diff --git a/slacker.py b/slacker.py
index 420307c..bd625a9 100755
--- a/slacker.py
+++ b/slacker.py
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ def __init__(self, slack_name, token, init=True):
         assert self.token, "Token should not be blank"
         self.url = self.api_url()
         self.session = requests.Session()
+        self.session.headers.update({"Authorization": "Bearer "+token})
         if init:
             self.get_users()
             self.get_channels()
 
     def get_emojis(self):
-        url = self.url + "emoji.list?token={}".format(self.token)
+        url = self.url + "emoji.list"
         return self.get_with_retry_to_json(url)
 
     def get_users(self):
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ def get_with_retry_to_json(self, url):
                     self.logger.debug('Unknown requests error. Sleeping %s. %s/%s retry attempts.', retry_after, retry_attempts, max_retry_attempts)
                 time.sleep(retry_after)
                 continue
+            print(response.json())
             payload = response.json()
 
         return payload
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ def get_messages_in_time_range(self, oldest, cid, latest=None):
         messages = []
         done = False
         while not done:
-            murl = self.url + "conversations.history?oldest={}&token={}&channel={}".format(oldest, self.token, cid)
+            murl = self.url + "conversations.history?oldest={}&channel={}".format(oldest, cid)
             if latest:
                 murl += "&latest={}".format(latest)
             else:
@@ -183,8 +185,8 @@ def get_channel_members_ids(self, channel_name):
         if not member_count:
             return members  # should be an empty set
 
-        url_template = self.url + "conversations.members?token={}&channel={}"
-        url = url_template.format(self.token, cid)
+        url_template = self.url + "conversations.members?channel={}"
+        url = url_template.format(cid)
 
         while True:
             ret = self.get_with_retry_to_json(url)
@@ -198,8 +200,8 @@ def get_channel_members_ids(self, channel_name):
 
             # once through the loop once, update the url to call to include the cursor
             if ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor']:
-                url_template = self.url + "conversations.members?token={}&channel={}&cursor={}"
-                url = url_template.format(self.token, cid, ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor'])
+                url_template = self.url + "conversations.members&channel={}&cursor={}"
+                url = url_template.format(cid, ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor'])
             # no more members to iterate over
             else:
                 break
@@ -231,10 +233,10 @@ def get_channel_info(self, channel_name):
         returns JSON with channel information.  Adds 'age' in seconds to JSON
         """
         # ensure include_num_members is available for get_channel_member_count()
-        url_template = self.url + "conversations.info?token={}&channel={}&include_num_members=true"
+        url_template = self.url + "conversations.info?channel={}&include_num_members=true"
         cid = self.get_channelid(channel_name)
         now = int(time.time())
-        url = url_template.format(self.token, cid)
+        url = url_template.format(cid)
         ret = self.get_with_retry_to_json(url)
         if ret['ok'] is not True:
             m = "Attempted get_channel_info() for {}, but return was {}"
@@ -259,8 +261,8 @@ def get_all_channel_objects(self, exclude_archived=True):
         else:
             exclude_archived = 0
 
-        url_template = self.url + "conversations.list?exclude_archived={}&token={}"
-        url = url_template.format(exclude_archived, self.token)
+        url_template = self.url + "conversations.list?exclude_archived={}"
+        url = url_template.format(exclude_archived)
 
         while True:
             ret = self.get_with_retry_to_json(url)
@@ -274,8 +276,8 @@ def get_all_channel_objects(self, exclude_archived=True):
             # after going through the loop once, update the url to call to
             #   include the pagination cursor
             if ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor']:
-                url_template = self.url + "conversations.list?exclude_archived={}&token={}&cursor={}"
-                url = url_template.format(exclude_archived, self.token, ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor'])
+                url_template = self.url + "conversations.list?exclude_archived={}&cursor={}"
+                url = url_template.format(exclude_archived, ret['response_metadata']['next_cursor'])
 
             # no more channels to iterate over
             else:
@@ -284,13 +286,13 @@ def get_all_channel_objects(self, exclude_archived=True):
         return channels
 
     def get_all_user_objects(self):
-        url = self.url + "users.list?token=" + self.token
+        url = self.url + "users.list"
         return self.get_with_retry_to_json(url)['members']
 
     def archive(self, channel_name):
-        url_template = self.url + "conversations.archive?token={}&channel={}"
+        url_template = self.url + "conversations.archive?channel={}"
         cid = self.get_channelid(channel_name)
-        url = url_template.format(self.token, cid)
+        url = url_template.format(cid)
         request = self.session.post(url)
         payload = request.json()
         return payload
@@ -307,7 +309,6 @@ def post_message(self, channel, message, message_type=None):
             channel = channel[1:]
 
         post_data = {
-            'token': self.token,
             'channel': channel,
             'text': message.encode('utf-8')
         }