diff --git a/osu-framework b/osu-framework
index 3bbfe01375..79572e2da7 160000
--- a/osu-framework
+++ b/osu-framework
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3bbfe0137546497e767f7863cda66efc42b1686c
+Subproject commit 79572e2da7d5f0467f6fd6ad277cfbade2e21b79
diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
index 5f39925307..367b64a07a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Configuration
 {
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
             Set(OsuConfig.Width, 1366);
             Set(OsuConfig.Height, 768);
             Set(OsuConfig.MouseSensitivity, 1.0);
+
+            Set(OsuConfig.Username, string.Empty);
+            Set(OsuConfig.Password, string.Empty);
+            Set(OsuConfig.Token, string.Empty);
         }
     }
 
@@ -20,5 +25,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
         Width,
         Height,
         MouseSensitivity,
+        Username,
+        Password,
+        Token
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59b3d91d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Threading;
+using osu.Framework.Logging;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API
+{
+    internal class APIAccess
+    {
+        private OAuth authentication;
+
+        internal string Endpoint = @"https://new.ppy.sh";
+        const string ClientId = @"daNBnfdv7SppRVc61z0XuOI13y6Hroiz";
+        const string ClientSecret = @"d6fgZuZeQ0eSXkEj5igdqQX6ztdtS6Ow";
+
+        ConcurrentQueue<APIRequest> queue = new ConcurrentQueue<APIRequest>();
+
+        public string Username;
+
+        private SecurePassword password;
+
+        public string Password
+        {
+            set
+            {
+                password = string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) ? null : new SecurePassword(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string Token
+        {
+            get { return authentication.Token?.ToString(); }
+
+            set
+            {
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+                    authentication.Token = null;
+                else
+                    authentication.Token = OAuthToken.Parse(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected bool HasLogin => Token != null || (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Username) && password != null);
+
+        private Thread thread;
+
+        Logger log;
+
+        internal APIAccess()
+        {
+            authentication = new OAuth(ClientId, ClientSecret, Endpoint);
+            log = Logger.GetLogger(LoggingTarget.Network);
+
+            thread = new Thread(run) { IsBackground = true };
+            thread.Start();
+        }
+
+        internal string AccessToken => authentication.RequestAccessToken();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Number of consecutive requests which failed due to network issues.
+        /// </summary>
+        int failureCount = 0;
+
+        private void run()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                switch (State)
+                {
+                    case APIState.Failing:
+                        //todo: replace this with a ping request.
+                        log.Add($@"In a failing state, waiting a bit before we try again...");
+                        Thread.Sleep(5000);
+                        if (queue.Count == 0)
+                        {
+                            log.Add($@"Queueing a ping request");
+                            Queue(new ListChannelsRequest() { Timeout = 5000 });
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case APIState.Offline:
+                        //work to restore a connection...
+                        if (!HasLogin)
+                        {
+                            //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(() => { OsuGame.ShowLogin(); });
+
+                            State = APIState.Offline;
+                            Thread.Sleep(500);
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if (State < APIState.Connecting)
+                            State = APIState.Connecting;
+
+                        if (!authentication.HasValidAccessToken && !authentication.AuthenticateWithLogin(Username, password.Get(Representation.Raw)))
+                        {
+                            //todo: this fails even on network-related issues. we should probably handle those differently.
+                            //NotificationManager.ShowMessage("Login failed!");
+                            log.Add(@"Login failed!");
+                            ClearCredentials();
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        //we're connected!
+                        State = APIState.Online;
+                        failureCount = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                //hard bail if we can't get a valid access token.
+                if (authentication.RequestAccessToken() == null)
+                {
+                    State = APIState.Offline;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                //process the request queue.
+                APIRequest req;
+                while (queue.TryPeek(out req))
+                {
+                    if (handleRequest(req))
+                    {
+                        //we have succeeded, so let's unqueue.
+                        queue.TryDequeue(out req);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Thread.Sleep(1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ClearCredentials()
+        {
+            Username = null;
+            password = null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handle a single API request.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="req">The request.</param>
+        /// <returns>true if we should remove this request from the queue.</returns>
+        private bool handleRequest(APIRequest req)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                req.Perform(this);
+
+                State = APIState.Online;
+                failureCount = 0;
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (WebException we)
+            {
+                HttpStatusCode statusCode = (we.Response as HttpWebResponse)?.StatusCode ?? HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout;
+
+                switch (statusCode)
+                {
+                    case HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized:
+                        State = APIState.Offline;
+                        return true;
+                    case HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout:
+                        failureCount++;
+                        log.Add($@"API failure count is now {failureCount}");
+
+                        if (failureCount < 3)
+                            //we might try again at an api level.
+                            return false;
+
+                        State = APIState.Failing;
+                        return true;
+                }
+
+                req.Fail(we);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                if (e is TimeoutException)
+                    log.Add(@"API level timeout exception was hit");
+
+                req.Fail(e);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private APIState state;
+        public APIState State
+        {
+            get { return state; }
+            set
+            {
+                APIState oldState = state;
+                APIState newState = value;
+
+                state = value;
+
+                switch (state)
+                {
+                    case APIState.Failing:
+                    case APIState.Offline:
+                        flushQueue();
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                if (oldState != newState)
+                {
+                    //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(delegate
+                    {
+                        //NotificationManager.ShowMessage($@"We just went {newState}!", newState == APIState.Online ? Color4.YellowGreen : Color4.OrangeRed, 5000);
+                        log.Add($@"We just went {newState}!");
+                        OnStateChange?.Invoke(oldState, newState);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal void Queue(APIRequest request)
+        {
+            queue.Enqueue(request);
+        }
+
+        internal event StateChangeDelegate OnStateChange;
+
+        internal delegate void StateChangeDelegate(APIState oldState, APIState newState);
+
+        internal enum APIState
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// We cannot login (not enough credentials).
+            /// </summary>
+            Offline,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// We are having connectivity issues.
+            /// </summary>
+            Failing,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// We are in the process of (re-)connecting.
+            /// </summary>
+            Connecting,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// We are online.
+            /// </summary>
+            Online
+        }
+
+        private void flushQueue(bool failOldRequests = true)
+        {
+            var oldQueue = queue;
+
+            //flush the queue.
+            queue = new ConcurrentQueue<APIRequest>();
+
+            if (failOldRequests)
+            {
+                APIRequest req;
+                while (queue.TryDequeue(out req))
+                    req.Fail(new Exception(@"Disconnected from server"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal void Logout()
+        {
+            authentication.Clear();
+            State = APIState.Offline;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63689d5b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using osu.Framework.IO.Network;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An API request with a well-defined response type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the response (used for deserialisation).</typeparam>
+    internal class APIRequest<T> : APIRequest
+    {
+        protected override WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new JsonWebRequest<T>(Uri);
+
+        public APIRequest()
+        {
+            base.Success += onSuccess;
+        }
+
+        private void onSuccess()
+        {
+            Success?.Invoke((WebRequest as JsonWebRequest<T>).ResponseObject);
+        }
+
+        public new event APISuccessHandler<T> Success;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// AN API request with no specified response type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class APIRequest
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum amount of time before this request will fail.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal int Timeout = WebRequest.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+
+        protected virtual string Target => string.Empty;
+
+        protected virtual WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new WebRequest(Uri);
+
+        protected virtual string Uri => $@"{api.Endpoint}/api/v2/{Target}";
+
+        private double remainingTime => Math.Max(0, Timeout - (DateTime.Now.TotalMilliseconds() - (startTime ?? 0)));
+
+        internal bool ExceededTimeout => remainingTime == 0;
+
+        private double? startTime;
+
+        internal double StartTime => startTime ?? -1;
+
+        private APIAccess api;
+        protected WebRequest WebRequest;
+
+        public event APISuccessHandler Success;
+        public event APIFailureHandler Failure;
+
+        internal void Perform(APIAccess api)
+        {
+            if (startTime == null)
+                startTime = DateTime.Now.TotalMilliseconds();
+
+            this.api = api;
+
+            if (remainingTime <= 0)
+                throw new TimeoutException(@"API request timeout hit");
+
+            WebRequest = CreateWebRequest();
+            WebRequest.RetryCount = 0;
+            WebRequest.Headers[@"Authorization"] = $@"Bearer {api.AccessToken}";
+
+            WebRequest.BlockingPerform();
+
+            //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(delegate {
+                Success?.Invoke();
+            //});
+        }
+
+        internal void Fail(Exception e)
+        {
+            WebRequest?.Abort();
+            //OsuGame.Scheduler.Add(delegate {
+                Failure?.Invoke(e);
+            //});
+        }
+    }
+
+    public delegate void APIFailureHandler(Exception e);
+    public delegate void APISuccessHandler();
+    public delegate void APISuccessHandler<T>(T content);
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuth.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuth.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbd33c0b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuth.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using osu.Framework.IO.Network;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API
+{
+    internal class OAuth
+    {
+        private readonly string clientId;
+        private readonly string clientSecret;
+        private readonly string endpoint;
+
+        public OAuthToken Token;
+
+        internal OAuth(string clientId, string clientSecret, string endpoint)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(clientId != null);
+            Debug.Assert(clientSecret != null);
+            Debug.Assert(endpoint != null);
+
+            this.clientId = clientId;
+            this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
+            this.endpoint = endpoint;
+        }
+
+        internal bool AuthenticateWithLogin(string username, string password)
+        {
+            var req = new AccessTokenRequestPassword(username, password)
+            {
+                Url = $@"{endpoint}/oauth/access_token",
+                Method = HttpMethod.POST,
+                ClientId = clientId,
+                ClientSecret = clientSecret
+            };
+
+            try
+            {
+                req.BlockingPerform();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Token = req.ResponseObject;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        internal bool AuthenticateWithRefresh(string refresh)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var req = new AccessTokenRequestRefresh(refresh)
+                {
+                    Url = $@"{endpoint}/oauth/access_token",
+                    Method = HttpMethod.POST,
+                    ClientId = clientId,
+                    ClientSecret = clientSecret
+                };
+                req.BlockingPerform();
+
+                Token = req.ResponseObject;
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                //todo: potentially only kill the refresh token on certain exception types.
+                Token = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Should be run before any API request to make sure we have a valid key.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool ensureAccessToken()
+        {
+            //todo: we need to mutex this to ensure only one authentication request is running at a time.
+
+            //If we already have a valid access token, let's use it.
+            if (accessTokenValid) return true;
+
+            //If not, let's try using our refresh token to request a new access token.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Token?.RefreshToken))
+                AuthenticateWithRefresh(Token.RefreshToken);
+
+            return accessTokenValid;
+        }
+
+        private bool accessTokenValid => Token?.IsValid ?? false;
+
+        internal bool HasValidAccessToken => RequestAccessToken() != null;
+
+        internal string RequestAccessToken()
+        {
+            if (!ensureAccessToken()) return null;
+
+            return Token.AccessToken;
+        }
+
+        internal void Clear()
+        {
+            Token = null;
+        }
+
+        private class AccessTokenRequestRefresh : AccessTokenRequest
+        {
+            internal readonly string RefreshToken;
+
+            internal AccessTokenRequestRefresh(string refreshToken)
+            {
+                RefreshToken = refreshToken;
+                GrantType = @"refresh_token";
+            }
+
+            protected override void PrePerform()
+            {
+                Parameters[@"refresh_token"] = RefreshToken;
+                base.PrePerform();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class AccessTokenRequestPassword : AccessTokenRequest
+        {
+            internal readonly string Username;
+            internal readonly string Password;
+
+            internal AccessTokenRequestPassword(string username, string password)
+            {
+                Username = username;
+                Password = password;
+                GrantType = @"password";
+            }
+
+            protected override void PrePerform()
+            {
+                Parameters[@"username"] = Username;
+                Parameters[@"password"] = Password;
+                base.PrePerform();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class AccessTokenRequest : JsonWebRequest<OAuthToken>
+        {
+            protected string GrantType;
+
+            internal string ClientId;
+            internal string ClientSecret;
+
+            protected override void PrePerform()
+            {
+                Parameters[@"grant_type"] = GrantType;
+                Parameters[@"client_id"] = ClientId;
+                Parameters[@"client_secret"] = ClientSecret;
+                base.PrePerform();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuthToken.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuthToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa45020a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/OAuthToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API
+{
+    [Serializable]
+    internal class OAuthToken
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// OAuth 2.0 access token.
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty(@"access_token")]
+        public string AccessToken;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"expires_in")]
+        public long ExpiresIn
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return AccessTokenExpiry - DateTime.Now.ToUnixTimestamp();
+            }
+
+            set
+            {
+                AccessTokenExpiry = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(value).ToUnixTimestamp();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsValid => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(AccessToken) && ExpiresIn > 30;
+
+        public long AccessTokenExpiry;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// OAuth 2.0 refresh token.
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonProperty(@"refresh_token")]
+        public string RefreshToken;
+
+        public override string ToString() => $@"{AccessToken}/{AccessTokenExpiry.ToString(NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)}/{RefreshToken}";
+
+        public static OAuthToken Parse(string value)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string[] parts = value.Split('/');
+                return new OAuthToken()
+                {
+                    AccessToken = parts[0],
+                    AccessTokenExpiry = long.Parse(parts[1], NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo),
+                    RefreshToken = parts[2]
+                };
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetMessagesRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetMessagesRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4de206e8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetMessagesRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Framework.IO.Network;
+using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests
+{
+    internal class GetMessagesRequest : APIRequest<List<Message>>
+    {
+        List<Channel> channels;
+        long? since;
+
+        public GetMessagesRequest(List<Channel> channels, long? sinceId)
+        {
+            this.channels = channels;
+            this.since = sinceId;
+        }
+
+        protected override WebRequest CreateWebRequest()
+        {
+            string channelString = string.Empty;
+            foreach (Channel c in channels)
+                channelString += c.Id + ",";
+            channelString = channelString.TrimEnd(',');
+
+            var req = base.CreateWebRequest();
+            req.AddParameter(@"channels", channelString);
+            if (since.HasValue) req.AddParameter(@"since", since.Value.ToString());
+
+            return req;
+        }
+
+        protected override string Target => @"chat/messages";
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/ListChannels.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/ListChannels.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5592f8aa04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/ListChannels.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests
+{
+    internal class ListChannelsRequest : APIRequest<List<Channel>>
+    {
+        protected override string Target => @"chat/channels";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/SecurePassword.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/SecurePassword.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e39ce1fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/SecurePassword.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using System.Security;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.API
+{
+    internal class SecurePassword
+    {
+        private readonly SecureString storage = new SecureString();
+        private readonly Representation representation;
+
+        //todo: move this to a central constants file.
+        private const string password_entropy = @"cu24180ncjeiu0ci1nwui";
+
+        public SecurePassword(string input, bool encrypted = false)
+        {
+            //if (encrypted)
+            //{
+            //    string rep;
+            //    input = DPAPI.Decrypt(input, password_entropy, out rep);
+            //    Enum.TryParse(rep, out representation);
+            //}
+            //else
+            {
+                representation = Representation.Raw;
+            }
+
+            foreach (char c in input)
+                storage.AppendChar(c);
+            storage.MakeReadOnly();
+        }
+
+        internal string Get(Representation request = Representation.Raw)
+        {
+            switch (request)
+            {
+                default:
+                    return storage.UnsecureRepresentation();
+                //case Representation.Encrypted:
+                //    return DPAPI.Encrypt(DPAPI.KeyType.UserKey, storage.UnsecureRepresentation(), password_entropy, representation.ToString());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    enum Representation
+    {
+        Raw,
+        Encrypted
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Channel.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Channel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c0b31a18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Channel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
+{
+    public class Channel
+    {
+        [JsonProperty(@"name")]
+        public string Name;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"description")]
+        public string Topic;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"type")]
+        public string Type;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"channel_id")]
+        public int Id;
+
+        public List<Message> Messages = new List<Message>();
+
+        internal bool Joined;
+
+        [JsonConstructor]
+        public Channel()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Message.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Message.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecf91c481d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/Message.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+//Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
+{
+    public class Message
+    {
+        [JsonProperty(@"message_id")]
+        public long Id;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"user_id")]
+        public string UserId;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"channel_id")]
+        public string ChannelId;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"timestamp")]
+        public DateTime Timestamp;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"content")]
+        internal string Content;
+
+        [JsonProperty(@"sender")]
+        internal string User;
+
+        [JsonConstructor]
+        public Message()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 0bccbd02c3..355472c437 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 //Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 //Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Drawing;
 using osu.Framework.Framework;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.GameModes.Menu;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Cursor;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Processing;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
 
 namespace osu.Game
 {
@@ -16,6 +19,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         protected override string MainResourceFile => @"osu.Game.Resources.dll";
 
+        internal APIAccess API;
+
         public override void Load()
         {
             base.Load();
@@ -23,6 +28,19 @@ namespace osu.Game
             Window.Size = new Size(Config.Get<int>(OsuConfig.Width), Config.Get<int>(OsuConfig.Height));
             Window.OnSizeChanged += window_OnSizeChanged;
 
+            API = new APIAccess()
+            {
+                Username = Config.Get<string>(OsuConfig.Username),
+                Password = Config.Get<string>(OsuConfig.Password),
+                Token = Config.Get<string>(OsuConfig.Token)
+            };
+
+            //var req = new ListChannelsRequest();
+            //req.Success += content =>
+            //{
+            //};
+            //API.Queue(req);
+
             AddProcessingContainer(new RatioAdjust());
 
             //Add(new FontTest());
@@ -31,10 +49,18 @@ namespace osu.Game
             Add(new CursorContainer());
         }
 
+        protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
+        {
+            //refresh token may have changed.
+            Config.Set(OsuConfig.Token, API.Token);
+
+            base.Dispose(isDisposing);
+        }
+
         private void window_OnSizeChanged()
         {
-            Config.Set<int>(OsuConfig.Width, Window.Size.Width);
-            Config.Set<int>(OsuConfig.Height, Window.Size.Height);
+            Config.Set(OsuConfig.Width, Window.Size.Width);
+            Config.Set(OsuConfig.Height, Window.Size.Height);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index e6fed78800..0ce2220ef7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />
+    <NuGetPackageImportStamp>
+    </NuGetPackageImportStamp>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="OpenTK, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bad199fe84eb3df4, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\ppy.OpenTK.1.1.2225.2\lib\net20\OpenTK.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
@@ -51,6 +57,15 @@
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Cursor\CursorContainer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Processing\RatioAdjust.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\TextAwesome.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\APIAccess.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\APIRequest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\OAuth.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\OAuthToken.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\GetMessagesRequest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\SecurePassword.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\ListChannels.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\Chat\Channel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Online\Chat\Message.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OsuGame.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Game/packages.config b/osu.Game/packages.config
index 81483329dd..5431778304 100644
--- a/osu.Game/packages.config
+++ b/osu.Game/packages.config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Copyright (c) 2007-2016 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 -->
-
 <packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ppy.OpenTK" version="1.1.2225.2" targetFramework="net452" />
 </packages>
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