diff --git a/get_user_profile/readme.md b/get_user_profile/readme.md
index 4a0ba540..6afe638f 100644
--- a/get_user_profile/readme.md
+++ b/get_user_profile/readme.md
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ To run this demo you will need:
 
 ## Usage
 
-Clone the repository, cd into the `get_user_profile` directory and run:
+Create an app in your [Spotify Developer Dashboard](https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/), set the redirect URI to ` http://localhost:5173/callback` and `http://localhost:5173/callback/` and copy your Client ID. 
+
+Clone the repository, ensure that you are in the `get_user_profile` directory and run:
 
 ```bash
 npm install
 npm run dev
 ```
+
+Replace the value for clientId in `/src/script.ts` with your own Client ID.
diff --git a/get_user_profile/src/authCodeWithPkce.ts b/get_user_profile/src/authCodeWithPkce.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52381f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_user_profile/src/authCodeWithPkce.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+export async function redirectToAuthCodeFlow(clientId: string) {
+    const verifier = generateCodeVerifier(128);
+    const challenge = await generateCodeChallenge(verifier);
+
+    localStorage.setItem("verifier", verifier);
+
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    params.append("client_id", clientId);
+    params.append("response_type", "code");
+    params.append("redirect_uri", "http://localhost:5173/callback");
+    params.append("scope", "user-read-private user-read-email");
+    params.append("code_challenge_method", "S256");
+    params.append("code_challenge", challenge);
+
+    document.location = `https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?${params.toString()}`;
+}
+
+export async function getAccessToken(clientId: string, code: string) {
+    const verifier = localStorage.getItem("verifier");
+
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    params.append("client_id", clientId);
+    params.append("grant_type", "authorization_code");
+    params.append("code", code);
+    params.append("redirect_uri", "http://localhost:5173/callback");
+    params.append("code_verifier", verifier!);
+
+    const result = await fetch("https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
+        body: params
+    });
+
+    const { access_token } = await result.json();
+    return access_token;
+}
+
+function generateCodeVerifier(length: number) {
+    let text = '';
+    let possible = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        text += possible.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * possible.length));
+    }
+    return text;
+}
+
+async function generateCodeChallenge(codeVerifier: string) {
+    const data = new TextEncoder().encode(codeVerifier);
+    const digest = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', data);
+    return btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, [...new Uint8Array(digest)]))
+        .replace(/\+/g, '-')
+        .replace(/\//g, '_')
+        .replace(/=+$/, '');
+}
diff --git a/get_user_profile/src/script.ts b/get_user_profile/src/script.ts
index d58f1a25..4311d7a4 100644
--- a/get_user_profile/src/script.ts
+++ b/get_user_profile/src/script.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
 // Because this is a literal single page application
 // we detect a callback from Spotify by checking for the hash fragment
+import { redirectToAuthCodeFlow, getAccessToken } from "./authCodeWithPkce";
 
-const clientId = "your-client-id-here";  // Replace with your client id
-const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.substring(1));
-const code = params.get("access_token");
+const clientId = "your_client_id";
+const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+const code = params.get("code");
 
 if (!code) {
     redirectToAuthCodeFlow(clientId);
 } else {
-    const profile = await fetchProfile(code);
+    const accessToken = await getAccessToken(clientId, code);
+    const profile = await fetchProfile(accessToken);
     populateUI(profile);
 }
 
-async function redirectToAuthCodeFlow(clientId: string) {
-    const params = new URLSearchParams();
-    params.append("client_id", clientId);
-    params.append("response_type", "token");
-    params.append("redirect_uri", "http://localhost:5173/callback");
-    params.append("scope", "user-read-private user-read-email");
-
-    document.location = `https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?${params.toString()}`;
-}
-
 async function fetchProfile(code: string): Promise<UserProfile> {
     const result = await fetch("https://api.spotify.com/v1/me", {
         method: "GET", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${code}` }
@@ -41,5 +33,3 @@ function populateUI(profile: UserProfile) {
     document.getElementById("url")!.setAttribute("href", profile.href);
     document.getElementById("imgUrl")!.innerText = profile.images[0].url;
 }
-
-export { };