diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 148b985d..0800b8a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ Version 2.0.0
 Breaking Changes
 ----------------
 - Node.js versions below 10 are no longer supported.
+- lib/authenticate no longer requires config to be passed to it.  Breaks
+  playerManager.
diff --git a/lib/authenticate.js b/lib/authenticate.js
index 9365a107..c1a02753 100644
--- a/lib/authenticate.js
+++ b/lib/authenticate.js
@@ -1,28 +1,48 @@
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 
-// const config = require("./../config");
+let authSecret = null;
+function setAuthSecret(secret) {
+	authSecret = secret;
+}
 
-module.exports = function(config){
-	return {
-		middleware: function (req, res, next) {
-			var token = req.headers['x-access-token'];
-			if(!token) return res.status(401).send({ auth: false, message: 'No token provided.', endpoint: req.route.path});
-			
-			jwt.verify(token, config.masterAuthSecret, function(err, decoded) {
-				if(err) return res.status(500).send({ auth: false, message: 'Failed to authenticate token.', endpoint: req.route.path});
-				next();
-			});
-		},
-		check: async function(token){
-			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-				jwt.verify(token, config.masterAuthSecret, function(err, decoded) {
-					if(err){
-						resolve({ok:false, msg:err})
-					} else {
-						resolve({ok:true, msg:"Successfully authenticated"});
-					}
-				});
-			});
-		}
+function middleware(req, res, next) {
+	// This should not happen
+	if (!authSecret) {
+		return res.status(500).send({ auth: false, message: 'Secret not set', endpoint: req.route.path });
 	}
+
+	var token = req.headers['x-access-token'];
+	if (!token) {
+		return res.status(401).send({ auth: false, message: 'No token provided.', endpoint: req.route.path });
+	}
+
+	jwt.verify(token, authSecret, function(err, decoded) {
+		if (err) {
+			return res.status(401).send({ auth: false, message: 'Failed to authenticate token.', endpoint: req.route.path });
+		}
+		next();
+	});
+}
+
+async function check(token) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		// This should not happen
+		if (!authSecret) {
+			resolve({ ok: false, msg: 'Secret not set' });
+		}
+
+		jwt.verify(token, authSecret, function(err, decoded) {
+			if (err) {
+				resolve({ok:false, msg:err})
+			} else {
+				resolve({ok:true, msg:"Successfully authenticated"});
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	setAuthSecret,
+	middleware,
+	check,
 };
diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index dc68b2a4..23a01acc 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const generateSSLcert = require("lib/generateSSLcert");
 const getFactorioLocale = require("lib/getFactorioLocale");
 
 // homemade express middleware for token auth
-const authenticate = require("lib/authenticate")(config);
+const authenticate = require("lib/authenticate");
 
 const express = require("express");
 const compression = require('compression');
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ async function startServer() {
 	// mod downloads
 	app.use(express.static(masterModFolder));
 
+	authenticate.setAuthSecret(config.masterAuthSecret);
+
 	// Make sure we're actually going to listen on a port
 	let httpPort = args.masterPort || config.masterPort;
 	let httpsPort = args.sslPort || config.sslPort;
diff --git a/master.spec.js b/master.spec.js
index 52620873..61cbf3cc 100644
--- a/master.spec.js
+++ b/master.spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-const app = require('./master.js');
-const config = require('./config.json');
 const assert = require('assert').strict;
 const request = require('supertest');
 const validateHTML = require('html5-validator');
 const parallel = require('mocha.parallel');
 const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
 
+const app = require('./master.js');
+const config = require('./config.json');
+const authenticate = require('lib/authenticate');
+
+
+authenticate.setAuthSecret(config.masterAuthSecret);
 
 const token =
 	jwt.sign( { id: "api" }, config.masterAuthSecret, { expiresIn: 600 });
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
index eb6fe31b..d65a8e20 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 
 class masterPlugin {
 	constructor({config, socketio, express, Prometheus}){
-		const authenticate = require("lib/authenticate")(config);
+		const authenticate = require("lib/authenticate");
 		
 		this.config = config;
 		this.io = socketio;