diff --git a/src/bin/initialize-email-theme.ts b/src/bin/initialize-email-theme.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { downloadBuiltinKeycloakTheme } from "./download-builtin-keycloak-theme";
+import { keycloakThemeEmailDirPath } from "./keycloakify";
+import { join as pathJoin, relative as pathRelative } from "path";
+import { transformCodebase } from "./tools/transformCodebase";
+import { promptKeycloakVersion } from "./promptKeycloakVersion";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { getCliOptions } from "./tools/cliOptions";
+import { getLogger } from "./tools/logger";
+
+(async () => {
+    const { isSilent } = getCliOptions(process.argv.slice(2));
+    const logger = getLogger({ isSilent });
+
+    console.log({ keycloakThemeEmailDirPath });
+
+    if (fs.existsSync(keycloakThemeEmailDirPath)) {
+        logger.warn(`There is already a ${pathRelative(process.cwd(), keycloakThemeEmailDirPath)} directory in your project. Aborting.`);
+
+        process.exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    const { keycloakVersion } = await promptKeycloakVersion();
+
+    const builtinKeycloakThemeTmpDirPath = pathJoin(keycloakThemeEmailDirPath, "..", "tmp_xIdP3_builtin_keycloak_theme");
+
+    await downloadBuiltinKeycloakTheme({
+        keycloakVersion,
+        "destDirPath": builtinKeycloakThemeTmpDirPath,
+        isSilent
+    });
+
+    transformCodebase({
+        "srcDirPath": pathJoin(builtinKeycloakThemeTmpDirPath, "base", "email"),
+        "destDirPath": keycloakThemeEmailDirPath
+    });
+
+    logger.log(`${pathRelative(process.cwd(), keycloakThemeEmailDirPath)} ready to be customized`);
+
+    fs.rmSync(builtinKeycloakThemeTmpDirPath, { "recursive": true, "force": true });
+})();