diff --git a/tuya-ipc-terminal/tuya_auth_qr.exp b/tuya-ipc-terminal/tuya_auth_qr.exp
index 4018219..ff9057d 100644
--- a/tuya-ipc-terminal/tuya_auth_qr.exp
+++ b/tuya-ipc-terminal/tuya_auth_qr.exp
@@ -1,40 +1,60 @@
 #!/usr/bin/expect -f
 
-# Check if the config directory already exists.
+# Check if config directory exists
 set config_dir "/config/.tuya-data"
 if { [file isdirectory $config_dir] } {
-    # If it exists, print a message and exit successfully.
-    puts "Skipping authentication: Configuration directory '$config_dir' already exists. To re-authenticate, delete the folder from the addon config folder."
+    puts "Skipping authentication: Configuration directory already exists."
     exit 0
 }
 
-# If the directory does not exist, proceed with authentication.
-puts "Configuration directory not found. Proceeding with authentication..."
+puts "Configuration directory not found. Proceeding with email/password authentication..."
 
-# Set a timeout for the expect command to wait for a response.
-set timeout 20
+set timeout 30
 
-# Read the region from the first line of standard input.
+# Read inputs
 gets stdin region
 if { [eof stdin] || $region eq "" } {
-    puts stderr "Error: Could not read region from stdin or region is empty."
+    puts stderr "Error: Could not read region from stdin."
     exit 1
 }
 
-# Read the email from the second line of standard input.
 gets stdin email
 if { [eof stdin] || $email eq "" } {
-    puts stderr "Error: Could not read email from stdin or email is empty."
+    puts stderr "Error: Could not read email from stdin."
     exit 1
 }
 
-# Spawn the tuya-ipc-terminal command, using the email variable.
-spawn tuya-ipc-terminal auth add $region $email --qr
+gets stdin password
+if { [eof stdin] || $password eq "" } {
+    puts stderr "Error: Could not read password from stdin."
+    exit 1
+}
 
-expect "Press Enter after scanning to continue"
+# Start authentication without --qr flag
+spawn tuya-ipc-terminal auth add $region $email
 
-# Send the Enter key
-send "\r"
+# Handle different prompts
+expect {
+    "Password:" {
+        send "$password\r"
+        exp_continue
+    }
+    "Enter password:" {
+        send "$password\r"
+        exp_continue
+    }
+    "Authentication successful" {
+        puts "Login successful!"
+    }
+    "Login failed" {
+        puts stderr "Authentication failed - check credentials"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    timeout {
+        puts stderr "Authentication timeout"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
 
 expect eof
 wait