diff --git a/run/authentication/auth.js b/run/authentication/auth.js
index 6aa1a53407..620d70c684 100644
--- a/run/authentication/auth.js
+++ b/run/authentication/auth.js
@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+function main(receivingServiceURL = 'YOUR_RECEIVING_SERVICE_URL') {
 // [START run_service_to_service_auth]
-// Make sure to `npm install gcp-metadata` and `npm install got` or add the dependencies to your package.json
+
+// Import the Metadata API
 const gcpMetadata = require('gcp-metadata')
 const got = require('got');
 
+// TODO(developer): Add the URL of your receiving service
+// const receivingServiceURL = 'YOUR_RECEIVING_SERVICE_URL''
+
 const requestServiceToken = async () => { 
   try {
 
-    // Add the URL of your receiving service
-    const receivingServiceURL = ...
-
     // Set up the metadata server request options
-    // See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/verifying-instance-identity#request_signature
+
     const metadataServerTokenPath = 'service-accounts/default/identity?audience=' + receivingServiceURL;
     const tokenRequestOptions = {
       headers: {
@@ -33,20 +35,27 @@ const requestServiceToken = async () => {
     };
     
     // Fetch the token and then provide it in the request to the receiving service
-    const tokenResponse = await gcpMetadata.instance(metadataServerTokenPath, tokenRequestOptions);
+    const token = await gcpMetadata.instance(metadataServerTokenPath, tokenRequestOptions);
     const serviceRequestOptions = { 
       headers: {
-        'Authorization': 'bearer ' + tokenResponse
+        'Authorization': 'bearer ' + token
+
       }
     };
 
     const serviceResponse = await got(receivingServiceURL, serviceRequestOptions);
-    res.send(serviceResponse.body);
+    return serviceResponse;
 
   } catch (error) { 
     console.log('Metadata server could not respond to query ', error);
-    res.send(error);
+    return error;
+
   }
 };
 
 // [END run_service_to_service_auth]
+
+requestServiceToken();
+};
+main();
+
diff --git a/run/authentication/package.json b/run/authentication/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58ae47bb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/authentication/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "nodejs-auth",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Cloud Run service-to-service authentication",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node index.js",
+    "test": "test"
+  },
+  "author": "krippaehne",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.16.4",
+    "gcp-metadata": "^4.0.0",
+    "got": "^10.7.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "mocha": "^7.0.0"
+  }
+}