deleted file mode 100644
index 28e9804..0000000
--- a/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-edu\group5\app\App.class
diff --git a/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst b/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst
deleted file mode 100644
index 16a5464..0000000
--- a/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-C:\Users\marjo\Documents\Github\Help-Me-Help\src\main\java\edu\group5\app\App.java
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