diff --git a/lib/business_logic/auth/oauth.dart b/lib/business_logic/auth/oauth.dart
index e13995f..8438429 100644
--- a/lib/business_logic/auth/oauth.dart
+++ b/lib/business_logic/auth/oauth.dart
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ class App {
       required this.website,
       required this.redirectUri});
   factory App.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
-    return App(
+    final app = App(
         id: json["id"].toString(),
         name: json["name"].toString(),
         website: json["website"].toString(),
         redirectUri: json["redirect_uri"].toString(),
         clientId: json["client_id"].toString(),
         clientSecret: json["client_secret"].toString());
+    settings.saveApp(app);
+    return app;
   }
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ Future<int> handleFullOauth() async {
     var server = await shelf_io.serve(handler, 'localhost', 1312);
     await pollCode();
     server.close();
+    await refreshToken();
     return 200;
   } catch (e) {
     return 400;
@@ -86,14 +89,16 @@ Future<http.Response> doOauthFlow() async {
 Future<http.Response> registerApp(String baseurl) async {
   //String url = baseurl Uri."api/v1/apps";
   Uri url = Uri.https(baseurl, "/api/v1/apps");
-  final response = await http.post(url,
-      headers: global.defaultHeaders,
-      body: jsonEncode({
-        'client_name': global.name,
-        'redirect_uris': "http://localhost:1312",
-        'scopes': "read write",
-        'website': global.website
-      }));
+  final response = await http.post(
+    url,
+    headers: global.defaultHeaders,
+    body: jsonEncode({
+      'client_name': global.name,
+      'redirect_uris': "http://localhost:1312",
+      'scopes': "read write follow push",
+      'website': global.website
+    }),
+  );
   return response;
 }
 
@@ -109,8 +114,35 @@ void openBrowserForAuthCode(String baseurl, App app) {
       // ignore: prefer_interpolation_to_compose_strings
       query: "client_id=" +
           app.clientId +
-          "&scope=read+write" +
+          "&scope=read+write+follow+push" +
           "&redirect_uri=http://localhost:1312" +
           "&response_type=code");
   launchUrl(url);
 }
+
+Future<int> refreshToken() async {
+  final authCode = await settings.loadAuthCode();
+  final appId = await settings.loadClientId();
+  final clientSecret = await settings.loadClientSecret();
+  final baseurl = await settings.loadInstanceUrl();
+
+  Uri url = Uri.https(baseurl, "/oauth/token");
+  final response = await http.post(
+    url,
+    headers: global.defaultHeaders,
+    body: jsonEncode({
+      'grant_type': "authorization_code",
+      'client_id': appId,
+      'client_secret': clientSecret,
+      'redirect_uri': "http://localhost:1312",
+      'scope': "read write follow push",
+      'code': authCode,
+    }),
+  );
+  if (response.statusCode == 200) {
+    final dec = jsonDecode(response.body);
+    final accessToken = dec["access_token"]!;
+    await settings.saveToken(accessToken);
+  }
+  return response.statusCode;
+}
diff --git a/lib/business_logic/settings.dart b/lib/business_logic/settings.dart
index 2f5cde5..71ba9c5 100644
--- a/lib/business_logic/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/business_logic/settings.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 import '../global.dart' as global;
+import '../business_logic/auth/oauth.dart' as oauth;
 
 enum Settings {
   instanceUrl,
@@ -58,3 +59,44 @@ Future<Locale> loadLocale() async {
   }
   return Locale(locale);
 }
+
+Future<void> saveApp(oauth.App app) async {
+  final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+  prefs.setString("client-secret", app.clientSecret);
+  prefs.setString("client-id", app.clientId);
+}
+
+Future<String> loadClientSecret() async {
+  final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+  final secret = prefs.getString("client-secret");
+  if (secret == null) {
+    return "";
+  } else {
+    return secret;
+  }
+}
+
+Future<String> loadClientId() async {
+  final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+  final id = prefs.getString("client-id");
+  if (id == null) {
+    return "";
+  } else {
+    return id;
+  }
+}
+
+Future<bool> saveToken(String token) async {
+  final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+  return await prefs.setString("access-token", token);
+}
+
+Future<String> loadToken() async {
+  final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+  final id = prefs.getString("access-token");
+  if (id == null) {
+    return "";
+  } else {
+    return id;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart b/lib/business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart
index a5370fe..f26a27a 100644
--- a/lib/business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart
+++ b/lib/business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import '../settings.dart' as settings;
+import '../../global.dart' as global;
 
-class Thread {}
+Future<http.Response> getTimelineFromServer() async {
+  final token = await settings.loadToken();
+  final baseUrl = await settings.loadInstanceUrl();
+  final url = Uri(
+    scheme: "https",
+    host: baseUrl,
+    path: "/api/v1/timelines/home",
+  );
 
-class Post {}
+  Map<String, String> headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer $token"};
+  headers.addAll(global.defaultHeaders);
 
-class Timeline {}
+  final response = await http.get(url, headers: headers);
+
+  return response;
+}
diff --git a/lib/global.dart b/lib/global.dart
index 6abfd5c..2371ca3 100644
--- a/lib/global.dart
+++ b/lib/global.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
 
 const String name = "loris";
-const String version = "v0.1 'not even alpha'";
+const String version = "v0.1 'is this thing on'";
 const String useragent = "$name/$version";
 const String website = "https://git.kittycat.homes/zoe/slothmu";
 const Map<String, String> defaultHeaders = {
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 7408759..0384114 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -7,19 +7,23 @@ import 'business_logic/settings.dart' as settings;
 import 'package:flutter_localizations/flutter_localizations.dart';
 import 'themes/themes.dart' as themes;
 import 'global.dart' as global;
+import 'business_logic/auth/oauth.dart' as oauth;
 
 String _initRoute = "/";
 ThemeData theme = themes.getTheme(themes.available[0]);
 Locale activeLocale = const Locale("en");
 
 void main() async {
+  settings.saveAuthCode("");
   Intl.defaultLocale = "en";
   await settings.saveLocale("en");
   activeLocale = await settings.loadLocale();
 
   // check if all information is available
   if (await settings.loadAuthCode() == "") {
-    _initRoute = "/";
+    _initRoute = "/login";
+  } else {
+    await oauth.refreshToken();
   }
   runApp(const Slothmu());
 }
diff --git a/lib/pages/timeline/timeline.dart b/lib/pages/timeline/timeline.dart
index 07fa28d..44ee82a 100644
--- a/lib/pages/timeline/timeline.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/timeline/timeline.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:localization/localization.dart';
-import '../../business_logic/settings.dart' as settings;
 import 'package:slothmu/partials/thread.dart';
+import '../../business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart' as tl;
 
 class Timeline extends StatefulWidget {
   const Timeline({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class _TimelineState extends State<Timeline> {
 
   Future fetchMore() async {
     loading = true;
-    final token = await settings.loadAuthCode();
+    final response = await tl.getTimelineFromServer();
+    print(response.body);
+    print(response.statusCode);
     setState(() {
       if (children.isNotEmpty) {
         children.removeAt(children.length - 1);