diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
index 4742074..000799a 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
@@ -28,14 +28,24 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
                 MessageBox.Show("Server could not be reached at that URL\n" + result);
             }
         }
-        private void btnOk_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private async void btnOk_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
+            var res = await util.AuthenticateAsync(edUserName.Text,edPassword.Text);
+            if (!res)
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("Login failed");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+            this.Close();
 
         }
 
         private void btnCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-
+            this.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
+            this.Close();
         }
 
         private void Auth_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
index f231b75..4fb1bfb 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
             }
 
             Auth d = new Auth();
-            d.ShowDialog();
+            var res = d.ShowDialog(); ;
+            if (res == DialogResult.Cancel)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            //here because we logged in fine and can proceed
+
+            MessageBox.Show("Login successful! JWT is " + util.JWT);
             //Only one command
            // DumpIt();
         }
diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
index 8caae9b..acbb33a 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 
 namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
@@ -15,9 +16,28 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
         const string TEST_ROUTE = "ServerInfo";
         const string API_BASE_ROUTE = "api/v8/";
         static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
+        //url once known to be good
         static string ApiBaseUrl { get; set; }
+        internal static string JWT { get; set; }
+        static bool Initialized { get; set; }
 
 
+
+        public util()
+        {
+            Initialized = false;
+            JWT = string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        private static void InitClient()
+        {
+            if (Initialized) return;
+            client.BaseAddress = new Uri(ApiBaseUrl);
+            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
+            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
+            Initialized = true;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Only a return value of "OK" is ok
         /// </summary>
@@ -27,21 +47,22 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(serverUrl)) return "Server url required";
 
-            if (!serverUrl.Contains("/api/")) {
-                if (!serverUrl.EndsWith("/")) serverUrl+="/";                
+            if (!serverUrl.Contains("/api/"))
+            {
+                if (!serverUrl.EndsWith("/")) serverUrl += "/";
                 serverUrl += API_BASE_ROUTE;
             }
 
             if (!serverUrl.StartsWith("http")) serverUrl = "http://" + serverUrl;
-            //client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:64195/");
-            //client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
-            //client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
-            //    new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
 
             //try to connect, ping the server api
-            client.BaseAddress = new Uri(serverUrl);
-            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
-            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
+            if (!Initialized)
+            {
+                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(serverUrl);
+                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
+                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
+                Initialized = true;
+            }
 
             try
             {
@@ -49,7 +70,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
                 if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                 {
                     var ret = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-                    if (ret.Contains("AyaNova")) return "OK";
+                    if (ret.Contains("AyaNova"))
+                    {
+                        ApiBaseUrl = serverUrl;
+                        return "OK";
+
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -62,7 +88,100 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
             return "failed";
         }
 
-        //eoc
 
-    }
+
+      
+        public async static Task<bool> AuthenticateAsync(string login, string password = null)
+        {
+            InitClient();
+
+            if (password == null)
+                password = login;
+           
+                dynamic creds = new JObject();
+                creds.login = login;
+                creds.password = password;
+
+                ApiResponse a = await PostAsync("Auth", creds.ToString());
+
+                if (a.HttpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                { 
+                  JWT=a.ObjectResponse["data"]["token"].Value<string>();
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+
+                return false;
+        }
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        public async static Task<ApiResponse> GetAsync(string route, string authToken = null, string bodyJsonData = null)
+        {
+
+
+            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, route);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(JWT))
+                requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", JWT);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bodyJsonData))
+                requestMessage.Content = new StringContent(bodyJsonData, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+
+            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
+            var responseAsString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+            return new ApiResponse() { HttpResponse = response, ObjectResponse = Parse(responseAsString) };
+        }
+
+        public async static Task<ApiResponse> PostAsync(string route, string postJson = null)
+        {
+
+            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, route);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(JWT))
+                requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", JWT);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(postJson))
+                requestMessage.Content = new StringContent(postJson, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+
+            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
+            var responseAsString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+            return new ApiResponse() { HttpResponse = response, ObjectResponse = Parse(responseAsString) };
+        }
+
+
+        //eoc
+        public class ApiResponse
+        {
+            public HttpResponseMessage HttpResponse { get; set; }
+            public JObject ObjectResponse { get; set; }
+            public string CompactResponse
+            {
+                get
+                {
+                    return ObjectResponse.ToString(Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jsonString"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static JObject Parse(string jsonString)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(jsonString))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return JObject.Parse(jsonString);
+        }
+
+
+    }//eoc
+
+
 }//ens