diff --git a/app/author_service.go b/app/author_service.go
index 93d52c8..362d6d9 100644
--- a/app/author_service.go
+++ b/app/author_service.go
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ func (s *AuthorService) Create(name string, password string) (*model.Author, err
 	return s.repo.Create(name, hash)
 }
 
+func (s *AuthorService) SetPassword(name string, password string) error {
+	hash, err := hashPassword(password)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	author, err := s.repo.FindByName(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	author.PasswordHash = hash
+	err = s.repo.Update(author)
+	return err
+
+}
+
 func (s *AuthorService) FindByName(name string) (*model.Author, error) {
 	return s.repo.FindByName(name)
 }
diff --git a/app/repository/interfaces.go b/app/repository/interfaces.go
index 262ed0e..d79478e 100644
--- a/app/repository/interfaces.go
+++ b/app/repository/interfaces.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ type AuthorRepository interface {
 	// Create creates a new author
 	// It returns an error if the name is already taken
 	Create(name string, passwordHash string) (*model.Author, error)
+
+	Update(author *model.Author) error
 	// FindByName finds an author by name
 	// It returns an error if the author is not found
 	FindByName(name string) (*model.Author, error)
diff --git a/app/webmention_test.go b/app/webmention_test.go
index a7a139d..9ee6592 100644
--- a/app/webmention_test.go
+++ b/app/webmention_test.go
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ func getWebmentionService() *app.WebmentionService {
 
 	interactionRepo := infra.NewInteractionRepo(db, interactionRegister)
 
+	configRepo := infra.NewConfigRepo(db)
+
 	bus := app.NewEventBus()
 
 	http := infra.OwlHttpClient{}
 	return app.NewWebmentionService(
-		interactionRepo, entryRepo, &http, bus,
+		configRepo, interactionRepo, entryRepo, &http, bus,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/owl/reset_password.go b/cmd/owl/reset_password.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b984110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/owl/reset_password.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"owl-blogs/infra"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(resetPasswordCmd)
+
+	resetPasswordCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&user, "user", "u", "", "The user name")
+	resetPasswordCmd.MarkFlagRequired("user")
+	resetPasswordCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&password, "password", "p", "", "The new password")
+	resetPasswordCmd.MarkFlagRequired("password")
+}
+
+var resetPasswordCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "reset-password",
+	Short: "Resets the password of an author",
+	Long:  `Resets the password of an author`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		db := infra.NewSqliteDB(DbPath)
+		App(db).AuthorService.Create(user, password)
+	},
+}
diff --git a/infra/author_repository.go b/infra/author_repository.go
index 0c7bd98..6cac6d1 100644
--- a/infra/author_repository.go
+++ b/infra/author_repository.go
@@ -59,3 +59,12 @@ func (r *DefaultAuthorRepo) Create(name string, passwordHash string) (*model.Aut
 		PasswordHash: author.PasswordHash,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func (r *DefaultAuthorRepo) Update(author *model.Author) error {
+	sqlA := sqlAuthor{
+		Name:         author.Name,
+		PasswordHash: author.PasswordHash,
+	}
+	_, err := r.db.NamedExec("UPDATE authors SET password_hash = :password_hash WHERE name = :name", sqlA)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/infra/author_repository_test.go b/infra/author_repository_test.go
index 7283ca8..0ef50fc 100644
--- a/infra/author_repository_test.go
+++ b/infra/author_repository_test.go
@@ -45,3 +45,19 @@ func TestAuthorRepoNoSideEffect(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, author2.Name, "name2")
 	require.Equal(t, author2.PasswordHash, "password2")
 }
+
+func TestAuthorUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := setupAutherRepo()
+
+	author, err := repo.Create("name1", "password1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	author.PasswordHash = "password2"
+	err = repo.Update(author)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	author, err = repo.FindByName("name1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, author.PasswordHash, "password2")
+
+}