diff --git a/scripts/generate_token.js b/scripts/generate_token.js
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+const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
+const config = require("../src/config/haraka");
+const User = require("../src/db/models/User");
+const { Model } = require("objection");
+const Knex = require("knex");
+const knexConfig = require("../src/config/database");
+const knex = Knex(knexConfig.development);
+Model.knex(knex);
+
+const email = process.argv[2];
+const expire = process.argv[3];
+
+if (!email || !expire) {
+  console.error("Usage: node generate_token.js <email> [expire]h,d,m,y");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const user = await User.query().where("email", email).first();
+  if (!user) {
+    console.error("User not found");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const generateToken = () => {
+    return jwt.sign(
+      { id: user.id, email: user.email, is_admin: user.is_admin },
+      config.auth.jwtSecret,
+      { expiresIn: expire }
+    );
+  };
+
+  token = generateToken();
+  await User.query().where("id", user.id).update({ api_key: token });
+  console.log("Token generated and updated for user", user.email);
+  console.log("Token:", token);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+main();