diff --git a/scripts/tokenmaker.sh b/scripts/tokenmaker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 2 ]; then
+	EMAIL="$1"
+	PASSWORD="$2"
+else
+	read -r -p    "username          : " EMAIL
+	read -r -s -p "password (silent) : " PASSWORD
+	echo ''
+fi
+
+HEADERS="Content-Type: application/json"
+PAYLOAD="{\"username\":\"$EMAIL\",\"password\":\"$PASSWORD\"}"
+
+AUTH_TOKEN=$(curl -s -d "$PAYLOAD" -H "$HEADERS" -X POST https://authserver.mojang.com/authenticate)
+
+if [[ -z "$AUTH_TOKEN" ]]; then
+	echo "[!] empty response from auth server"
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [[ $AUTH_TOKEN == *ForbiddenOperationException* ]]; then
+	echo "[!] invalid credentials"
+	exit
+fi
+
+if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null
+then
+	echo "$AUTH_TOKEN"
+else
+	ACCESSTOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH_TOKEN" | jq .accessToken)
+	CLIENTTOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH_TOKEN" | jq .clientToken)
+	echo "accessToken: $ACCESSTOKEN"
+	echo "clientToken: $CLIENTTOKEN"
+fi