diff --git a/chimp_chomp/src/jobs.rs b/chimp_chomp/src/jobs.rs
index a82a6380..ba500d35 100644
--- a/chimp_chomp/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/chimp_chomp/src/jobs.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     image_loading::{load_image, ChimpImage, WellImage},
     postprocessing::Contents,
 };
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use chimp_protocol::{Circle, Job, Response};
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use lapin::{
@@ -15,9 +16,22 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// Creates a RabbitMQ [`Connection`] with [`Default`] [`lapin::ConnectionProperties`].
 ///
-/// Returns a [`lapin::Error`] if a connection could not be established.
-pub async fn setup_rabbitmq_client(address: Url) -> Result<Connection, lapin::Error> {
-    lapin::Connection::connect(address.as_str(), lapin::ConnectionProperties::default()).await
+/// Returns a [`anyhow::Error`] if the URL could not be built or a connection could not be established.
+pub async fn setup_rabbitmq_client(
+    mut address: Url,
+    username: Option<&str>,
+    password: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<Connection, anyhow::Error> {
+    address
+        .set_username(username.unwrap_or_default())
+        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("Could not set username"))?;
+    address
+        .set_password(password)
+        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("Could not set password"))?;
+    Ok(
+        lapin::Connection::connect(address.as_str(), lapin::ConnectionProperties::default())
+            .await?,
+    )
 }
 
 /// Joins a RabbitMQ channel, creating a [`Consumer`] with [`Default`] [`BasicConsumeOptions`] and [`FieldTable`].
diff --git a/chimp_chomp/src/main.rs b/chimp_chomp/src/main.rs
index 3083d86e..485a6757 100644
--- a/chimp_chomp/src/main.rs
+++ b/chimp_chomp/src/main.rs
@@ -37,13 +37,19 @@ use url::Url;
 struct Cli {
     /// The URL of the RabbitMQ server.
     rabbitmq_url: Url,
+    /// The username used to access the RabbitMQ server.
+    #[arg(long, env)]
+    rabbitmq_username: Option<String>,
+    /// The password used to authenticate with the RabbitMQ server.
+    #[arg(long, env)]
+    rabbitmq_password: Option<String>,
     /// The RabbitMQ channel on which jobs are assigned.
     rabbitmq_channel: String,
     /// The duration (in milliseconds) to wait after completing all jobs before shutting down.
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, env)]
     timeout: Option<u64>,
     /// The number of worker threads to use
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, env)]
     threads: Option<usize>,
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +76,13 @@ async fn run(args: Cli) {
     let input_height = session.inputs[0].dimensions[2].unwrap();
     let batch_size = session.inputs[0].dimensions[0].unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
 
-    let rabbitmq_client = setup_rabbitmq_client(args.rabbitmq_url).await.unwrap();
+    let rabbitmq_client = setup_rabbitmq_client(
+        args.rabbitmq_url,
+        args.rabbitmq_username.as_deref(),
+        args.rabbitmq_password.as_deref(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
     let job_channel = rabbitmq_client.create_channel().await.unwrap();
     let response_channel = rabbitmq_client.create_channel().await.unwrap();
     let job_consumer = setup_job_consumer(job_channel, args.rabbitmq_channel)