diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2216b1a..4669e63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "typecheck": "npx tsc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chatgpt": "^3.3.1",
+    "chatgpt": "^3.3.6",
     "dotenv": "^14.2.0",
     "matrix-bot-sdk": "^0.6.2",
     "puppeteer": "^19.4.1",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 43c1b7a..509cc5a 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ export const dataPath = process.env.DATA_PATH as string;
 /** ChatGPT specific stuff */
 export const openAiEmail = process.env.OPENAI_EMAIL as string;
 export const openAiPassword = process.env.OPENAI_PASSWORD as string;
-export const isGoogleLogin = Boolean(process.env.IS_GOOGLE_LOGIN) as boolean;
+export const isGoogleLogin = process.env.IS_GOOGLE_LOGIN && process.env.IS_GOOGLE_LOGIN.toLowerCase() === "true";
+
 
-if(accessToken === undefined) {
-  console.error("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN env variable is undefined");
-  process.exit(1);
-}
 if(dataPath === undefined) {
   console.error("DATA_PATH env variable is undefined");
   process.exit(1);
@@ -34,13 +31,17 @@ if(homeserverUrl === undefined) {
   console.error("MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL env variable is undefined");
   process.exit(1);
 }
-if(matrixBotUsername === undefined) {
-  console.error("MATRIX_BOT_USERNAME env variable is undefined");
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-if(matrixBotPassword === undefined) {
-  console.error("MATRIX_BOT_PASSWORD env variable is undefined");
+if(accessToken === undefined) {
+  console.error("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN env variable is undefined, set it to empty string to use username and password");
   process.exit(1);
+  if(matrixBotUsername === undefined) {
+    console.error("MATRIX_BOT_USERNAME env variable is undefined, set it to empty string to use access token");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if(matrixBotPassword === undefined) {
+    console.error("MATRIX_BOT_PASSWORD env variable is undefined, set it to empty string to use access token");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }
 if(matrixAutojoin === undefined) {
   console.error("MATRIX_AUTO_JOIN env variable is undefined");
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3802964..feabb23 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   ICryptoStorageProvider,
   RustSdkCryptoStorageProvider,
 } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
+
 import * as path from "path";
 import { dataPath, openAiEmail, openAiPassword, isGoogleLogin, homeserverUrl, accessToken, matrixAutojoin, matrixBotPassword, matrixBotUsername, matrixEncryption } from './config.js'
 import { parseMatrixUsernamePretty } from './utils.js';
@@ -31,8 +32,13 @@ if (matrixEncryption) {
 
 async function main() {
   const botUsernameWithoutDomain = parseMatrixUsernamePretty(matrixBotUsername);
-  const authedClient = await (new MatrixAuth(homeserverUrl)).passwordLogin(botUsernameWithoutDomain, matrixBotPassword);
-  const client = new MatrixClient(authedClient.homeserverUrl, authedClient.accessToken, storage);
+  if (!accessToken){
+    const authedClient = await (new MatrixAuth(homeserverUrl)).passwordLogin(botUsernameWithoutDomain, matrixBotPassword);
+    console.log(authedClient.homeserverUrl + " token: \n" + authedClient.accessToken)
+    console.log("Set MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN to above token, MATRIX_ACCESS_USERNAME and MATRIX_ACCESS_PASSWORD can now be blank")
+    return;
+  }
+  const client = new MatrixClient(homeserverUrl, accessToken, storage);
 
   // use puppeteer to bypass cloudflare (headful because of captchas)  
   const chatGPT = new ChatGPTAPIBrowser({