diff --git a/auth/pdcp/auth.go b/auth/pdcp/auth.go
index 0e75cea..05fb7c9 100644
--- a/auth/pdcp/auth.go
+++ b/auth/pdcp/auth.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func CheckNValidateCredentials(toolName string) {
 		// validate by fetching user profile
 		gotCreds, err := h.ValidateAPIKey(creds.APIKey, creds.Server, toolName)
 		if err == nil {
-			gologger.Info().Msgf("You are logged in as (@%v)", gotCreds.Username)
+			gologger.Info().Msgf("You are logged in as (%v)", userIdentifier(gotCreds))
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
 		gologger.Error().Msgf("Invalid API key found in file, please recheck or recreate your API key and retry.")
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func CheckNValidateCredentials(toolName string) {
 	// validate by fetching user profile
 	validatedCreds, err := h.ValidateAPIKey(apiKey, apiServer, toolName)
 	if err == nil {
-		gologger.Info().Msgf("Successfully logged in as (@%v)", validatedCreds.Username)
+		gologger.Info().Msgf("Successfully logged in as (%v)", userIdentifier(validatedCreds))
 		if saveErr := h.SaveCreds(validatedCreds); saveErr != nil {
 			gologger.Warning().Msgf("Could not save credentials to file: %s\n", saveErr)
 		}
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ func maskKey(key string) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v%v", key[:3], strings.Repeat("*", len(key)-3))
 }
+
+// userIdentifier returns user identifier in format @username
+// if username is empty, it returns email
+func userIdentifier(creds *PDCPCredentials) string {
+	user := fmt.Sprintf("@%v", creds.Username)
+	if creds.Username == "" {
+		user = creds.Email
+	}
+	return user
+}
diff --git a/auth/pdcp/creds.go b/auth/pdcp/creds.go
index f6f3c03..94a80ff 100644
--- a/auth/pdcp/creds.go
+++ b/auth/pdcp/creds.go
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ const (
 
 type PDCPCredentials struct {
 	Username string `yaml:"username"`
+	Email    string `yaml:"email"`
 	APIKey   string `yaml:"api-key"`
 	Server   string `yaml:"server"`
 }
 
 type PDCPUserProfileResponse struct {
 	UserName string `json:"name"`
+	Email    string `json:"email"`
 	// there are more fields but we don't need them
 	/// below fields are added later on and not part of the response
 }
@@ -128,10 +130,10 @@ func (p *PDCPCredHandler) ValidateAPIKey(key string, host string, toolName strin
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if profile.UserName == "" {
+	if profile.Email == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid response from server got %v", string(bin))
 	}
-	return &PDCPCredentials{Username: profile.UserName, APIKey: key, Server: host}, nil
+	return &PDCPCredentials{Username: profile.UserName, Email: profile.Email, APIKey: key, Server: host}, nil
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/auth/pdcp/creds_test.go b/auth/pdcp/creds_test.go
index bf80051..cc38a7c 100644
--- a/auth/pdcp/creds_test.go
+++ b/auth/pdcp/creds_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 var exampleCred = `
 - username: test
+  email: test@projectdiscovery.io
   api-key: testpassword
   server: https://scanme.sh
 `