diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6382fc8a..319b9cc1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "pd-live-react",
   "homepage": "https://giranm.github.io/pd-live-react",
-  "version": "0.0.16-alpha.0",
+  "version": "0.0.17-alpha.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@craco/craco": "7.0.0-alpha.3",
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index e066b344..ba3f8ef4 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ import {
   store,
 } from 'redux/store';
 
+import PDOAuth from 'util/pdoauth';
+
 import {
   PD_REQUIRED_ABILITY,
+  PD_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID,
+  PD_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET,
   LOG_ENTRIES_POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
   LOG_ENTRIES_CLEARING_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
 } from 'config/constants';
@@ -94,6 +98,9 @@ const App = ({
   // Verify if session token is present
   const token = sessionStorage.getItem('pd_access_token');
   if (!token) {
+    useEffect(() => {
+      PDOAuth.login(PD_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID, PD_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET);
+    }, []);
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/config/version.js b/src/config/version.js
index 60ee81bd..723f9742 100644
--- a/src/config/version.js
+++ b/src/config/version.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // generated by genversion
-module.exports = '0.0.16-alpha.0';
+module.exports = '0.0.17-alpha.0';