diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e0fe08..ccb6bb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "messenger-chat",
   "author": "Amine Ben hammou",
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.2",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "A library to create chat bots for Messenger",
   "module": "dist/messenger-chat.esm.js",
diff --git a/src/bot/handle.ts b/src/bot/handle.ts
index 632dc0d..4c88671 100644
--- a/src/bot/handle.ts
+++ b/src/bot/handle.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {EventEntry, WebhookEvent} from '../events/types'
+import {Reply} from '../messages/types'
 import {BotConfig} from './types'
 
 export async function handle(config: BotConfig, event: WebhookEvent) {
@@ -11,19 +12,34 @@ export async function handle(config: BotConfig, event: WebhookEvent) {
 async function handleEntry(config: BotConfig, entry: EventEntry) {
   const messaging = entry.messaging[0]
   const {recipient, sender} = messaging
-  const {accessToken, storage, send} = config
+  const {storage, initialContext} = config
   const contextKey = `${sender.id}-${recipient.id}`
-  const context = (await storage.get(contextKey)) || config.initialContext
+  const context = (await storage.get(contextKey)) || initialContext
   const setContext = (value: any) => storage.set(contextKey, value)
-  let response = config.handle({...messaging, context, setContext})
+  const getUserFields = () => loadUserFields(config, sender)
+  let response = config.handle({...messaging, context, setContext, getUserFields})
   if (response instanceof Promise) {
     response = await response
   }
   if (response) {
-    await send(accessToken, {
+    await sendReply(config, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: sender,
       message: response,
     })
   }
 }
+
+async function sendReply({axiosInstance, accessToken}: BotConfig, reply: Reply) {
+  return axiosInstance.post(
+    `https://graph.facebook.com/v11.0/me/messages?access_token=${accessToken}`,
+    reply
+  )
+}
+
+async function loadUserFields({axiosInstance, accessToken}: BotConfig, sender: {id: string}) {
+  const res = await axiosInstance.get(
+    `https://graph.facebook.com/v11.0/${sender.id}?access_token=${accessToken}&fields=id,first_name,last_name,profile_pic`
+  )
+  return res.data
+}
diff --git a/src/bot/index.ts b/src/bot/index.ts
index 15618ce..a26d76f 100644
--- a/src/bot/index.ts
+++ b/src/bot/index.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ export function bot(config: Partial<BotConfig>): Bot {
   config = {
     initialContext: {},
     storage: memoryStorage(),
-    send: (token, data) =>
-      axiosInstance.post(
-        `https://graph.facebook.com/v11.0/me/messages?access_token=${token}`,
-        data
-      ),
+    axiosInstance,
     ...config,
   }
 
diff --git a/src/bot/types.ts b/src/bot/types.ts
index c9eb803..bcd2ed2 100644
--- a/src/bot/types.ts
+++ b/src/bot/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {AxiosInstance} from 'axios'
 import {Message} from '../messages/types'
 import {ContextStorage} from '../storages/types'
 import {WebhookEvent, MessagingItem} from '../events/types'
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export type BotConfig = {
   initialContext: any
   storage: ContextStorage
   handle: (entry: ChatEntry) => Message | undefined | Promise<Message | undefined>
-  send: (accessToken: string, data: any) => Promise<any>
+  axiosInstance: AxiosInstance
 }
 
 export interface Bot {
@@ -25,4 +26,12 @@ export type VerificationQuery = {
 export type ChatEntry = MessagingItem & {
   context: any
   setContext: (value: Record<string, any>) => void
+  getUserFields: () => Promise<UserFields>
+}
+
+export type UserFields = {
+  id: string
+  first_name: string
+  last_name: string
+  profile_pic: string
 }
diff --git a/test/bot.test.ts b/test/bot.test.ts
index a3b93f7..eb843ba 100644
--- a/test/bot.test.ts
+++ b/test/bot.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {BotConfig, ChatEntry} from '../src/types'
 import {bot, event, text, textReply} from '../src'
+import {AxiosInstance} from 'axios'
 
 describe('bot', () => {
   const evt = event()
@@ -14,17 +15,18 @@ describe('bot', () => {
     })
 
   test(`simple echo bot`, async () => {
-    const send = jest.fn()
+    const axiosMock = ({post: jest.fn()} as any) as AxiosInstance
+    const sendUrl = `https://graph.facebook.com/v11.0/me/messages?access_token=fake-access-token`
     const handle = ({message}: ChatEntry) => {
       if (message) {
         return text(`You said: "${message.text}"`)
       }
       return text(`Send me a message and I will send it back to you!`)
     }
-    const app = makeBot({send, handle})
+    const app = makeBot({axiosInstance: axiosMock, handle})
 
     await app.handle(getStarted)
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ describe('bot', () => {
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.text('Yo').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {text: 'You said: "Yo"', quick_replies: undefined},
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ describe('bot', () => {
   })
 
   test(`calculator bot`, async () => {
-    const send = jest.fn()
+    const axiosMock = ({post: jest.fn()} as any) as AxiosInstance
+    const sendUrl = `https://graph.facebook.com/v11.0/me/messages?access_token=fake-access-token`
     const initialContext = {step: 'start'}
     const handle = async ({context, setContext, message}: ChatEntry) => {
       if (context.step === 'start') {
@@ -81,10 +84,10 @@ describe('bot', () => {
       }
       return undefined
     }
-    const app = makeBot({send, handle, initialContext})
+    const app = makeBot({axiosInstance: axiosMock, handle, initialContext})
 
     await app.handle(getStarted)
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {
@@ -99,35 +102,35 @@ describe('bot', () => {
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.quickReply('+').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {text: `Please enter the first argument for operation '+'`},
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.text('bla bla').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {text: `Your input is incorrect, try again`},
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.text('11').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {text: `Please enter the second argument for operation '+'`},
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.text('4').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {text: `The result is 15`},
     })
 
     await app.handle(evt.text('Thanks!').get())
-    expect(send).toBeCalledWith('fake-access-token', {
+    expect(axiosMock.post).toBeCalledWith(sendUrl, {
       messaging_type: 'RESPONSE',
       recipient: {id: 'bob'},
       message: {