diff --git a/core/auth.js b/core/auth.js
index 7e66a8f4..f5d4b1c6 100644
--- a/core/auth.js
+++ b/core/auth.js
@@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ function getPermissionsForUser(userName) {
 function query(headers) {
 	var session = getCookies(headers).session;
 	var entry;
-	if (entry = readSession(session)) {
-		return {session: entry, permissions: getPermissions(session)};
+	var autologin = tildefriends.args.autologin;
+	if (entry = autologin ? {name: autologin} : readSession(session)) {
+		return {session: entry, permissions: autologin ? getPermissionsForUser(autologin) : getPermissions(session)};
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6d10b562..da387fec 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ typedef struct tf_run_args_t {
 	const char* db_path;
 	const char* secrets_path;
 	int count;
+	const char* args;
 	bool help;
 } tf_run_args_t;
 
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ static int _tf_run_task(const tf_run_args_t* args, int index)
 	tf_task_set_ssb_port(task, args->ssb_port ? args->ssb_port + index : 0);
 	tf_task_set_http_port(task, args->http_port ? args->http_port + index : 0);
 	tf_task_set_https_port(task, args->https_port ? args->https_port + index : 0);
+	tf_task_set_args(task, args->args);
 	const char* db_path = args->db_path;
 	const char* secrets_path = args->secrets_path;
 	char db_path_buffer[256];
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ static int _tf_command_run(const char* file, int argc, char* argv[])
 		{ "db-path", 'd', offsetof(tf_run_args_t, db_path), NULL, XOPT_TYPE_STRING, NULL, "Sqlite database path (default: db.sqlite)." },
 		{ "secrets-path", 'i', offsetof(tf_run_args_t, secrets_path), NULL, XOPT_TYPE_STRING, NULL, "Secrets/identity path." },
 		{ "count", 'n', offsetof(tf_run_args_t, count), NULL, XOPT_TYPE_INT, NULL, "Number of instances to run." },
+		{ "args", 'a', offsetof(tf_run_args_t, args), NULL, XOPT_TYPE_STRING, NULL, "Arguments of the form key=value,foo=bar,verbose=true." },
 		{ "help", 'h', offsetof(tf_run_args_t, help), NULL, XOPT_TYPE_BOOL, NULL, "Shows this help message." },
 		XOPT_NULLOPTION,
 	};
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 97107d2b..8773bcc2 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ typedef struct _tf_task_t {
 	int _https_port;
 	char _db_path[256];
 	char _secrets_path[256];
+	const char* _args;
 } tf_task_t;
 
 typedef struct _export_record_t {
@@ -1260,6 +1261,35 @@ void tf_task_activate(tf_task_t* task)
 	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, tildefriends, "ssb_port", JS_NewInt32(context, task->_ssb_port));
 	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, tildefriends, "http_port", JS_NewInt32(context, task->_http_port));
 	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, tildefriends, "https_port", JS_NewInt32(context, task->_https_port));
+	JSValue args = JS_NewObject(context);
+	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, tildefriends, "args", args);
+	if (task->_args)
+	{
+		char* saveptr = NULL;
+		char* copy = strdup(task->_args);
+		char* start = copy;
+		while (true)
+		{
+			char* assignment = strtok_r(start, ",", &saveptr);
+			start = NULL;
+			if (!assignment)
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+			char* equals = strchr(assignment, '=');
+			if (equals)
+			{
+				*equals = '\0';
+				JS_SetPropertyStr(context, args, assignment, JS_NewString(context, equals + 1));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				printf("Assignment missing '=': %s.\n", assignment);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+		free(copy);
+	}
 	JS_SetPropertyStr(context, global, "tildefriends", tildefriends);
 
 	if (task->_trusted)
@@ -1463,6 +1493,11 @@ void tf_task_set_secrets_path(tf_task_t* task, const char* secrets_path)
 	snprintf(task->_secrets_path, sizeof(task->_secrets_path), "%s", secrets_path);
 }
 
+void tf_task_set_args(tf_task_t* task, const char* args)
+{
+	task->_args = args;
+}
+
 const char* tf_task_get_name(tf_task_t* task)
 {
 	return task->_scriptName;
diff --git a/src/task.h b/src/task.h
index 3c30aca5..ee186c51 100644
--- a/src/task.h
+++ b/src/task.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void tf_task_set_http_port(tf_task_t* task, int port);
 void tf_task_set_https_port(tf_task_t* task, int port);
 void tf_task_set_db_path(tf_task_t* task, const char* path);
 void tf_task_set_secrets_path(tf_task_t* task, const char* path);
+void tf_task_set_args(tf_task_t* task, const char* args);
 void tf_task_activate(tf_task_t* task);
 void tf_task_run(tf_task_t* task);
 int tf_task_execute(tf_task_t* task, const char* file);