diff --git a/sync_url.py b/sync_url.py
index d2dce94..293333c 100755
--- a/sync_url.py
+++ b/sync_url.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--test-run", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--cookies', nargs='?', default=None, help="File to store cookies in")
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', nargs='?', default=None, help="Username for Ilias")
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', nargs='?', default=None, help="Password for Ilias")
     parser.add_argument('--no-videos', nargs='?', default=None, help="Don't download videos")
     parser.add_argument('url', help="URL to the course page")
     parser.add_argument('folder', nargs='?', default=None, help="Folder to put stuff into")
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     cookie_jar = CookieJar(to_path(args.cookies) if args.cookies else None)
     session = cookie_jar.create_session()
-    authenticator = KitShibbolethAuthenticator()
+    authenticator = KitShibbolethAuthenticator(username=args.username, password=args.password)
     crawler = IliasCrawler(url.scheme + '://' + url.netloc, session,
                            authenticator, lambda x, y: True)
 
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         target=folder,
         full_url=args.url,
         cookies=args.cookies,
-        dir_filter=dir_filter
+        dir_filter=dir_filter,
+        username=args.username,
+        password=args.password
     )