diff --git a/app/models/qbo.rb b/app/models/qbo.rb
index ff5ab9d..f05359a 100644
--- a/app/models/qbo.rb
+++ b/app/models/qbo.rb
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ class Qbo < ActiveRecord::Base
     authorize_url: "https://appcenter.intuit.com/connect/oauth2",
     token_url: "https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer"
   }
+  oauth2_client = OAuth2::Client.new(ENV['OAUTH_CLIENT_ID'], ENV['OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET'], oauth_params)
     
   # Configure quickbooks-ruby-base to access our database
-  Quickbooks::Base.configure do |c|
-    c.persistent_token = 'qb_token'
-    c.persistent_secret = 'qb_secret'
-    c.persistent_company_id =  'company_id'
-  end
+  #Quickbooks::Base.configure do |c|
+  #  c.persistent_token = 'qb_token'
+  #  c.persistent_secret = 'qb_secret'
+  #  c.persistent_company_id =  'company_id'
+  #end
    
   def self.get_oauth_consumer
     # Quickbooks Config Info
@@ -36,7 +37,13 @@ class Qbo < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Get a quickbooks base object for type
   # @params type of base
   def self.get_base(type)
-    Quickbooks::Base.new(first, type)
+    access_token = OAuth2::AccessToken.new(oauth2_client, qb_secret, refresh_token: qb_secret)
+    #get a new refesh token if the current one is too old
+    new_access_token_object = access_token.refresh! if refresh_token_expires_at.to_date.past?
+    service = Quickbooks::Base.new(first, type)
+    service.company_id = company_id # also known as RealmID
+    service.access_token = access_token # the OAuth Access Token you have from above
+    return service
   end
    
    # Get the QBO account