diff --git a/backend/config/dev.js b/backend/config/dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29bee39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/config/dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const test_users = {
+  student: {
+    employeenumber: '',
+    mail: '',
+    hypersonstudentid: '112345701',
+    uid: 'johnsmith',
+    givenname: 'John',
+    sn: 'Smith',
+  },
+  instructor: {
+    employeenumber: '',
+    mail: '',
+    hypersonstudentid: '112345699',
+    uid: 'olliohj',
+    givenname: 'Olli',
+    sn: 'Ohjaaja',
+  },
+  admin: {
+    employeenumber: '',
+    mail: '',
+    hypersonstudentid: '011120775',
+    uid: 'mluukkai',
+    givenname: 'Matti',
+    sn: 'Luukkainen',
+  },
+}
+
+// Used in fake_shibbo middleware
+//
+// NOTE: This has to be an object because by default
+// js imports are copies of the values but objects
+// are passed by reference (like pointers in c/cpp)
+let test_user = { test_user: test_users.student }
+
+module.exports = {
+  test_user,
+  test_users
+}
diff --git a/backend/controllers/dev.js b/backend/controllers/dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5616b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/controllers/dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const devRouter = require('express').Router()
+const { test_user, test_users } = require('../config/dev')
+
+console.info('Initial user', test_user.test_user)
+
+// This is not the best place for this, but it was the most simple
+// solution, as I didn't want to share state between middlewares and index.js
+// and test_user is a shared local var between router and fake_shibbo.
+devRouter.post('/', (req, res) => {
+  const role = req.body.role
+  switch (role) {
+  case 'student':
+    test_user.test_user = test_users.student
+    break
+  case 'instructor':
+    test_user.test_user = test_users.instructor
+    break
+  case 'admin':
+    test_user.test_user = test_users.admin
+    break
+  default:
+    console.warn('Didn\'t match any, defaulting to student')
+    test_user.test_user = test_users.student
+    break
+  }
+
+  console.info('Logged in as', test_user.test_user)
+  return res.status(200).json({ role })
+})
+
+module.exports = devRouter
diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 0df5e2c..2489089 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const instructorTimeLogsRouter = require('./controllers/instructorTimeLogs')
 const sprintRouter = require('./controllers/sprints')
 const groupSprintSummaryRouter = require('./controllers/groupSprintSummary')
 const tagsRouter = require('./controllers/tags')
+const devRouter = require('./controllers/dev')
 app.use('/api/login', loginRouter)
 app.use('/api/logout', logoutRouter)
 app.use('/api/topics', topicsRouter)
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ app.use('/api/instructorTimeLogs', instructorTimeLogsRouter)
 app.use('/api/sprints', sprintRouter)
 app.use('/api/groupSprintSummary', groupSprintSummaryRouter)
 app.use('/api/tags', tagsRouter)
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development')
+  app.use('/api/role', devRouter)
 
 
 console.log('NODE_ENV:', process.env.NODE_ENV)
diff --git a/backend/middleware.js b/backend/middleware.js
index da33422..d0daf72 100644
--- a/backend/middleware.js
+++ b/backend/middleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-check
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken')
 const config = require('./config')
+const { test_user } = require('./config/dev')
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import("express").Request} Request
@@ -100,42 +101,14 @@ const checkAdmin = (req, res, next) => {
 
 /** @type {RequestHandler} */
 const fakeshibbo = (req, res, next) => {
-  const test_users = {
-    student: {
-      employeenumber: '',
-      mail: '',
-      hypersonstudentid: '112345701',
-      uid: 'johnsmith',
-      givenname: 'John',
-      sn: 'Smith',
-    },
-    instructor: {
-      employeenumber: '',
-      mail: '',
-      hypersonstudentid: '112345699',
-      uid: 'olliohj',
-      givenname: 'Olli',
-      sn: 'Ohjaaja',
-    },
-    admin: {
-      employeenumber: '',
-      mail: '',
-      hypersonstudentid: '011120775',
-      uid: 'mluukkai',
-      givenname: 'Matti',
-      sn: 'Luukkainen',
-    },
-  }
+  const user = test_user.test_user
 
-  // select one of the following: student, instructor, admin
-  const test_user = test_users.admin
-
-  req.headers.employeenumber = test_user.employeenumber
-  req.headers.mail = test_user.mail
-  req.headers.hypersonstudentid = test_user.hypersonstudentid
-  req.headers.uid = test_user.uid
-  req.headers.givenname = test_user.givenname
-  req.headers.sn = test_user.sn
+  req.headers.employeenumber = user.employeenumber
+  req.headers.mail = user.mail
+  req.headers.hypersonstudentid = user.hypersonstudentid
+  req.headers.uid = user.uid
+  req.headers.givenname = user.givenname
+  req.headers.sn = user.sn
   next()
 }