diff --git a/backend/typescript/utilities/firebaseRestClient.ts b/backend/typescript/utilities/firebaseRestClient.ts
index 8afa69f..7d00c16 100644
--- a/backend/typescript/utilities/firebaseRestClient.ts
+++ b/backend/typescript/utilities/firebaseRestClient.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import fetch, { Response } from "node-fetch";
 import { Token } from "../types";
 import logger from "./logger";
 
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+dotenv.config();
+
 const Logger = logger(__filename);
 
 const FIREBASE_SIGN_IN_URL =
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d4f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
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+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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index 0000000..445befd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^12.1.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.7.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.11",
+    "@types/winston": "^2.4.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/token-generator.ts b/token-generator.ts
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index 0000000..8938166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/token-generator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { program } from 'commander';
+import FirebaseRestClient from './backend/typescript/utilities/firebaseRestClient';
+import logger from "./backend/typescript/utilities/logger";
+
+const Logger = logger(__filename);
+
+async function generateToken(email: string, password: string) {
+    try {
+        const token = await FirebaseRestClient.signInWithPassword(email, password);
+        return { ...token };
+    } catch (error) {
+        Logger.error(`Failed to generate token for user with email ${email}`);
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+
+program
+  .description('CLI to generate user token for Firebase');
+
+program
+    .command('generate-token')
+    .description('Generate token for user given username and password')
+    .argument('<email>', 'Enter email')
+    .argument('<password>', 'Enter password')
+    .action(async (email, password) => {
+        try {
+            const token = await generateToken(email, password);
+            process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(token) + '\n');
+        } catch (error) {
+            process.stdout.write('Error generating token.\n');
+        }
+    });
+
+program.parse(process.argv);
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