diff --git a/src/developer.js b/src/developer.js
index 16fb3e932..68d3e19fd 100644
--- a/src/developer.js
+++ b/src/developer.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function issueDeveloperToken(user, auditSource, callback) {
     var expiresAt = Date.now() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1 day
     var scopes = '*,' + clients.SCOPE_ROLE_SDK;
 
-    tokendb.add(token, user.id, '', expiresAt, scopes, function (error) {
+    tokendb.add(token, user.id, 'cid-cli', expiresAt, scopes, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new DeveloperError(DeveloperError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
         eventlog.add(eventlog.ACTION_USER_LOGIN, auditSource, { authType: 'cli', userId: user.id, username: user.username });