diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 69e7dc8a..4e998d90 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    oauth2 (0.1.0)
+    oauth2 (0.1.1)
       faraday (~> 0.5.0)
       multi_json (~> 0.0.4)
 
diff --git a/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb b/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
index 0b33e104..e53d15fa 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module OAuth2
   class AccessToken
     attr_reader :client, :token, :refresh_token, :expires_in, :expires_at
+    attr_accessor :token_param
 
     def initialize(client, token, refresh_token = nil, expires_in = nil, params = {})
       @client = client
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ def initialize(client, token, refresh_token = nil, expires_in = nil, params = {}
       @expires_in = (expires_in.nil? || expires_in == '') ? nil : expires_in.to_i
       @expires_at = Time.now + @expires_in if @expires_in
       @params = params
+      @token_param = 'access_token'
     end
 
     def [](key)
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ def expires?
     end
 
     def request(verb, path, params = {}, headers = {})
-      @client.request(verb, path, params.merge('access_token' => @token), headers.merge('Authorization' => "Token token=\"#{@token}\""))
+      params = params.merge token_param => @token
+      headers = headers.merge 'Authorization' => "OAuth #{@token}"
+      @client.request(verb, path, params, headers)
     end
 
     def get(path, params = {}, headers = {})