diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktImport.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktImport.cs
index 3460dbba0..94dc7f2ab 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktImport.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktImport.cs
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.NetImport.Trakt
         public override string Name => "Trakt List";
         public override bool Enabled => true;
         public override bool EnableAuto => false;
-	    public IConfigService _configService;
+        private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
+        public IConfigService _configService;
 
         public TraktImport(IHttpClient httpClient, IConfigService configService, IParsingService parsingService, Logger logger)
             : base(httpClient, configService, parsingService, logger)
-        { _configService = configService; }
+        {
+            _configService = configService;
+            _httpClient = httpClient;
+        }
 
         public override INetImportRequestGenerator GetRequestGenerator()
         {
-            return new TraktRequestGenerator() { Settings = Settings, _configService=_configService };
+            return new TraktRequestGenerator() { Settings = Settings, _configService=_configService, HttpClient = _httpClient, };
         }
 
         public override IParseNetImportResponse GetParser()
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktRequestGenerator.cs
index c724d3967..3ee8c6014 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NetImport/Trakt/TraktRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 using NzbDrone.Common.Http;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Net;
-using System.IO;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Serializer;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
 
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.NetImport.Trakt
 {
-    public class refreshRequestResponse
+    public class RefreshRequestResponse
     {
 		public string access_token { get; set; }
         public string token_type { get; set; }
@@ -21,8 +19,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.NetImport.Trakt
     public class TraktRequestGenerator : INetImportRequestGenerator
     {
     	public IConfigService _configService;
+        public IHttpClient HttpClient { get; set; }
         public TraktSettings Settings { get; set; }
 
+        public string RadarrTraktUrl { get; set; }
+
+        public TraktRequestGenerator()
+        {
+            RadarrTraktUrl = "http://radarr.aeonlucid.com/v1/trakt/refresh?refresh=";
+        }
         public virtual NetImportPageableRequestChain GetMovies()
         {
             var pageableRequests = new NetImportPageableRequestChain();
@@ -32,6 +37,52 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.NetImport.Trakt
             return pageableRequests;
         }
 
+        private void Authenticate()
+        {
+            if (_configService.TraktRefreshToken != string.Empty)
+            {
+                //tokens were overwritten with something other than nothing
+                if (_configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry > _configService.TraktTokenExpiry)
+                {
+                    //but our refreshedTokens are more current
+                    _configService.TraktAuthToken = _configService.NewTraktAuthToken;
+                    _configService.TraktRefreshToken = _configService.NewTraktRefreshToken;
+                    _configService.TraktTokenExpiry = _configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry;
+                }
+
+                var unixTime = (int)DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1)).TotalSeconds;
+
+                if (unixTime > _configService.TraktTokenExpiry)
+                {
+                    var requestBuilder = new HttpRequestBuilder($"{RadarrTraktUrl + _configService.TraktRefreshToken}")
+                    {
+                        LogResponseContent = true
+                    };
+
+                    requestBuilder.Method = HttpMethod.GET;
+
+                    var authLoginRequest = requestBuilder
+                        .SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
+                        .Accept(HttpAccept.Json)
+                        .Build();
+
+                    var response = HttpClient.Execute(authLoginRequest);
+                    var result = Json.Deserialize<RefreshRequestResponse>(response.Content);
+
+                    _configService.TraktAuthToken = result.access_token;
+                    _configService.TraktRefreshToken = result.refresh_token;
+
+                    //lets have it expire in 8 weeks (4838400 seconds)
+                    _configService.TraktTokenExpiry = unixTime + 4838400;
+
+                    //store the refreshed tokens in case they get overwritten by an old set of tokens
+                    _configService.NewTraktAuthToken = _configService.TraktAuthToken;
+                    _configService.NewTraktRefreshToken = _configService.TraktRefreshToken;
+                    _configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry = _configService.TraktTokenExpiry;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<NetImportRequest> GetMovies(string searchParameters)
         {
             var link = Settings.Link.Trim();
@@ -74,44 +125,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.NetImport.Trakt
                     link = link + "/movies/watched/all" + filters;
                     break;
             }
-            if (_configService.TraktRefreshToken != string.Empty) 
-            {
-                //tokens were overwritten with something other than nothing
-                if (_configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry > _configService.TraktTokenExpiry)
-                {
-                    //but our refreshedTokens are more current
-                    _configService.TraktAuthToken = _configService.NewTraktAuthToken;
-                    _configService.TraktRefreshToken = _configService.NewTraktRefreshToken;
-                    _configService.TraktTokenExpiry = _configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry;
-                }
 
-                Int32 unixTime= (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
-
-                if ( unixTime > _configService.TraktTokenExpiry)
-                {
-                    var url = "http://radarr.aeonlucid.com/v1/trakt/refresh?refresh="+_configService.TraktRefreshToken;
-
-                    HttpWebRequest rquest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
-                    string rsponseString = string.Empty;
-                    using (HttpWebResponse rsponse = (HttpWebResponse)rquest.GetResponse())
-                    using (Stream stream = rsponse.GetResponseStream())
-                    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
-                    {
-                        rsponseString = reader.ReadToEnd();
-                    }
-                    refreshRequestResponse j1 = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<refreshRequestResponse>(rsponseString);
-                    _configService.TraktAuthToken = j1.access_token; 
-                    _configService.TraktRefreshToken = j1.refresh_token; 
-
-                    //lets have it expire in 8 weeks (4838400 seconds)
-                    _configService.TraktTokenExpiry = unixTime + 4838400;
-
-                    //store the refreshed tokens in case they get overwritten by an old set of tokens
-                    _configService.NewTraktAuthToken = _configService.TraktAuthToken;
-                    _configService.NewTraktRefreshToken = _configService.TraktRefreshToken;
-                    _configService.NewTraktTokenExpiry = _configService.TraktTokenExpiry;
-                }
-            }
+            Authenticate();            
 
             var request = new NetImportRequest($"{link}", HttpAccept.Json);
             request.HttpRequest.Headers.Add("trakt-api-version", "2");