diff --git a/lib/validic.rb b/lib/validic.rb
index 6a572dd..c4145a5 100644
--- a/lib/validic.rb
+++ b/lib/validic.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 require 'validic/client'
 
 module Validic
-  BASE_URL = "https://api.validic.com/v1"
+  API_URL     = 'https://api.validic.com'
+  API_VERSION = 'v1'
+  BASE_URL    = "#{API_URL}/#{API_VERSION}"
+
   class << self
     attr_accessor :api_url,
       :api_version,
@@ -18,3 +21,7 @@ def configure
     end
   end
 end
+
+Validic.api_url     = Validic::API_URL
+Validic.api_version = Validic::API_VERSION
+
diff --git a/lib/validic/client.rb b/lib/validic/client.rb
index 3964243..96ae65f 100644
--- a/lib/validic/client.rb
+++ b/lib/validic/client.rb
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class Client
     #
     # @params options[Hash]
     def initialize(options={})
-      @api_url          = options.fetch(:api_url, 'https://api.validic.com')
-      @api_version      = options.fetch(:api_version, 'v1')
-      @access_token     = options.fetch(:access_token, Validic.access_token)
-      @organization_id  = options.fetch(:organization_id, Validic.organization_id)
+      @api_url          = options[:api_url]         || Validic.api_url
+      @api_version      = options[:api_version]     || Validic.api_version
+      @access_token     = options[:access_token]    || Validic.access_token
+      @organization_id  = options[:organization_id] || Validic.organization_id
     end
 
     ##
@@ -72,12 +72,5 @@ def default_headers
         user_agent: "Ruby Gem by Validic #{Validic::VERSION}"
       }
     end
-
-    def reload_config
-      Validic.api_url = api_url
-      Validic.api_version = api_version
-      Validic.access_token = access_token
-      Validic.organization_id = organization_id
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/validic/rest/request.rb b/lib/validic/rest/request.rb
index b56a415..8d5b4f2 100644
--- a/lib/validic/rest/request.rb
+++ b/lib/validic/rest/request.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ module Validic
   module REST
     module Request
       def latest(type, options = {})
-        organization_id = options[:organization_id] || Validic.organization_id
+        local_organization_id = options[:organization_id] || organization_id
         user_id = options.delete(:user_id)
         if user_id
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}/latest.json"
+          path = "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}/latest.json"
         else
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/#{type.to_s}/latest.json"
+          path = "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/#{type.to_s}/latest.json"
         end
         get(path, options)
       end
@@ -38,25 +38,26 @@ def delete_request(type, options = {})
       end
 
       def construct_path(type, options)
-        organization_id = options.delete(:organization_id) || Validic.organization_id
+        local_organization_id = options.delete(:organization_id) ||
+          organization_id
         user_id = options.delete(:user_id)
         activity_id = options.delete(:_id)
+
         if activity_id
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}/#{activity_id}.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}/#{activity_id}.json"
         elsif user_id && type == :users
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/users/#{user_id}.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/users/#{user_id}.json"
         elsif user_id
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/users/#{user_id}/#{type.to_s}.json"
         elsif type == :me
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/me.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/me.json"
         elsif type == :profile
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/profile.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/profile.json"
         elsif type == :organizations
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}.json"
         else
-          path = "/#{Validic.api_version}/organizations/#{organization_id}/#{type.to_s}.json"
+          "/#{api_version}/organizations/#{local_organization_id}/#{type.to_s}.json"
         end
-        path
       end
 
       def get(path, options)
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def delete(path, options)
       end
 
       def request(method, path, options)
-        options[:access_token] = options[:access_token].nil? ? Validic.access_token : options[:access_token]
+        options[:access_token] ||= access_token
         response = connection.send(method) do |request|
           case method
           when :get