diff --git a/src/controllers/guildRoleHandler.ts b/src/controllers/guildRoleHandler.ts
index 5a4dbf8e..43724150 100644
--- a/src/controllers/guildRoleHandler.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/guildRoleHandler.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   createNewRole,
   memberGroupRole,
 } from "../typeDefinitions/discordMessage.types";
-import { verifyAuthToken } from "../utils/verifyAuthToken";
+import { verifyAuthToken, verifyCronJobsToken } from "../utils/verifyAuthToken";
 import { batchDiscordRequests } from "../utils/batchDiscordRequests";
 import { DISCORD_BASE_URL } from "../constants/urls";
 import { GROUP_ROLE_ADD } from "../constants/requestsActions";
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ export async function getGuildRolesPostHandler(request: IRequest, env: env) {
   const reason = request.headers.get("X-Audit-Log-Reason");
 
   try {
-    await verifyAuthToken(authHeader, env);
-    const { action } = request.query;
+    const { action, dev } = request.query;
+    //TODO(@Ajeyakrishna-k): remove dev flag https://github.com/Real-Dev-Squad/discord-slash-commands/issues/193
+    if (dev === "true") {
+      await verifyCronJobsToken(authHeader, env);
+    } else {
+      await verifyAuthToken(authHeader, env);
+    }
 
     switch (action) {
       case GROUP_ROLE_ADD.ADD_ROLE: {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fixture.ts b/tests/fixtures/fixture.ts
index c56dceda..9d31bc8f 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/fixture.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/fixture.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const dummyAddRoleBody: memberGroupRole = {
 export const guildEnv = {
   DISCORD_GUILD_ID: "1234",
   DISCORD_TOKEN: "abcd",
+  CRON_JOBS_PUBLIC_KEY: "test",
 };
 
 export const dummyInviteBody = {
diff --git a/tests/unit/handlers/guildRoleHandler.test.ts b/tests/unit/handlers/guildRoleHandler.test.ts
index cd7b89a5..581b693d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/handlers/guildRoleHandler.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/handlers/guildRoleHandler.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { GROUP_ROLE_ADD } from "../../../src/constants/requestsActions";
 
 jest.mock("../../../src/utils/verifyAuthToken", () => ({
   verifyAuthToken: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+  verifyCronJobsToken: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
 }));
 
 const getGuildRolesSpy = jest.spyOn(guildRoleUtils, "getGuildRoles");