diff --git a/radicle-tools/Cargo.toml b/radicle-tools/Cargo.toml
index 43c21678..f35b9916 100644
--- a/radicle-tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ path = "src/rad-auth.rs"
 name = "rad-self"
 path = "src/rad-self.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "rad-set-canonical-refs"
+path = "src/rad-set-canonical-refs.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "rad-push"
 path = "src/rad-push.rs"
diff --git a/radicle-tools/src/rad-set-canonical-refs.rs b/radicle-tools/src/rad-set-canonical-refs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34c38513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radicle-tools/src/rad-set-canonical-refs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use radicle::{
+    storage::{WriteRepository, WriteStorage},
+    Profile,
+};
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let profile = Profile::load()?;
+
+    let (_, rid) = radicle::rad::repo(Path::new("."))?;
+    let repo = profile.storage.repository_mut(rid)?;
+
+    let id_oid = repo.set_identity_head()?;
+    let branch_oid = repo.set_head()?;
+
+    println!("ok: identity: {id_oid}");
+    println!("ok: branch: {branch_oid}");
+
+    Ok(())
+}