diff --git a/accounts/management/commands/get_user_id.py b/accounts/management/commands/get_user_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae97a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/management/commands/get_user_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright © 2022 Aravinth Manivannan <realaravinth@batsense.net>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Get user ID from username"
+    username_key = "username"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            self.username_key,
+            type=str,
+            help="The username for which database assigned ID needs to be queried",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        if self.username_key not in options:
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("Please provide username"))
+            return
+        username = options[self.username_key]
+        User = get_user_model()
+        if User.objects.filter(username=username).exists():
+            user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=username)
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(user.id))
+            return
+        else:
+            self.stderr.write(self.style.ERROR(f"user {username} not found"))
diff --git a/accounts/tests.py b/accounts/tests.py
index 06f44c7..ec1c0d6 100644
--- a/accounts/tests.py
+++ b/accounts/tests.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import time
+from io import StringIO
 
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase, Client, override_settings
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
@@ -376,3 +378,21 @@ class ConfirmAccessDecorator(TestCase):
         ConfirmAccess.set(req)
         # request has sudo authorization data and is valid for this time duration
         self.assertEqual(fn(req), True)
+
+
+class GetUserIDTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.username = "getuserid"
+        register_util(t=self, username=self.username)
+
+        def test_command_output(self):
+            stdout = StringIO()
+            stderr = StringIO()
+            # username exists
+            call_command(f"get_user_id {self.username}", stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
+            self.assertIn(self.user.id, out.getvalue())
+
+            # username doesn't exist
+            nouser = "fooabr"
+            call_command(f"get_user_id {nouser}", stdout=out, stderr=stderr)
+            self.assertIn(f"username {nouser} doesn't exist", stderr.getvalue())
diff --git a/dash/migrations/0006_auto_20220619_0800.py b/dash/migrations/0006_auto_20220619_0800.py
index 5e4b6c3..c9a4e54 100644
--- a/dash/migrations/0006_auto_20220619_0800.py
+++ b/dash/migrations/0006_auto_20220619_0800.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from django.db import migrations
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 
+
 def create_default_configs(apps, schema_editor):
-    InstanceConfiguration = apps.get_model('dash', 'InstanceConfiguration')
+    InstanceConfiguration = apps.get_model("dash", "InstanceConfiguration")
 
     configs = [
         InstanceConfiguration(name="s1-2", rent=10, ram=2, cpu=1, storage=10),
@@ -23,13 +24,10 @@ def create_default_configs(apps, schema_editor):
             raise e
 
 
-
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ('dash', '0005_alter_instance_owned_by'),
+        ("dash", "0005_alter_instance_owned_by"),
     ]
 
-    operations = [
-            migrations.RunPython(create_default_configs)
-    ]
+    operations = [migrations.RunPython(create_default_configs)]
diff --git a/dash/models.py b/dash/models.py
index 27b9782..a747f28 100644
--- a/dash/models.py
+++ b/dash/models.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
 from django.urls import reverse
 
+
 class InstanceConfiguration(models.Model):
     ID = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     name = models.CharField(
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ class InstanceConfiguration(models.Model):
 
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)
 
-
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.name}"
 
diff --git a/dash/tests.py b/dash/tests.py
index 895bded..fbaacea 100644
--- a/dash/tests.py
+++ b/dash/tests.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 
 from .models import InstanceConfiguration, Instance
 
+
 def register_util(t: TestCase, username: str):
     t.password = "password121231"
     t.username = username