diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b425cf9b7..1bb820ac4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5303,6 +5303,18 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "45bb67a18fa91266cc7807181f62f9178a6873bfad7dc788c42e6430db40184f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shuttle-admin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap 4.0.4",
+ "dirs",
+ "reqwest",
+ "tokio",
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shuttle-codegen"
 version = "0.7.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e840d978..6ae4b77e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
+  "admin",
   "cargo-shuttle",
   "codegen",
   "common",
diff --git a/admin/Cargo.toml b/admin/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87ef178a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "shuttle-admin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.62"
+clap = { version = "4.0.0", features = [ "derive", "env" ] }
+dirs = "4.0.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.11", features = ["json"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.20.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+toml = "0.5.9"
diff --git a/admin/src/args.rs b/admin/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f64d8977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// run this command against the api at the supplied url
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "https://api.shuttle.rs", env = "SHUTTLE_API")]
+    pub api_url: String,
+
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    pub command: Command,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
+pub enum Command {
+    /// Try to revive projects in the crashed state
+    Revive,
+}
diff --git a/admin/src/client.rs b/admin/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7738fc512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+
+pub struct Client {
+    api_url: String,
+    api_key: String,
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    pub fn new(api_url: String, api_key: String) -> Self {
+        Self { api_url, api_key }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn revive(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        self.post("/admin/revive").await
+    }
+
+    async fn post(&self, path: &str) -> Result<String> {
+        reqwest::Client::new()
+            .post(format!("{}{}", self.api_url, path))
+            .bearer_auth(&self.api_key)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .context("failed to make post request")?
+            .text()
+            .await
+            .context("failed to post text body from response")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/admin/src/config.rs b/admin/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52a295c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
+pub fn get_api_key() -> String {
+    let data = fs::read_to_string(config_path()).expect("shuttle config file to exist");
+    let toml: toml::Value = toml::from_str(&data).expect("to parse shuttle config file");
+
+    toml["api_key"].to_string()
+}
+
+fn config_path() -> PathBuf {
+    dirs::config_dir()
+        .expect("system to have a config path")
+        .join("shuttle")
+        .join("config.toml")
+}
diff --git a/admin/src/lib.rs b/admin/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1c9fb465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod args;
+pub mod client;
+pub mod config;
diff --git a/admin/src/main.rs b/admin/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91fac1a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use shuttle_admin::{
+    args::{Args, Command},
+    client::Client,
+    config::get_api_key,
+};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let api_key = get_api_key();
+    let client = Client::new(args.api_url.clone(), api_key);
+
+    let res = match args.command {
+        Command::Revive => client.revive().await.expect("revive to succeed"),
+    };
+
+    println!("{res}");
+}