diff --git a/frontend/rollup.config.js b/frontend/rollup.config.js
index e8965ec..59e7aa0 100644
--- a/frontend/rollup.config.js
+++ b/frontend/rollup.config.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function serve() {
 	return {
 		writeBundle() {
 			if (server) return;
-			server = require('child_process').spawn('npm', ['run', 'start', '--', '--dev'], {
+			server = require('child_process').spawn('yarn', ['run', 'start', '--', '--dev'], {
 				stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit'],
 				shell: true
 			});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Message.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Message.svelte
index 5aaf066..fe8c492 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Message.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Message.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 <div class="message">
     <span class="author">{ message.author_username }</span>
     <span class="message-content" class:pending={ message._isPending }>{ message.content }</span>
-    {#if userInfoStore.value && message.author_id === userInfoStore.value.id}
+    {#if userInfoStore.value && (message.author_id === userInfoStore.value.id || userInfoStore.value.is_superuser)}
         <button class="icon-button icon-button-auto edit-message" on:click="{ () => overlayStore.open('editMessage', { message }) }">
             <MoreVerticalIcon />
         </button>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
index fda2169..1bda3ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                 {#if channel._hasUnreads}
                     <span class="unread-indicator">•</span>
                 {/if}
-                {#if $userInfoStore && channel.owner_id === $userInfoStore.id}
+                {#if $userInfoStore && (channel.owner_id === $userInfoStore.id || $userInfoStore.is_superuser)}
                     <button class="icon-button icon-button-auto" on:click|stopPropagation="{ () => overlayStore.open('editChannel', { channel }) }">
                         <MoreVerticalIcon />
                     </button>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/overlays/OverlayProvider.svelte b/frontend/src/components/overlays/OverlayProvider.svelte
index 47a2dc2..9da9b21 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/overlays/OverlayProvider.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/overlays/OverlayProvider.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     import CreateAccount from "./CreateAccount.svelte";
     import EditMessage from "./EditMessage.svelte";
     import Settings from "./Settings.svelte";
+    import Prompt from "./Prompt.svelte";
 </script>
 
 {#if $overlayStore.createChannel}
@@ -30,3 +31,6 @@
 {#if $overlayStore.settings}
     <Settings />
 {/if}
+{#if $overlayStore.prompt}
+    <Prompt { ...$overlayStore.prompt } />
+{/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/overlays/Prompt.svelte b/frontend/src/components/overlays/Prompt.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c939fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/overlays/Prompt.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<script>
+    import { maybeFade, maybeFly } from "../../animations";
+    import { quintInOut } from "svelte/easing";
+    import { overlayStore } from "../../stores";
+
+    export let onSubmit = async () => {};
+    export let onClose = async () => {};
+    export let heading = "Prompt";
+    export let valueName = "Value";
+
+    let userInput = "";
+    let buttonsEnabled = true;
+
+    const close = async () => {
+        await onClose();
+        overlayStore.close("prompt");
+    };
+    const save = async () => {
+        buttonsEnabled = false;
+        await onSubmit(userInput);
+        close();
+    };
+    const onKeydown = async (e) => {
+        if (e.code !== "Enter")
+            return;
+
+        await save();
+    };
+</script>
+
+<style>
+    .full-width {
+        width: 100%;
+    }
+</style>
+
+<div class="modal-backdrop" transition:maybeFade="{{ duration: 300, easing: quintInOut }}" on:click="{ close }" on:keydown="{ onKeydown }">
+    <div class="modal" transition:maybeFly="{{ duration: 300, easing: quintInOut, y: 10 }}" on:click|stopPropagation>
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <span class="h4">{ heading }</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <label class="input-label">
+            { valueName }
+            <input class="input full-width" minlength="1" maxlength="32" bind:value={ userInput } />
+        </label>
+
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <button class="button modal-secondary-action" on:click="{ close }">Cancel</button>
+            <button class="button button-accent modal-primary-action" on:click="{ save }" disabled="{ !buttonsEnabled }">Submit</button>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/overlays/Settings.svelte b/frontend/src/components/overlays/Settings.svelte
index beb4aa1..473e12f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/overlays/Settings.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/overlays/Settings.svelte
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     import { overlayStore, userInfoStore, smallViewport, theme, doAnimations } from "../../stores";
     import { logOut } from "../../auth";
     import { maybeFade, maybeFly } from "../../animations";
+    import request from "../../request";
+    import { apiRoute } from "../../storage";
 
     const close = () => overlayStore.close("settings");
 
@@ -14,6 +16,23 @@
             message: "Logged out"
         });
     };
+
+    const doSuperuserPrompt = () => {
+        overlayStore.open("prompt", {
+            heading: "Become Superuser",
+            valueName: "Superuser Key",
+            async onSubmit(value) {
+                const { ok } = await request("POST", apiRoute("users/self/promote"), true, {
+                    key: value
+                });
+                if (ok) {
+                    overlayStore.open("toast", { message: "You have been promoted to superuser" });
+                } else {
+                    overlayStore.open("toast", { message: "Failed to promote to superuser" });
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    };
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -53,7 +72,7 @@
         min-height: 420px;
     }
 
-    .inner-logout-button {
+    .account-buttons {
         margin-left: auto;
     }
 </style>
@@ -64,7 +83,10 @@
         <div class="settings-card full-width">
             <AtSignIcon />
             <span class="h5 top-bar-heading">{ $userInfoStore ? $userInfoStore.username : "" }</span>
-            <button class="button button-red inner-logout-button" on:click="{ doLogout }">Log Out</button>
+            <div class="account-buttons">
+                <button class="button button-red" on:click="{ doSuperuserPrompt }">Become Superuser</button>
+                <button class="button button-red" on:click="{ doLogout }">Log Out</button>
+            </div>
         </div>
 
         <div class="separator" />
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores.js b/frontend/src/stores.js
index 826e779..09f4f31 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores.js
+++ b/frontend/src/stores.js
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ class OverlayStore extends Store {
             createAccount: null,
             editMessage: null,
             settings: null,
+            prompt: null,
         }, "OverlayStore");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/database/init.ts b/src/database/init.ts
index 96d1a5b..cbda67c 100644
--- a/src/database/init.ts
+++ b/src/database/init.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export default async function databaseInit() {
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users(
             id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
             username VARCHAR(32) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
-            password TEXT
+            password TEXT,
+            is_superuser BOOLEAN
         );
 
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS channels(
diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index 65a4a15..f660013 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const errors = {
     BAD_AUTH: { code: 6003, message: "Bad authentication" },
     NOT_FOUND: { code: 6004, message: "Not found" },
     FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS: { code: 6005, message: "Forbidden due to missing permission(s)" },
+    BAD_SUPERUSER_KEY: { code: 6006, message: "Bad superuser key" },
     GOT_NO_DATABASE_DATA: { code: 7001, message: "Unexpectedly got no data from database" },
     FEATURE_DISABLED: { code: 7002, message: "This feature is disabled" }
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts b/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
index ff882b1..17d2cfa 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/v1/channels.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { getMessageById, getMessagesByChannelFirstPage, getMessagesByChannelPage
 import { errors } from "../../../errors";
 import { dispatch, dispatchChannelSubscribe } from "../../../gateway";
 import { GatewayPayloadType } from "../../../gateway/gatewaypayloadtype";
+import serverConfig from "../../../serverconfig";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ router.post(
             return res.status(400).json({ ...errors.INVALID_DATA, errors: validationErrors.array() });
         }
 
+        if (serverConfig.superuserRequirement.createChannel && !req.user.is_superuser) {
+            return res.status(403).json({ ...errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS });
+        }
+
         const { name } = req.body;
         const result = await query("INSERT INTO channels(name, owner_id) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id, name, owner_id", [name, req.user.id]);
         if (result.rowCount < 1) {
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ router.put(
                 ...errors.NOT_FOUND
             });
         }
-        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].owner_id !== req.user.id) {
+        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].owner_id !== req.user.id && !req.user.is_superuser) {
             return res.status(403).json({
                 ...errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS
             });
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ router.delete(
                 ...errors.NOT_FOUND
             });
         }
-        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].owner_id !== req.user.id) {
+        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].owner_id !== req.user.id && !req.user.is_superuser) {
             return res.status(403).json({
                 ...errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS
             });
diff --git a/src/routes/api/v1/messages.ts b/src/routes/api/v1/messages.ts
index 146b8e0..d623014 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/v1/messages.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/v1/messages.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ router.delete(
                 ...errors.NOT_FOUND
             });
         }
-        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].author_id !== req.user.id) {
+        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].author_id !== req.user.id && !req.user.is_superuser) {
             return res.status(403).json({
                 ...errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS
             });
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ router.put(
                 ...errors.NOT_FOUND
             });
         }
-        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].author_id !== req.user.id) {
+        if (permissionCheckResult.rows[0].author_id !== req.user.id && !req.user.is_superuser) {
             return res.status(403).json({
                 ...errors.FORBIDDEN_DUE_TO_MISSING_PERMISSIONS
             });
diff --git a/src/routes/api/v1/users.ts b/src/routes/api/v1/users.ts
index aec59b0..5f12435 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/v1/users.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/v1/users.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { authenticateRoute, signToken } from "../../../auth";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
+const superuserKey = process.env.SUPERUSER_KEY || "";
+
 router.post(
     "/register",
     body("username").isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }).isAlphanumeric("en-US", { ignore: " _-" }),
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ router.post(
         }
 
         const hashedPassword = await hash(password, 10);
-        const insertedUser = await query("INSERT INTO users(username, password) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id, username", [username, hashedPassword]);
+        const insertedUser = await query("INSERT INTO users(username, password, is_superuser) VALUES ($1, $2, $3) RETURNING id, username, is_superuser", [username, hashedPassword, false]);
         if (insertedUser.rowCount < 1) {
             return res.status(500).json({
                 ...errors.GOT_NO_DATABASE_DATA
@@ -78,4 +80,31 @@ router.get(
     }
 );
 
+router.post(
+    "/self/promote",
+    authenticateRoute(),
+    body("key").isLength({ min: 1, max: 3000 }),
+    async (req, res) => {
+
+        const validationErrors = validationResult(req);
+        if (!validationErrors.isEmpty()) {
+            return res.status(403).json({ ...errors.BAD_SUPERUSER_KEY });
+        }
+
+        const { key } = req.body;
+
+        if (superuserKey && superuserKey.length >= 1 && key === superuserKey && req.user) {
+            const updateUserResult = await query("UPDATE users SET is_superuser = true WHERE id = $1", [req.user.id]);
+            if (updateUserResult.rowCount < 1) {
+                return res.status(500).json({
+                    ...errors.GOT_NO_DATABASE_DATA
+                });
+            }
+            return res.status(200).json({});
+        }
+
+        return res.status(403).json({ ...errors.BAD_SUPERUSER_KEY });
+    }
+);
+
 export default router;
diff --git a/src/serverconfig.ts b/src/serverconfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b7bf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serverconfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default {
+    superuserRequirement: {
+        createChannel: true
+    },
+};
diff --git a/src/types/user.d.ts b/src/types/user.d.ts
index 85cab31..160f52a 100644
--- a/src/types/user.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/user.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 interface User {
     password?: string,
     username: string,
-    id: number
+    id: number,
+    is_superuser: boolean
 }