diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js b/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
index e81bfa81..36aa1c68 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const authenticate = async (code, privateAccess, userKey) => {
 const getUserMetadata = async (userKey) => {
   try {
     const fullUrl = `https://${HOST}/api/user-access?user_key=${userKey}`;
-    // if this returns a 404/400, will the _logout() in AppTrends.js be triggered successfully?
     const result = await axios.get(fullUrl);
     return result.data;
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/pages/App/AppTrends.js b/frontend/frontend/src/pages/App/AppTrends.js
index 6dc10974..c3f174ce 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/src/pages/App/AppTrends.js
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/pages/App/AppTrends.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function WrappedRedirectScreen() {
 function App() {
   const userId = useSelector((state) => state.user.userId);
   const userKey = useSelector((state) => state.user.userKey);
+  const userToken = useSelector((state) => state.user.token);
   const isAuthenticated = userId && userId.length > 0;
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ function App() {
     getPrivateAccess();
   }, [userKey]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    process.env.PAT_1 = userToken;
+  }, [userToken]);
+
   return (
     <div className="h-screen flex flex-col">
       <Router basename="/frontend">
diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.js b/frontend/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.js
index ad590ca6..8df4662d 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.js
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/pages/Home/Home.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
 import { default as router } from '../../backend/.vercel/output/functions/api.func/router.js';
 
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
@@ -148,31 +147,9 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
               console.log('mock http error: ', e);
             }
           };
-          const ghToken = prompt('input GitHub token:');
-          process.env['PAT_1'] = ghToken;
           await testEndpoint('/api/wakatime?username=ffflabs');
           await testEndpoint('/api/wakatime?username=ffflabsASDF');
           console.log('PAT_1: ', process.env.PAT_1);
-          // console.log(router);
-          /*
-          const restResult = await axios.get(
-            'https://api.github.com/search/commits?q=author:martin-mfg',
-          );
-          console.log(restResult);
-          const ghToken = prompt('input GitHub token:');
-          const graphqlResult = await axios.post(
-            'https://api.github.com/graphql',
-            {
-              query: 'query { viewer { login }}',
-            },
-            {
-              headers: {
-                Authorization: `Bearer ${ghToken}`,
-              },
-            },
-          );
-          console.log(graphqlResult);
-*/
         } catch (e) {
           console.error(e);
         }