diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 2baf838..e804e94 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ export type User = {
   picture: string | null;
 };
 
-export type State = {
-  user: User;
-  isLoading: boolean;
-  isAuthenticated: boolean;
-  error?: string | undefined;
-};
-
 export type KindePermissions = {
   permissions: string[];
   orgCode: string;
@@ -55,3 +48,24 @@ export type KindeOrganization = {
 export type KindeOrganizations = {
   orgCodes: string[];
 };
+
+export type State = {
+  user: User;
+  isLoading: boolean;
+  isAuthenticated: boolean;
+  error?: string | undefined;
+  getToken: () => string | undefined;
+  getClaim: (claim: string, tokenKey?: string) => any;
+  getFlag: (
+    code: string,
+    defaultValue?: string | boolean | number,
+    flagType?: KindeFlagTypeCode
+  ) => KindeFlag;
+  getBooleanFlag: (code: string, defaultValue?: boolean) => boolean;
+  getStringFlag: (code, defaultValue) => string;
+  getIntegerFlag: (code, defaultValue) => integer;
+  getPermissions: () => KindePermissions;
+  getPermission: (key: string) => KindePermission;
+  getOrganization: () => KindeOrganization;
+  getUserOrganizations: () => KindeOrganizations;
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a3a5b5..e4342b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kinde-oss/kinde-auth-nextjs",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "description": "Kinde Auth SDK for NextJS",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/frontend/AuthProvider.jsx b/src/frontend/AuthProvider.jsx
index 4d1f742..1db41f8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/AuthProvider.jsx
+++ b/src/frontend/AuthProvider.jsx
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export const KindeProvider = ({ children }) => {
       };
 
       const getToken = () => {
-        return tokens.access_token;
+        return tokens.access_token_encoded;
       };
 
       setState((previous) => ({
diff --git a/src/handlers/setup.js b/src/handlers/setup.js
index 5c64950..d91340a 100644
--- a/src/handlers/setup.js
+++ b/src/handlers/setup.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const setup = async (req, res) => {
     const accessTokenPayload = jwt_decode(token.access_token);
     const idTokenPayload = jwt_decode(token.id_token);
     res.send({
+      access_token_encoded: token.access_token,
       id_token: idTokenPayload,
       access_token: accessTokenPayload,
     });
diff --git a/src/utils/version.js b/src/utils/version.js
index 938c848..3a8bafd 100644
--- a/src/utils/version.js
+++ b/src/utils/version.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Generated by genversion.
-export const version = '1.7.0'
+export const version = '1.8.0'