diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index d0b052ae..06ad0bcc 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-- Add parallel functionality to `Remove-VdcObject`.  PS Core for now, Windows PowerShell coming soon.
-- Fix invalid function reference with `New-VdcCapiApplication`, [#247](https://github.com/Venafi/VenafiPS/issues/247)
-- Fix wilcard certificate not accepted with `New-VdcCapiApplication`, [#248](https://github.com/Venafi/VenafiPS/issues/248)
+- Fix property not found error with `New-VenafiSession -AccessToken`, [#252](https://github.com/Venafi/VenafiPS/issues/252)
+- Update `Invoke-VenafiRestMethod` to ensure parameter verbose output does not convert the body to json twice
diff --git a/VenafiPS/Public/Invoke-VenafiRestMethod.ps1 b/VenafiPS/Public/Invoke-VenafiRestMethod.ps1
index 4aaa0d03..a35ff9a3 100644
--- a/VenafiPS/Public/Invoke-VenafiRestMethod.ps1
+++ b/VenafiPS/Public/Invoke-VenafiRestMethod.ps1
@@ -202,8 +202,15 @@ function Invoke-VenafiRestMethod {
     # in the case of inital authentication, eg, there won't be any
     if ( $allHeaders ) { $params.Headers = $allHeaders }
 
+    if ( $UseDefaultCredential.IsPresent -and $Certificate ) {
+        throw 'You cannot use UseDefaultCredential and Certificate parameters together'
+    }
+
+    if ( $UseDefaultCredential.IsPresent ) {
+        $params.Add('UseDefaultCredentials', $true)
+    }
+
     if ( $Body ) {
-        $restBody = $Body
         switch ($Method.ToLower()) {
             'head' {
                 # a head method requires the params be provided as a query string, not body
@@ -211,30 +218,27 @@ function Invoke-VenafiRestMethod {
                 $newUri = New-HttpQueryString -Uri $uri -QueryParameter $Body
                 $params.Uri = $newUri
                 $params.Body = $null
-                Write-Verbose $newUri
             }
 
             'get' {
-                $params.Body = $restBody
+                $params.Body = $Body
             }
 
             Default {
-                $restBody = ConvertTo-Json $Body -Depth 20 -Compress
-                $params.Body = $restBody
+                $preJsonBody = $Body
+                $params.Body = (ConvertTo-Json $Body -Depth 20 -Compress)
             }
         }
     }
 
-    if ( $UseDefaultCredential.IsPresent -and $Certificate ) {
-        throw 'You cannot use UseDefaultCredential and Certificate parameters together'
+    if ( $preJsonBody ) {
+        $paramsToWrite = $params.Clone()
+        $paramsToWrite.Body = $preJsonBody
+        $paramsToWrite | Write-VerboseWithSecret
+    } else {
+        $params | Write-VerboseWithSecret
     }
 
-    if ( $UseDefaultCredential.IsPresent ) {
-        $params.Add('UseDefaultCredentials', $true)
-    }
-
-    $params | Write-VerboseWithSecret
-
     # ConvertTo-Json, used in Write-VerboseWithSecret, has an issue with certificates
     # add this param after
     if ( $Certificate ) {
diff --git a/VenafiPS/Public/New-VenafiSession.ps1 b/VenafiPS/Public/New-VenafiSession.ps1
index 40f55380..82f5219f 100644
--- a/VenafiPS/Public/New-VenafiSession.ps1
+++ b/VenafiPS/Public/New-VenafiSession.ps1
@@ -353,12 +353,15 @@ function New-VenafiSession {
                 # we don't have the expiry so create one
                 # rely on the api call itself to fail if access token is invalid
                 Expires = (Get-Date).AddMonths(12)
+                AccessToken = $null
             }
             $newSession.Token.AccessToken = if ( $AccessToken -is [string] ) { New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('AccessToken', ($AccessToken | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force)) }
             elseif ($AccessToken -is [pscredential]) { $AccessToken }
             elseif ($AccessToken -is [securestring]) { New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('AccessToken', $AccessToken) }
             else { throw 'Unsupported type for -AccessToken.  Provide either a String, SecureString, or PSCredential.' }
 
+            # validate token
+            $null = Invoke-VenafiRestMethod -UriRoot 'vedauth' -UriLeaf 'Authorize/Verify' -VenafiSession $newSession
         }
 
         'VaultAccessToken' {