diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0130b99..e478148 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dist
 tts.spec
 random*.txt
 quotes.txt
+tts.zip
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f04e05..a36c4fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. If there is a `Changed` section please read carefully, as this often means that you will need to adapt your `config.yml`.
 
+## [1.7.4]
+
+### Changed 1.7.4
+
+* "oauth_token doesn't need to start with "oauth:" anymore
+* Improved oauth-token detection
+
 ## [1.7.3] - 2022-10-20
 
 ### Fixed 1.7.3
diff --git a/tts.exe b/tts.exe
index 091fdd9..9873fad 100644
Binary files a/tts.exe and b/tts.exe differ
diff --git a/tts.py b/tts.py
index e59f2ea..8d48a67 100644
--- a/tts.py
+++ b/tts.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class IRC:
         logging.info("Connecting to: %s", server)
         logging.info('Waiting...')
 
+        botpass = botpass.replace('oauth:','')
+
         try:
             self.irc.connect((server, port))
         except ConnectionResetError:
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class IRC:
 
         self.irc.settimeout(1)
 
-        self.irc.send(bytes("PASS " + botpass + "\r\n", "UTF-8"))
+        self.irc.send(bytes("PASS oauth:" + botpass + "\r\n", "UTF-8"))
         self.irc.send(bytes(
             "USER " + botnick + " " + botnick +" " + botnick + " :python\r\n", "UTF-8")
         )
@@ -1257,8 +1259,10 @@ class HTTPserv(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                                 function displayCode() {\
                                                     var url = window.location.href;\
                                                     var test = url.indexOf(\"access_token\");\
+                                                    const queryString = window.location.search;\
+                                                    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);\
+                                                    const token = urlParams.get(\"access_token\")\
                                                     if (test != -1) { \
-                                                    token = url.substring(42,72); \
                                                     document.getElementById(\"code\").innerHTML = \"\
                                                     <p>oauth:\" + token + \"</p>\
                                                     <p>Copy the token into your config.yml and restart \
@@ -1530,8 +1534,6 @@ def load_config():
     if not CONF['IRC_OAUTH_TOKEN']:
         CONF['IRC_OAUTH_TOKEN'] = "Invalid"
         return CONF
-    if not CONF['IRC_OAUTH_TOKEN'].startswith('oauth:'):
-        raise ValueError('Your oauth-token is invalid, it has to start with: "oauth:"')
 
     return CONF
 
@@ -1617,7 +1619,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     sys.tracebacklimit = 3
 
-    VERSION = "1.7.3"
+    VERSION = "1.7.4"
     CONF = {}
     tts_done = []
     MSG_QUEUE_RAW = []