diff --git a/config/__tests__/invite-user.spec.js b/config/__tests__/invite-user.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b80e32d31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/__tests__/invite-user.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+jest.mock('../connect', () => jest.fn(() => new Promise(() => {})));
+
+describe('Invite user CLI', () => {
+  it('loads its runtime dependencies', () => {
+    const existingHandlers = new Set(process.listeners('uncaughtException'));
+
+    try {
+      expect(() => require('../invite-user')).not.toThrow();
+    } finally {
+      process
+        .listeners('uncaughtException')
+        .filter((handler) => !existingHandlers.has(handler))
+        .forEach((handler) => process.removeListener('uncaughtException', handler));
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/config/invite-user.js b/config/invite-user.js
index 80fe0ab23a..7dfa38e454 100644
--- a/config/invite-user.js
+++ b/config/invite-user.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
-const { checkEmailConfig } = require('@librechat/api');
+const { checkEmailConfig, createInvite } = require('@librechat/api');
 const { User } = require('@librechat/data-schemas').createModels(mongoose);
 require('module-alias')({ base: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api') });
 const { askQuestion, silentExit } = require('./helpers');
-const { createInvite } = require('~/models/inviteUser');
+const { createToken, findToken } = require('~/models');
 const { sendEmail } = require('~/server/utils');
 const connect = require('./connect');
 
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ const connect = require('./connect');
   if (!email) {
     email = await askQuestion('Email:');
   }
+  /** `findToken` lowercases its email query, but the Token schema has no setter, so an
+   * un-normalized address here is written verbatim and can never be looked up again. */
+  email = email.trim().toLowerCase();
   // Validate the email
   if (!email.includes('@')) {
     console.red('Error: Invalid email address!');
@@ -48,7 +51,12 @@ const connect = require('./connect');
     silentExit(1);
   }
 
-  const token = await createInvite(email);
+  const token = await createInvite(email, { createToken, findToken });
+  if (typeof token !== 'string') {
+    console.red('Error: Failed to create the invite token!');
+    silentExit(1);
+  }
+
   const inviteLink = `${process.env.DOMAIN_CLIENT}/register?token=${token}`;
 
   const appName = process.env.APP_TITLE || 'LibreChat';