diff --git a/src/cli/onefuzz/api.py b/src/cli/onefuzz/api.py
index d6a0dcd099..d241284c8a 100644
--- a/src/cli/onefuzz/api.py
+++ b/src/cli/onefuzz/api.py
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ def _req_model(
         as_params: bool = False,
         alternate_endpoint: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> A:
-        # Retrieve Auth Parameters
-        self._req_config_params()
-
         response = self._req_base(
             method,
             data=data,
@@ -157,32 +154,6 @@ def _req_model_list(
 
         return [model.parse_obj(x) for x in response]
 
-    def _req_config_params(
-        self,
-    ) -> None:
-        if self.onefuzz._backend.config.endpoint is None:
-            raise Exception("Endpoint Not Configured")
-
-        endpoint = self.onefuzz._backend.config.endpoint
-
-        response = self.onefuzz._backend.session.request(
-            "GET", endpoint + "/api/config"
-        )
-
-        logging.debug(response.json())
-        endpoint_params = responses.Config.parse_obj(response.json())
-
-        logging.debug(self.onefuzz._backend.config.authority)
-        # Will override values in storage w/ provided values for SP use
-        if self.onefuzz._backend.config.client_id == "":
-            self.onefuzz._backend.config.client_id = endpoint_params.client_id
-        if self.onefuzz._backend.config.authority == "":
-            self.onefuzz._backend.config.authority = endpoint_params.authority
-        if self.onefuzz._backend.config.tenant_domain == "":
-            self.onefuzz._backend.config.tenant_domain = endpoint_params.tenant_domain
-
-        self.onefuzz._backend.save_config()
-
     def _disambiguate(
         self,
         name: str,
diff --git a/src/cli/onefuzz/backend.py b/src/cli/onefuzz/backend.py
index 9587ee1068..dd61af5391 100644
--- a/src/cli/onefuzz/backend.py
+++ b/src/cli/onefuzz/backend.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import msal
 import requests
 from azure.storage.blob import ContainerClient
+from onefuzztypes import responses
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from requests import Response
 from tenacity import RetryCallState, retry
@@ -308,6 +309,29 @@ def do_login(self, scopes: List[str]) -> Any:
         else:
             raise Exception("Failed to acquire token")
 
+    def config_params(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        if self.config.endpoint is None:
+            raise Exception("Endpoint Not Configured")
+
+        endpoint = self.config.endpoint
+
+        response = self.session.request("GET", endpoint + "/api/config")
+
+        logging.debug(response.json())
+        endpoint_params = responses.Config.parse_obj(response.json())
+
+        # Will override values in storage w/ provided values for SP use
+        if self.config.client_id == "":
+            self.config.client_id = endpoint_params.client_id
+        if self.config.authority == "":
+            self.config.authority = endpoint_params.authority
+        if self.config.tenant_domain == "":
+            self.config.tenant_domain = endpoint_params.tenant_domain
+
+        self.save_config()
+
     def request(
         self,
         method: str,
@@ -322,6 +346,11 @@ def request(
             raise Exception("endpoint not configured")
 
         url = endpoint + "/api/" + path
+
+        if self.config.client_id == "" or (
+            self.config.authority == "" and self.config.tenant_domain == ""
+        ):
+            self.config_params()
         headers = self.headers()
         json_data = serialize(json_data)