diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CreateFirstUser.php b/app/Console/Commands/CreateFirstUser.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5fdf4a7bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CreateFirstUser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands;
+
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Str;
+
+/**
+ * Class CreateFirstUser
+ * @package FireflyIII\Console\Commands
+ */
+class CreateFirstUser extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'firefly-iii:create-first-user {email}';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Creates a new user and gives admin rights. Outputs the password on the command line. Strictly for testing.';
+
+    private UserRepositoryInterface $repository;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        if ('testing' !== env('APP_ENV', 'local')) {
+            $this->error('This command only works in the testing environment.');
+            return 1;
+        }
+        $this->stupidLaravel();
+        $count = $this->repository->count();
+        if ($count > 0) {
+            $this->error('Already have more than zero users in DB.');
+            return 1;
+        }
+        $data           = [
+            'blocked'      => false,
+            'blocked_code' => null,
+            'email'        => $this->argument('email'),
+            'role'         => 'owner',
+        ];
+        $password       = Str::random(24);
+        $user           = $this->repository->store($data);
+        $user->password = Hash::make($password);
+        $user->save();
+        $user->setRememberToken(Str::random(60));
+
+        $this->info(sprintf('Created new admin user (ID #%d) with email address "%s" and password "%s".', $user->id, $user->email, $password));
+        $this->error('Change this password.');
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Laravel will execute ALL __construct() methods for ALL commands whenever a SINGLE command is
+     * executed. This leads to noticeable slow-downs and class calls. To prevent this, this method should
+     * be called from the handle method instead of using the constructor to initialize the command.
+     *
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     */
+    private function stupidLaravel(): void
+    {
+        $this->repository = app(UserRepositoryInterface::class);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Repositories/User/UserRepository.php b/app/Repositories/User/UserRepository.php
index f84ec0e2ed..c2f681e602 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/User/UserRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/User/UserRepository.php
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ use Str;
  */
 class UserRepository implements UserRepositoryInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        if ('testing' === config('app.env')) {
-            Log::warning(sprintf('%s should not be instantiated in the TEST environment!', get_class($this)));
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return Collection
      */