diff --git a/ts/tink.classes.tinkaccount.ts b/ts/tink.classes.tinkaccount.ts
index 9ea5713..3a4a93a 100644
--- a/ts/tink.classes.tinkaccount.ts
+++ b/ts/tink.classes.tinkaccount.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { TinkUser } from './tink.classes.tinkuser';
 
 export class TinkAccount {
   public clientId: string;
-  private clientSecret: string;
+  private _clientSecret: string;
 
-  private apiBaseUrl: string = 'https://api.tink.com';
+  private _apiBaseUrl: string = 'https://api.tink.com';
 
   constructor(clientIdArg: string, clientSecretArg: string) {
     this.clientId = clientIdArg;
-    this.clientSecret = clientSecretArg;
+    this._clientSecret = clientSecretArg;
   }
 
   public async getTinkHealthyBoolean(): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
   public async getClientAccessTokenForScope(scopeArg: string): Promise<string> {
     // lets get an accessToken for the request
     const response = await plugins.smartrequest.postFormDataUrlEncoded(
-      `${this.apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/token`,
+      `${this._apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/token`,
       {
         keepAlive: false,
       },
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
         },
         {
           key: 'client_secret',
-          content: this.clientSecret,
+          content: this._clientSecret,
         },
         {
           key: 'grant_type',
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
   ) {
     const accessToken = await this.getClientAccessTokenForScope('authorization:grant');
     const response = await plugins.smartrequest.postFormDataUrlEncoded(
-      `${this.apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/authorization-grant/delegate`,
+      `${this._apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/authorization-grant/delegate`,
       {
         keepAlive: false,
         headers: {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
   public async getUserAccessToken(authorizationCode: string): Promise<string> {
     const accessToken = await this.getClientAccessTokenForScope('authorization:grant');
     const response = await plugins.smartrequest.postFormDataUrlEncoded(
-      `${this.apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/token`,
+      `${this._apiBaseUrl}/api/v1/oauth/token`,
       {
         keepAlive: false,
       },
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
         },
         {
           key: 'client_secret',
-          content: this.clientSecret,
+          content: this._clientSecret,
         },
         {
           key: 'grant_type',
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export class TinkAccount {
     } else {
       console.log('tink is healthy, continuing...');
     }
-    const response = await plugins.smartrequest.request(`${this.apiBaseUrl}${optionsArg.urlArg}`, {
+    const response = await plugins.smartrequest.request(`${this._apiBaseUrl}${optionsArg.urlArg}`, {
       keepAlive: false,
       headers: {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${optionsArg.accessToken}`,