diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index b7d5441..04b82bb 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import json
 import logging
 import contentapi
 import toml
+import myutils
 
 CONFIGFILE="config.toml"
 
 # The entire config object with all defaults
 config = {
     "api" : "https://oboy.smilebasicsource.com/api",
+    "expire_seconds" : 31536000, # 365 days in seconds, expiration for token
     "tokenfile" : ".qcstoken"
 }
 
diff --git a/myutils.py b/myutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31530f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+# Merge the "new_values" dictionary recursively into the "base_values" dictionary,
+# assigning where new_values is assigned but not fully overwriting nested dictionaries
+# (hence recursive)
+def merge_dictionary(new_values, base_values):
+    for key in new_values:
+        if key in base_values and isinstance(base_values[key], dict) and isinstance(new_values[key], dict):
+            merge_dictionary(new_values[key], base_values[key])
+        else:
+            base_values[key] = new_values[key]
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diff --git a/test.bat b/test.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b80946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@echo off
+
+REM Change python whatever 
+set pyexe=python34\python.exe
+
+REM And now, run all the various tests we have
+%pyexe% test_myutils.py
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diff --git a/test_myutils.py b/test_myutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13429eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_myutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import unittest
+import myutils
+
+class TestMergeDictionary(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        # Test case 1: simple merge
+        base = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        new = {'b': 3, 'c': 4}
+        expected = {'a': 1, 'b': 3, 'c': 4}
+        myutils.merge_dictionary(new, base)
+        self.assertDictEqual(base, expected)
+
+    def test_nested(self):
+        # Test case 2: nested dictionary merge
+        base = {'a': {'b': 1, 'c': 2}, 'd': 3}
+        new = {'a': {'b': 4, 'e': 5}, 'f': 6}
+        expected = {'a': {'b': 4, 'c': 2, 'e': 5}, 'd': 3, 'f': 6}
+        myutils.merge_dictionary(new, base)
+        self.assertDictEqual(base, expected)
+
+    def test_emptybase(self):
+        # Test case 3: empty base dictionary
+        base = {}
+        new = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 2}}
+        expected = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 2}}
+        myutils.merge_dictionary(new, base)
+        self.assertDictEqual(base, expected)
+
+    def test_emptynew(self):
+        # Test case 4: empty new dictionary
+        base = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 2}}
+        new = {}
+        expected = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 2}}
+        myutils.merge_dictionary(new, base)
+        self.assertDictEqual(base, expected)
+
+    def test_nooverlap(self):
+        # Test case 5: no overlapping keys
+        base = {'a': 1}
+        new = {'b': 2}
+        expected = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        myutils.merge_dictionary(new, base)
+        self.assertDictEqual(base, expected)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
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