diff --git a/addons/no_twitch/twitch_connection.gd b/addons/no_twitch/twitch_connection.gd
index 9a1a675..c70c08e 100644
--- a/addons/no_twitch/twitch_connection.gd
+++ b/addons/no_twitch/twitch_connection.gd
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ signal chat_received_rich(chat_dict)
 @export var redirect_port := "8000"
 
 var auth_url := "https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize?response_type=token&"
+var auth_scopes : Array[String] = ["chat:read", "chat:edit", "channel:read:redemptions"]
 
 var auth_server : TCPServer
 
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ func cache_user_data():
 
 ## Handles the basic Twitch Authentication process to request and then later receive a Token (using [method check_auth_peer]).
 ## Returns the authentication URL.
-func authenticate_with_twitch(client_id = client_id, scopes : Array[String] = ["chat:read", "chat:edit"]) -> String:
+func authenticate_with_twitch(client_id = client_id, scopes : Array[String] = auth_scopes) -> String:
 	auth_server = TCPServer.new()
-	var url := create_auth_url(scopes)
+	auth_scopes = scopes
+	var url := create_auth_url()
 	auth_server.listen(int(redirect_port))
 	return url
 
@@ -139,11 +141,11 @@ func _process(delta):
 ## [param scopes], Twitch Client ID ([param id]) and [param redirect_uri].  
 ## [param id] defaults to [member client_id] and both [param redirect] and 
 ## [param redirect_port]
-func create_auth_url(scopes : Array[String], port := redirect_port, id : String = client_id, redirect : String = redirect_uri) -> String:
+func create_auth_url(port := redirect_port, id : String = client_id, redirect : String = redirect_uri) -> String:
 	
 	var str_scopes : String
 	
-	for all in scopes:
+	for all in auth_scopes:
 		
 		str_scopes += " " + all
 	str_scopes = str_scopes.strip_edges()