diff --git a/AuthToken.py b/AuthToken.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e743c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AuthToken.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import os
+import json
+import click
+import time
+import requests
+
+class AuthToken:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.tokenfile = "token.json"
+        
+    def save_oauth_token(self, token):
+        tokenfile_content = {}
+        # check if file extists
+        if os.path.exists(self.tokenfile):
+            with open(self.tokenfile, "r") as f:
+                tokenfile_content = json.load(f)
+        tokenfile_content["oauth_token"] = token
+        with open(self.tokenfile, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(tokenfile_content, f)
+
+    def get_oauth_token(self):
+        # check if token in tokenfile
+        if os.path.exists(self.tokenfile):
+            with open(self.tokenfile, "r") as f:
+                tokendict = json.load(f)
+                if "oauth_token" in tokendict:
+                    return tokendict["oauth_token"]
+        
+        # if not, check if the github copilot extension is installed on the system
+        path = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/github-copilot/hosts.json")
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            with open(path, "r") as f:
+                hosts = json.load(f)
+                if "github.com" in hosts:
+                    token = hosts["github.com"]["oauth_token"]
+                    self.save_oauth_token(token)
+                    return token
+
+        # if not, ask the user to enter the token
+        click.echo("Please enter your github access token:")
+        token = click.prompt("Token", type=str)
+        self.save_oauth_token(token)
+        return token
+
+    def save_github_api_token(self, token: str, expires_at):
+        tokenfile_content = {}
+        # check if file extists
+        if os.path.exists(self.tokenfile):
+            with open(self.tokenfile, "r") as f:
+                tokenfile_content = json.load(f)
+        tokenfile_content["token"] = token
+        tokenfile_content["expires_at"] = expires_at
+        with open(self.tokenfile, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(tokenfile_content, f)
+
+    def request_github_api_token(self):
+        # get the oauth token
+        oauth_token = self.get_oauth_token()
+
+        headers = {
+            'Authorization': f"Bearer {oauth_token}",
+        }
+        response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/copilot_internal/v2/token', headers=headers)
+        
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            return None
+
+        token = response.json()
+        self.save_github_api_token(token["token"], token["expires_at"])
+        return token["token"]
+
+
+    def get_github_api_token(self):
+        # check if token in tokenfile
+        if os.path.exists(self.tokenfile):
+            with open(self.tokenfile, "r") as f:
+                tokendict = json.load(f)
+                if "token" in tokendict and "expires_at" in tokendict:
+                    if tokendict["expires_at"] > time.time():
+                        return tokendict["token"]
+        
+        # request new api token
+        return self.request_github_api_token()
+
+        
+       
+        
diff --git a/copilot.py b/copilot.py
index 9c6a100..81060cb 100755
--- a/copilot.py
+++ b/copilot.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import time
 from os.path import expanduser
+from AuthToken import AuthToken
 import click
 from rich import print
 from rich.panel import Panel
@@ -14,50 +15,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import readline
 
-
-
-# get a new github copilot token
-def get_token():
-
-    valid = False
-    token = {}
-
-    # check if a token exists in the file
-    if os.path.exists("token.json"):
-        with open("token.json", "r") as f:
-            token = json.load(f)
-
-    # check if the token is valid
-    if "token" in token and "expires_at" in token:
-        if token["expires_at"] > time.time():
-            valid = True
-
-    if not valid:
-        # read token from file
-        
-        # read file from home directory
-        home = expanduser("~")
-        with open(f"{home}/.config/github-copilot/hosts.json", "r") as f:
-            terms = json.load(f)
-            auth_token = terms["github.com"]["oauth_token"]
-
-
-            headers = {
-                'Authorization': f"Bearer {auth_token}",
-            }
-            response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/copilot_internal/v2/token', headers=headers)
-            
-            if response.status_code != 200:
-                return None
-
-            token = response.json()
-
-            # save the token in a json file with the expiration time
-            with open("token.json", "w") as f:
-                json.dump(token, f)
-
-    return token["token"]
-
 # get a suggestion using github copilot
 def get_suggestion(prompt, token):
     headers = {
@@ -125,7 +82,9 @@ def main():
 def generate_suggestion(prompt):
     prompt = " ".join(prompt)
     prompt = "!/bin/bash\n\n" + prompt + ":\n"
-    token = get_token()
+
+    authToken = AuthToken()
+    token = authToken.get_github_api_token()
 
     suggestion = get_suggestion(prompt, token)
     panel = Panel(Text(suggestion, justify="center"), title_align="center", title="Execute? \[y/n/e/c]", expand=False)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cc6eb6..a226ab5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
     author='Victor Mylle',
     author_email='victor.mylle@hotmail.com',
     license='MIT',
-    py_modules=['copilot'],
+    py_modules=['copilot', 'AuthToken'],
     install_requires=[
         'requests',
         'click',
diff --git a/token.json b/token.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1554859..0000000
--- a/token.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"expires_at": 1669988057, "public_suggestions": "disabled", "refresh_in": 1500, "sku": "free_educational", "telemetry": "disabled", "token": "tid=d47460691ef58366f713e508d59d807b;exp=1669988057;sku=free_educational:8f88da8df463706243fcf52df0f6e9d5ec3ca0126ccdc919c2528ce4f7573101", "tracking_id": "d47460691ef58366f713e508d59d807b"}
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