diff --git a/credentials.yml b/credentials.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6c8dddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credentials.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+cookie:
+  expiry_days: 30
+  key: random_signature_key
+  name: random_cookie_name
+credentials:
+  usernames:
+    master:
+      email: admin@gmail.com
+      name: Admin User
+      password: abc # To be replaced with hashed password: hashed_passwords = stauth.Hasher(['abc', 'def']).generate()
+preauthorized: # the preferred way to add users since there is no need for manual hashing of passwords
+  emails:
+  - operations@hummingbot.org
diff --git a/environment_conda.yml b/environment_conda.yml
index d35aeb40..c66e00c1 100644
--- a/environment_conda.yml
+++ b/environment_conda.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ dependencies:
       - streamlit-ace
       - st-pages
       - streamlit-elements==0.1.*
+      - streamlit-authenticator
       - git+https://github.com/hummingbot/hbot-remote-client-py.git
       - git+https://github.com/hummingbot/docker-manager.git
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3895c7e6..af7e626f 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,36 +1,67 @@
 import streamlit as st
 from st_pages import Page, Section, show_pages
+from streamlit_authenticator import Authenticate
 
-from utils.st_utils import initialize_st_page
+from utils.os_utils import read_yaml_file, dump_dict_to_yaml
 
-initialize_st_page(title="Hummingbot Dashboard", icon="📊", initial_sidebar_state="expanded")
 
-show_pages(
-    [
+config = read_yaml_file("credentials.yml")
+
+if "authenticator" not in st.session_state:
+    st.session_state.authenticator = Authenticate(
+        config['credentials'],
+        config['cookie']['name'],
+        config['cookie']['key'],
+        config['cookie']['expiry_days'],
+        config['preauthorized']
+    )
+
+if st.session_state["authentication_status"]:
+    config["credentials"] = st.session_state.authenticator.credentials
+    dump_dict_to_yaml(config, "credentials.yml")
+    with st.sidebar:
+        st.session_state.authenticator.logout('Logout', 'sidebar')
+        st.write(f'Welcome *{st.session_state["name"]}*')
+    show_pages(
+        [
+            Page("main.py", "Hummingbot Dashboard", "📊"),
+            Section("Bot Orchestration", "🐙"),
+            Page("pages/master_conf/app.py", "Credentials", "🗝️"),
+            Page("pages/launch_bot/app.py", "Launch Bot", "🙌"),
+            Page("pages/bot_orchestration/app.py", "Instances", "🦅"),
+            Page("pages/file_manager/app.py", "Strategy Configs", "🗂"),
+            Section("Backtest Manager", "⚙️"),
+            Page("pages/candles_downloader/app.py", "Get Data", "💾"),
+            Page("pages/backtest_manager/create.py", "Create", "⚔️"),
+            Page("pages/backtest_manager/optimize.py", "Optimize", "🧪"),
+            Page("pages/backtest_manager/analyze.py", "Analyze", "🔬"),
+            Page("pages/backtest_manager/analyze_v2.py", "Analyze v2", "🔬"),
+            Page("pages/backtest_manager/simulate.py", "Simulate", "📈"),
+            Section("Community Pages", "👨‍👩‍👧‍👦"),
+            Page("pages/strategy_performance/app.py", "Strategy Performance", "🚀"),
+            Page("pages/db_inspector/app.py", "DB Inspector", "🔍"),
+            Page("pages/token_spreads/app.py", "Token Spreads", "🧙"),
+            Page("pages/tvl_vs_mcap/app.py", "TVL vs Market Cap", "🦉"),
+        ]
+    )
+    # initialize_st_page(title="Hummingbot Dashboard", icon="📊", initial_sidebar_state="expanded")
+    st.write("Watch this video to understand how the dashboard works! 🦅")
+    c1, c2, c3 = st.columns([1, 6, 1])
+    st.write("---")
+    with c2:
+        st.video("https://youtu.be/2q9HSyIPuf4")
+    st.write(
+        "Please give us feedback in the **#dashboard** channel of the [Hummingbot Discord](https://discord.gg/hummingbot)! 🙏")
+else:
+    show_pages([
         Page("main.py", "Hummingbot Dashboard", "📊"),
-        Section("Bot Orchestration", "🐙"),
-        Page("pages/master_conf/app.py", "Credentials", "🗝️"),
-        Page("pages/launch_bot/app.py", "Launch Bot", "🙌"),
-        Page("pages/bot_orchestration/app.py", "Instances", "🦅"),
-        Page("pages/file_manager/app.py", "Strategy Configs", "🗂"),
-        Section("Backtest Manager", "⚙️"),
-        Page("pages/candles_downloader/app.py", "Get Data", "💾"),
-        Page("pages/backtest_manager/create.py", "Create", "⚔️"),
-        Page("pages/backtest_manager/optimize.py", "Optimize", "🧪"),
-        Page("pages/backtest_manager/analyze.py", "Analyze", "🔬"),
-        Page("pages/backtest_manager/analyze_v2.py", "Analyze v2", "🔬"),
-        Page("pages/backtest_manager/simulate.py", "Simulate", "📈"),
-        Section("Community Pages", "👨‍👩‍👧‍👦"),
-        Page("pages/strategy_performance/app.py", "Strategy Performance", "🚀"),
-        Page("pages/db_inspector/app.py", "DB Inspector", "🔍"),
-        Page("pages/token_spreads/app.py", "Token Spreads", "🧙"),
-        Page("pages/tvl_vs_mcap/app.py", "TVL vs Market Cap", "🦉"),
-    ]
-)
+    ])
+    name, authentication_status, username = st.session_state.authenticator.login('Login', 'main')
+    if st.session_state["authentication_status"] == False:
+        st.error('Username/password is incorrect')
+    elif st.session_state["authentication_status"] == None:
+        st.warning('Please enter your username and password')
+    st.write("---")
+    st.write("If you are pre-authorized, you can login with your pre-authorized mail!")
+    st.session_state.authenticator.register_user('Register', 'main')
 
-st.write("Watch this video to understand how the dashboard works! 🦅")
-c1, c2, c3 = st.columns([1, 6, 1])
-st.write("---")
-with c2:
-    st.video("https://youtu.be/2q9HSyIPuf4")
-st.write("Please give us feedback in the **#dashboard** channel of the [Hummingbot Discord](https://discord.gg/hummingbot)! 🙏")