diff --git a/client/grpc/grpc.go b/client/grpc/grpc.go
index 340f2df7..54c4599d 100644
--- a/client/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/client/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (g *grpcClient) call(ctx context.Context, node *registry.Node, req client.R
 	// fall back to using the authorization token set in config,
 	// this enables the CLI to provide a token
 	if len(header["authorization"]) == 0 {
-		if token, err := config.Get("token"); err == nil && len(token) > 0 {
+		if token, err := config.Get("micro", "auth", "token"); err == nil && len(token) > 0 {
 			header["authorization"] = auth.BearerScheme + token
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util/config/config.go b/util/config/config.go
index e0e85e37..a15eade7 100644
--- a/util/config/config.go
+++ b/util/config/config.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ const FileName = ".micro"
 var config = newConfig()
 
 // Get a value from the .micro file
-func Get(key string) (string, error) {
-	tk := config.Get(key).String("")
+func Get(path ...string) (string, error) {
+	tk := config.Get(path...).String("")
 	return strings.TrimSpace(tk), nil
 }
 
 // Set a value in the .micro file
-func Set(key, value string) error {
+func Set(value string, path ...string) error {
 	// get the filepath
 	fp, err := filePath()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func Set(key, value string) error {
 	}
 
 	// set the value
-	config.Set(value, key)
+	config.Set(value, path...)
 
 	// write to the file
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(fp, config.Bytes(), 0644)