diff --git a/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/AccToken.cs b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/AccToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1051797c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/AccToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace InnovEnergy.App.OpenVpnCertificatesServer;
+
+internal class AccToken
+{
+    public String token   { get; init; }
+    public String bearer   { get; init; }
+    public UInt64 idUser      { get; init; }
+    public String verification_mode { get; init; }
+    public String idAccessToken { get; init; }
+    public Boolean verification_sent { get; init; }
+    public Boolean success { get; init; }
+}
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diff --git a/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/OpenVpnCertificatesServer.csproj b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/OpenVpnCertificatesServer.csproj
index e44b0a11e..96abef819 100644
--- a/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/OpenVpnCertificatesServer.csproj
+++ b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/OpenVpnCertificatesServer.csproj
@@ -12,5 +12,11 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="../../Lib/Victron/VictronVRM/VictronVRM.csproj" />
       <ProjectReference Include="../../Lib/Utils/Utils.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <None Update="token.json">
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
+    </ItemGroup>
     
 </Project>
diff --git a/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/Program.cs b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/Program.cs
index 436a5ff6d..024cc61b0 100644
--- a/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/Program.cs
+++ b/csharp/App/OpenVpnCertificatesServer/Program.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@ public static class Program
     private const String CcdDir     = VpnDir + "/ccd";
     private const String CertsDir   = VpnDir + "/certs";
     private const String Endpoint   = "http://localhost:4000/";
-    
-    private static readonly AccToken AccToken = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AccToken>(File.OpenRead("./token.json"))!;    //"d4179e69413ad8c507e0965a55bb90fe712184af9c81c196b9d19db5bb083d5f";
+
+    private static AccToken ReadAccessToken()
+    {
+        var content = File.ReadAllText("./token.json");
+        return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AccToken>(content)!;
+    }
+
+
     private const String ManualPw   = "MwBRbQb3QaX7l9XIaakq";
     
     private const String QueryPath               = "/get_cert";
@@ -136,8 +142,8 @@ public static class Program
         Console.WriteLine($"looking up unique id {uniqueId} on VRM");
 
         //var installationName = await LookupInstallationNameByUniqueId(ccdName);
-        
-        using var vrm = VrmAccount.Token(AccToken.idUser, AccToken.token);  
+        var token = ReadAccessToken();
+        using var vrm = VrmAccount.Token(token.idUser, token.token);  
         var installations = await vrm.GetInstallations();
 
         var installationName = installations
@@ -153,8 +159,8 @@ public static class Program
     private static async Task<(String ccdName, String humanReadableName)?> LookupInstallationNameByMachineSerial(String ccdName)
     {
         Console.WriteLine($"looking up {ccdName} on VRM");
-        
-        using var vrm = VrmAccount.Token(AccToken.idUser, AccToken.token);  
+        var token = ReadAccessToken();
+        using var vrm = VrmAccount.Token(token.idUser, token.token);  
         var installations = await vrm.GetInstallations();
 
         foreach (var installation in installations)
@@ -268,15 +274,4 @@ public static class Program
 
         return $"{VpnSubnet}{hi}.{lo}";
     }
-}
-
-internal interface AccToken
-{
-    public String token   { get; init; }
-    public String bearer   { get; init; }
-    public UInt64 idUser      { get; init; }
-    public String verification_mode { get; init; }
-    public String idAccessToken { get; init; }
-    public Boolean verification_sent { get; init; }
-    public Boolean success { get; init; }
 }
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