diff --git a/ui/js/app.js b/ui/js/app.js
index 697c62ca8..5572550ff 100644
--- a/ui/js/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/app.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
             app_id: installation_id,
           }, 'post').then(({ID}) => {
             localStorage.setItem('accessToken', ID);
+            localStorage.setItem('appId', installation_id);
             this.setState({
               registrationCheckComplete: true,
               justRegistered: true,
diff --git a/ui/js/lbryio.js b/ui/js/lbryio.js
index 63bf08888..7c6771aac 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbryio.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbryio.js
@@ -80,15 +80,22 @@ lbryio.call = function(resource, action, params, method='get') {
 
     console.log('about to call xhr.open');
 
+    // For social media auth:
+    //const accessToken = localStorage.getItem('accessToken');
+    //const fullParams = {...params, ... accessToken ? {access_token: accessToken} : {}};
+
+    // Temp app ID based auth:
+    const fullParams = {app_id: localStorage.getItem('appId'), ...params};
+
     if (method == 'get') {
-      console.info('GET ', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, ' | params:', params);
-      xhr.open('get', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action + '?' + querystring.stringify(params), true);
+      console.info('GET ', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, ' | params:', fullParams);
+      xhr.open('get', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action + '?' + querystring.stringify(fullParams), true);
       xhr.send();
     } else if (method == 'post') {
-      console.info('POST ', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, '| params: ', params);
+      console.info('POST ', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, '| params: ', fullParams);
       xhr.open('post', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, true);
       xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
-      xhr.send(querystring.stringify(params));
+      xhr.send(querystring.stringify(fullParams));
     }
   });
 };