diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/authentication.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/authentication.ts
index ceb9c5a5334..5b866dcc524 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/authentication.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/authentication.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 
 import * as electron from 'electron'
 import opener from 'opener'
+import * as fs from 'node:fs'
+import * as os from 'node:os'
+import * as path from 'node:path'
 
 import * as common from 'enso-common'
 import * as contentConfig from 'enso-content-config'
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ const OPEN_URL_EVENT = 'open-url'
 export function initModule(window: () => electron.BrowserWindow) {
     initIpc()
     initOpenUrlListener(window)
+    initSaveAccessTokenListener()
 }
 
 /** Registers an Inter-Process Communication (IPC) channel between the Electron application and the
@@ -139,3 +143,37 @@ function initOpenUrlListener(window: () => electron.BrowserWindow) {
         }
     })
 }
+
+/** Registers a listener that fires a callback for `save-access-token` events.
+ *
+ * This listener is used to save given access token to credentials file to be later used by enso backend.
+ *
+ * Credentials file is placed in users home directory in `.enso` subdirectory in `credentials` file. */
+function initSaveAccessTokenListener() {
+    electron.ipcMain.on(ipc.Channel.saveAccessToken, (event, accessToken: string) => {
+        /** Enso home directory for credentials file.  */
+        const ensoCredentialsDirectoryName = '.enso'
+        /** Enso credentials file. */
+        const ensoCredentialsFileName = 'credentials'
+        /** System agnostic credentials directory home path. */
+        const ensoCredentialsHomePath = path.join(os.homedir(), ensoCredentialsDirectoryName)
+
+        fs.mkdir(ensoCredentialsHomePath, { recursive: true }, err => {
+            if (err) {
+                logger.error(`Couldn't create ${ensoCredentialsDirectoryName} directory.`)
+            } else {
+                fs.writeFile(
+                    path.join(ensoCredentialsHomePath, ensoCredentialsFileName),
+                    accessToken,
+                    err => {
+                        if (err) {
+                            logger.error(`Could not write to ${ensoCredentialsFileName} file.`)
+                        }
+                    }
+                )
+            }
+        })
+
+        event.preventDefault()
+    })
+}
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/ipc.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/ipc.ts
index 8299aaf0861..301ab8615cf 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/ipc.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/ipc.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ export enum Channel {
     setDeepLinkHandler = 'set-deep-link-handler',
     /** Channel for signaling that a deep link to this application was opened. */
     openDeepLink = 'open-deep-link',
+    /** Channel for signaling that access token be saved to a credentials file. */
+    saveAccessToken = 'save-access-token',
 }
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/preload.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/preload.ts
index e8241803995..311f5a89c22 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/preload.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/client/src/preload.ts
@@ -105,5 +105,12 @@ const AUTHENTICATION_API = {
         electron.ipcRenderer.on(ipc.Channel.openDeepLink, (_event, url: string) => {
             callback(url)
         }),
+    /** Saves the access token to a credentials file.
+     *
+     * Enso backend doesn't have access to Electron localStorage so we need to save access token to a file.
+     * Then the token will be used to sign cloud API requests. */
+    saveAccessToken: (accessToken: string) => {
+        electron.ipcRenderer.send(ipc.Channel.saveAccessToken, accessToken)
+    },
 }
 electron.contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld(AUTHENTICATION_API_KEY, AUTHENTICATION_API)
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/cognito.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/cognito.ts
index ee84e96678f..aa02672026e 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/cognito.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/cognito.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export class Cognito {
     constructor(
         private readonly logger: loggerProvider.Logger,
         private readonly platform: platformModule.Platform,
-        amplifyConfig: config.AmplifyConfig
+        private readonly amplifyConfig: config.AmplifyConfig
     ) {
         /** Amplify expects `Auth.configure` to be called before any other `Auth` methods are
          * called. By wrapping all the `Auth` methods we care about and returning an `Cognito` API
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ export class Cognito {
         amplify.Auth.configure(nestedAmplifyConfig)
     }
 
+    /** Saves the access token to a file for further reuse. */
+
+    saveAccessToken(accessToken: string) {
+        if (this.amplifyConfig.accessTokenSaver) {
+            this.amplifyConfig.accessTokenSaver(accessToken)
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Returns the current {@link UserSession}, or `None` if the user is not logged in.
      *
      * Will refresh the {@link UserSession} if it has expired. */
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ export class Cognito {
         return userSession()
     }
 
-    /** Sign up with with username and password.
+    /** Sign up with username and password.
      *
      * Does not rely on federated identity providers (e.g., Google or GitHub). */
     signUp(username: string, password: string) {
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/config.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/config.ts
index 4307e3ed679..ac265207100 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/config.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/config.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ export type OAuthRedirect = newtype.Newtype<string, 'OAuthRedirect'>
  * we want to open OAuth URLs in the system browser. This is because the user can't be expected to
  * trust their credentials to an Electron app. */
 export type OAuthUrlOpener = (url: string, redirectUrl: string) => void
+/** A function used to save access token to a Enso credentials file. The token is used by the engine to issue
+ * http request to cloud API. */
+export type AccessTokenSaver = (accessToken: string) => void
 /** Function used to register a callback. The callback will get called when a deep link is received
  * by the app. This is only used in the desktop app (i.e., not in the cloud). This is used when the
  * user is redirected back to the app from the system browser, after completing an OAuth flow. */
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ export interface AmplifyConfig {
     userPoolId: UserPoolId
     userPoolWebClientId: UserPoolWebClientId
     urlOpener: OAuthUrlOpener | null
+    accessTokenSaver: AccessTokenSaver | null
     domain: OAuthDomain
     scope: OAuthScope[]
     redirectSignIn: OAuthRedirect
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/providers/auth.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/providers/auth.tsx
index bbf3d70dac2..0968ff433eb 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/providers/auth.tsx
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/providers/auth.tsx
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ export function AuthProvider(props: AuthProviderProps) {
                         organization,
                     }
 
+                    /** Save access token so can be reused by Enso backend. */
+                    cognito.saveAccessToken(accessToken)
+
                     /** Execute the callback that should inform the Electron app that the user has logged in.
                      * This is done to transition the app from the authentication/dashboard view to the IDE. */
                     onAuthenticated()
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/service.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/service.tsx
index 5c2ac40a298..7424b35172c 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/service.tsx
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/authentication/service.tsx
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ function loadAmplifyConfig(
     /** Load the environment-specific Amplify configuration. */
     const baseConfig = AMPLIFY_CONFIGS[config.ENVIRONMENT]
     let urlOpener = null
+    let accessTokenSaver = null
     if (platform === platformModule.Platform.desktop) {
         /** If we're running on the desktop, we want to override the default URL opener for OAuth
          * flows.  This is because the default URL opener opens the URL in the desktop app itself,
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ function loadAmplifyConfig(
          * we avoid unnecessary reloads/refreshes caused by redirects. */
         urlOpener = openUrlWithExternalBrowser
 
+        /** When running on destop we want to have option to save access token to a file,
+         * so it can be later reuse when issuing requests to Cloud API. */
+        accessTokenSaver = saveAccessToken
+
         /** To handle redirects back to the application from the system browser, we also need to
          * register a custom URL handler. */
         setDeepLinkHandler(logger, navigate)
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ function loadAmplifyConfig(
         ...baseConfig,
         ...platformConfig,
         urlOpener,
+        accessTokenSaver,
     }
 }
 
@@ -161,6 +167,10 @@ function openUrlWithExternalBrowser(url: string) {
     window.authenticationApi.openUrlInSystemBrowser(url)
 }
 
+function saveAccessToken(accessToken: string) {
+    window.authenticationApi.saveAccessToken(accessToken)
+}
+
 /** Set the callback that will be invoked when a deep link to the application is opened.
  *
  * Typically this callback is invoked when the user is redirected back to the app after:
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/globals.d.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/globals.d.ts
index a3a643f96a8..27ca6b15a94 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/globals.d.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/globals.d.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ interface AuthenticationApi {
     /** Set the callback to be called when the system browser redirects back to a URL in the app,
      * via a deep link. See {@link setDeepLinkHandler} for details. */
     setDeepLinkHandler: (callback: (url: string) => void) => void
+    /** Saves the access token to a file. */
+    saveAccessToken: (access_token: string) => void
 }
 
 declare global {