diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 10605d4..73195e5 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "quotechar",
     "rdchem",
     "templatecategories",
+    "userkey",
     "webin",
     "wellcompounds",
     "wellwithdrawals"
diff --git a/api/app/core/management/commands/initusertoken.py b/api/app/core/management/commands/initusertoken.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27a3a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/core/management/commands/initusertoken.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
+from os import environ
+from core import log
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        username = environ.get("ENA_USER", "ena")
+        User = get_user_model()
+        if not User.objects.filter(username=username).exists():
+            user = User.objects.create(username=username, password=uuid4().hex)
+            log.debug("User account created")
+            userkey = environ.get("ENA_TOKEN", uuid4().hex)
+            Token.objects.create(user=user, key=userkey)
+            log.debug("Token created")
+        else:
+            log.warning("User account exists")
diff --git a/api/app/entrypoint.sh b/api/app/entrypoint.sh
index 4cd4648..1bca62e 100755
--- a/api/app/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/api/app/entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ python manage.py wait_for_db
 python manage.py makemigrations
 python manage.py migrate
 python manage.py initadmin
+python manage.py initusertoken
 python manage.py db init
 python manage.py upload_process &