diff --git a/backend/endpoints/identity.py b/backend/endpoints/identity.py
index 0a628d52d..e8be3951a 100644
--- a/backend/endpoints/identity.py
+++ b/backend/endpoints/identity.py
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ from utils.auth import (
     authenticate_user,
     create_access_token,
     get_password_hash,
-    ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES,
+    get_current_active_user,
 )
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
+ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 30
+REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS = 7
+
 
 class UserSchema(BaseModel):
     username: str
@@ -38,18 +41,43 @@ def credentials_exception(scheme: str):
     )
 
 
-@router.post("/token", response_model=UserSchema)
+@router.post("/token")
 def generate_access_token(form_data: Annotated[OAuth2PasswordRequestForm, Depends()]):
     user = authenticate_user(form_data.username, form_data.password)
     if not user:
         raise credentials_exception("Bearer")
 
     access_token = create_access_token(
-        data={"sub": user.username},
+        data={"sub": user.username, "type": "access"},
         expires_delta=timedelta(minutes=ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES),
     )
 
-    return {"access_token": access_token, "token_type": "bearer"}
+    refresh_token = create_access_token(
+        data={"sub": user.username, "type": "refresh"},
+        expires_delta=timedelta(days=REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRE_DAYS),
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "access_token": access_token,
+        "refresh_token": refresh_token,
+        "token_type": "Bearer",
+    }
+
+
+@router.post("/refresh_token")
+def refresh_access_token(request: Request):
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        raise credentials_exception("Bearer")
+
+    access_token = create_access_token(
+        data={"sub": request.user.username, "type": "access"},
+        expires_delta=timedelta(minutes=ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES),
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "access_token": access_token,
+        "token_type": "Bearer",
+    }
 
 
 @router.post("/login")
diff --git a/backend/utils/auth.py b/backend/utils/auth.py
index 4bd7bd4e3..8c07b2c3f 100644
--- a/backend/utils/auth.py
+++ b/backend/utils/auth.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from config import SECRET_KEY
 from utils.cache import cache
 
 ALGORITHM = "HS256"
-ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 30
 
 
 def verify_password(plain_password, hashed_password):
@@ -60,6 +59,28 @@ credentials_exception = HTTPException(
 )
 
 
+async def get_current_active_user(token: str):
+    try:
+        payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
+    except (JWTError):
+        raise credentials_exception
+
+    username: str = payload.get("sub")
+    if username is None:
+        raise credentials_exception
+
+    user = dbh.get_user(username)
+    if user is None:
+        raise credentials_exception
+
+    if user.disabled:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Inactive user"
+        )
+
+    return user, payload.get("type")
+
+
 class BasicAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
     async def authenticate(self, conn: HTTPConnection):
         # Check if session key already stored in cache
@@ -83,27 +104,14 @@ class BasicAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
         if "Authorization" not in conn.headers:
             return
 
-        auth = conn.headers["Authorization"]
-        scheme, token = auth.split()
+        # Returns if Authorization header is not Bearer
+        scheme, token = conn.headers["Authorization"].split()
         if scheme.lower() != "bearer":
             return
 
-        try:
-            payload = jwt.decode(token, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
-        except (JWTError):
-            raise credentials_exception
+        user, token_type = await get_current_active_user(token)
 
-        username: str = payload.get("sub")
-        if username is None:
-            raise credentials_exception
-
-        user = dbh.get_user(username)
-        if user is None:
-            raise credentials_exception
-
-        if user.disabled:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail="Inactive user"
-            )
-
-        return (AuthCredentials(user.oauth_scopes), user)
+        return (
+            AuthCredentials(user.oauth_scopes if token_type == "access" else None),
+            user,
+        )