diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 8b12557f..641dfb18 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "express": "~4.16.1",
     "express-graphql": "^0.12.0",
-    "flickr-sdk": "^3.10.0",
-    "googleapis": "^89.0.0",
+    "flickr-sdk": "3.10.0",
+    "googleapis": "89.0.0",
     "graphql-type-json": "^0.3.2",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.3",
     "knex": "^0.95.11",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/flickr/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/flickr/index.ts
index 8cb79012..f2617768 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/flickr/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/flickr/index.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ export default class Flickr {
     const url = await this.oauthClient.authorizeUrl(oauthData.oauth_token, 'delete');
 
     return {
-      ...oauthData,
-      url,
+      accessToken: oauthData.oauth_token,
+      accessSecret: oauthData.oauth_token_secret,
+      url: url,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
index 328abd1e..3e8692bf 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ export default class Twitter {
     const appFields = this.appData.fields.find((field: Field) => field.key == 'oAuthRedirectUrl')
     const callbackUrl = appFields.value;
 
-    return this.client.generateAuthLink(callbackUrl);
+    const authLink = await this.client.generateAuthLink(callbackUrl);
+
+    return {
+      url: authLink.url,
+      accessToken: authLink.oauth_token,
+      accessSecret: authLink.oauth_token_secret,
+    }
   }
 
   async verifyCredentials() {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-link.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-link.ts
index c909af87..ff2ee6be 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-link.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-link.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ const createAuthLinkResolver = async (params: Params, req: RequestWithCurrentUse
     consumerKey: connection.data.consumerKey,
     consumerSecret: connection.data.consumerSecret
   });
+
   const authLink = await appInstance.createAuthLink();
 
   await connection.$query().patch({
     data: {
       ...connection.data,
-      url: authLink.url,
-      accessToken: authLink.oauth_token,
-      accessSecret: authLink.oauth_token_secret,
-    },
-    verified: authLink.oauth_callback_confirmed === 'true' ? true : false
+      ...authLink
+    }
   })
 
   return authLink;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
index 7305f634..09e5e9df 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const verifyConnectionResolver = async (params: Params, req: RequestWithCurrentU
   const verifiedCredentials = await appInstance.verifyCredentials();
 
   connection = await connection.$query().patchAndFetch({
-    data: verifiedCredentials
+    data: verifiedCredentials,
+    verified: true
   })
 
   return connection;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5f314388..eee671cf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7530,7 +7530,7 @@ flatten@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatten/-/flatten-1.0.3.tgz#c1283ac9f27b368abc1e36d1ff7b04501a30356b"
   integrity sha512-dVsPA/UwQ8+2uoFe5GHtiBMu48dWLTdsuEd7CKGlZlD78r1TTWBvDuFaFGKCo/ZfEr95Uk56vZoX86OsHkUeIg==
 
-flickr-sdk@^3.10.0:
+flickr-sdk@3.10.0:
   version "3.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flickr-sdk/-/flickr-sdk-3.10.0.tgz#87eb0221bc2a5380eacac328a0230a86555316d3"
   integrity sha512-JBGWFYTE5xvm6oG34IEQL0TX7FFLuWWFcWjlv2wVeB6Gj7VybVeoOXSvIX35hG1FVUbJTrVYBJRgpbjGf3cl3A==
@@ -8017,7 +8017,7 @@ googleapis-common@^5.0.2:
     url-template "^2.0.8"
     uuid "^8.0.0"
 
-googleapis@^89.0.0:
+googleapis@89.0.0:
   version "89.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/googleapis/-/googleapis-89.0.0.tgz#03de7b1467c066d48b989f6a8384857ef6971e69"
   integrity sha512-eH91BN+6R/Mp5uulrhKWGwKAbibfDNOIu1Oq8n12aFTiqb23/A9kVdRhituYVqhRqSWLr/kv1dpFbd6n+uN+7Q==