diff --git a/bin/soundcloud2000 b/bin/soundcloud2000
index 4e40656..3c004fd 100755
--- a/bin/soundcloud2000
+++ b/bin/soundcloud2000
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
 
 require_relative '../lib/soundcloud2000'
 
-Soundcloud2000.start
+mode = ARGV.shift
+
+if mode == "--auth"
+  Soundcloud2000.authenticate(ARGV)
+else
+  Soundcloud2000.start
+end
diff --git a/lib/soundcloud2000.rb b/lib/soundcloud2000.rb
index ba4e038..831c9d4 100644
--- a/lib/soundcloud2000.rb
+++ b/lib/soundcloud2000.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 require_relative 'soundcloud2000/client'
 require_relative 'soundcloud2000/application'
+require_relative 'soundcloud2000/auth'
 
 module Soundcloud2000
-  CLIENT_ID = '29f8e018e1272c27bff7d510a10da2a8'
+  CLIENT_ID     = '29f8e018e1272c27bff7d510a10da2a8'
+  APP_FOLDER    = File.expand_path("~/.soundcloud2000")
+  AUTH_FILE     = File.join(APP_FOLDER, 'auth.json')
 
   def self.start
     client = Client.new(CLIENT_ID)
@@ -15,4 +18,8 @@ def self.start
     application.run
   end
 
+  def self.authenticate(credentials)
+    auth = Soundcloud2000::Auth.new(credentials, CLIENT_ID)
+    auth.authenticate_and_save
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/soundcloud2000/auth.rb b/lib/soundcloud2000/auth.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a882ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/soundcloud2000/auth.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+module Soundcloud2000
+  class Auth
+    def initialize(credentials, client_id)
+      @username, @password = credentials
+      @client_id = client_id
+    end
+
+    def options
+      {
+        client_id: @client_id,
+        redirect_uri: 'http://developers.soundcloud.com/callback.html',
+        state: "SoundCloud_Dialog_#{token}",
+        response_type: 'code_and_token',
+        scope: 'non-expiring',
+        display: 'popup'
+      }
+    end
+
+    def authenticate
+      uri_params = URI.escape(options.collect{|k,v| "#{k}=#{v}"}.join('&'))
+
+      # need to fake the login window
+      login_window_request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/connect?#{uri_params}")
+      login_window_result = request(login_window_request)
+
+      # login with username and password
+      login_request = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/connect/login")
+      login_request.set_form_data(options.merge(username: @username,
+                                                password: @password))
+      login_result = request(login_request)
+
+      if login_result.code == '302'
+        access_token = login_result.body.match(/access_token=(.*)&amp/)[1]
+      else
+        puts "an error occured during authentication, please try again later"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def authenticate_and_save
+      save(authenticate)
+    end
+
+    def save(access_token)
+      return if access_token.nil?
+      File.open(AUTH_FILE, 'w') { |f| f.write(JSON.dump({access_token: access_token})) }
+    end
+
+    def token
+      @token ||= rand(1000000).to_s(16)
+    end
+
+    def request(request)
+      Net::HTTP.start('soundcloud.com', 443, use_ssl: true) do |http|
+        http.request(request)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.access_token
+      JSON.parse(File.read(AUTH_FILE))["access_token"]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/soundcloud2000/client.rb b/lib/soundcloud2000/client.rb
index 6486223..f90902f 100644
--- a/lib/soundcloud2000/client.rb
+++ b/lib/soundcloud2000/client.rb
@@ -30,18 +30,30 @@ def request(type, path, params={})
       params[:client_id] = client_id
       params[:format] = 'json'
 
+      req = if type == :post
+              _p = Net::HTTP::Post.new("#{path}?#{uri_escape params}")
+              _p.set_form_data(params)
+              _p
+            else
+              Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{path}?#{uri_escape params}")
+            end
+
       Net::HTTP.start('api.soundcloud.com', 443, :use_ssl => true) do |http|
-        http.request(type.new("#{path}?#{uri_escape params}"))
+        http.request(req)
       end
     end
 
     def get(path, params={})
-      JSON.parse(request(Net::HTTP::Get, path, params).body)
+      JSON.parse(request(:get, path, params).body)
+    end
+
+    def post(path, params={})
+      JSON.parse(request(:post, path, params).body)
     end
 
     def location(url)
       uri = URI.parse(url)
-      res = request(Net::HTTP::Get, uri.path)
+      res = request(:get, uri.path)
       if res.code == '302'
         res.header['Location']
       end
diff --git a/lib/soundcloud2000/models/player.rb b/lib/soundcloud2000/models/player.rb
index 6f5ccd8..8786dbd 100644
--- a/lib/soundcloud2000/models/player.rb
+++ b/lib/soundcloud2000/models/player.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def initialize(logger)
         @logger = logger
         @track = nil
         @events = Events.new
-        @folder = File.expand_path("~/.soundcloud2000")
+        @folder = APP_FOLDER
         @seek_speed = {}
         @seek_time = {}