diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bd89e2..ab1e162 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pmill/aws-cognito
 =================
 
 ![Downloads](https://poser.pugx.org/pmill/aws-cognito/downloads)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/pmill/aws-cognito.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/pmill/aws-cognito)
 
 Introduction
 ------------
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
 Next, run the Composer command to install the latest version:
 
 ```bash
-composer.phar require pmill/aws-cognito
+php composer.phar require pmill/aws-cognito
 ```
 
 Usage
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ before running them.
 Version History
 ---------------
 
+0.2.11 (06/01/2020)
+
+Added method to get a user by an access token - bjoernHeneka
+
 0.2.10 (21/10/2019)
 
 *   Added tests - [franjid](https://github.com/franjid)
diff --git a/examples/getUserByToken.php b/examples/getUserByToken.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b7b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/getUserByToken.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+/** @var \pmill\AwsCognito\CognitoClient $client */
+$client = require(__DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php');
+
+$username = 'test@example.com';
+$password = 'S3cr3T';
+
+$authenticationResponse = $client->authenticate($username, $password);
+$accessToken = $authenticationResponse['AccessToken'];
+
+try {
+    $user = $client->getUserByToken($accessToken);
+    echo $user['Username'].PHP_EOL;
+    var_dump($user['UserAttributes']);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo "An error occurred: ".$e->getMessage();
+}
diff --git a/src/CognitoClient.php b/src/CognitoClient.php
index c94c752..aa59cbd 100644
--- a/src/CognitoClient.php
+++ b/src/CognitoClient.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 namespace pmill\AwsCognito;
 
 use Aws\CognitoIdentityProvider\CognitoIdentityProviderClient;
@@ -201,6 +202,25 @@ public function confirmUserRegistration($confirmationCode, $username)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $accessToken
+     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws TokenExpiryException
+     * @throws TokenVerificationException
+     * @return AwsResult
+     */
+    public function getUserByToken($accessToken)
+    {
+        try {
+            $response = $this->client->getUser([
+                'AccessToken' => $accessToken,
+            ]);
+            return $response;
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            throw CognitoResponseException::createFromCognitoException($e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /*
      * @param string $username
      * @return AwsResult
@@ -261,7 +281,8 @@ public function adminDeleteUser($username)
      * @param string $groupName
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function addUserToGroup($username, $groupName) {
+    public function addUserToGroup($username, $groupName)
+    {
         try {
             $this->client->adminAddUserToGroup([
                 'UserPoolId' => $this->userPoolId,
@@ -480,10 +501,10 @@ public function decodeAccessToken($accessToken)
      *
      * @param string $accessToken
      *
-     * @throws TokenExpiryException
+     * @return string
      * @throws TokenVerificationException
      *
-     * @return string
+     * @throws TokenExpiryException
      */
     public function verifyAccessToken($accessToken)
     {
@@ -494,7 +515,7 @@ public function verifyAccessToken($accessToken)
             throw new TokenVerificationException('invalid iss');
         }
 
-        if ($jwtPayload['token_use'] !== 'access') {
+        if ( !in_array($jwtPayload['token_use'], ['id','access']) ) {
             throw new TokenVerificationException('invalid token_use');
         }
 
@@ -502,7 +523,7 @@ public function verifyAccessToken($accessToken)
             throw new TokenExpiryException('invalid exp');
         }
 
-        return $jwtPayload['username'];
+        return $jwtPayload['username'] ?? $jwtPayload['cognito:username'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -526,7 +547,7 @@ public function getGroupsForUsername($username)
         try {
             return $this->client->adminListGroupsForUser([
                 'UserPoolId' => $this->userPoolId,
-                'Username'   => $username
+                'Username' => $username
             ]);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw CognitoResponseException::createFromCognitoException($e);