diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 473cfb8..43fa316 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@ If you get a [permission failure](https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo/issues/206)
 with later timestamps to avoid duplicate posts. On the first run the timestamp will default to current time.
 
 ```clojure
-{;; add Twitter config to mirror Twitter accounts
- :twitter {:access-keys
-           {:consumer_key "XXXX"
-            :consumer_secret "XXXX"
-            :access_token_key "XXXX"
-            :access_token_secret "XXXX"}}
+{:auth {;; add Twitter config to mirror Twitter accounts
+        :twitter {:consumer_key "XXXX"
+                  :consumer_secret "XXXX"
+                  :access_token_key "XXXX"
+                  :access_token_secret "XXXX"}
+        :mastodon {:access_token "XXXX"
+                   ;; account number you see when you log in and go to your profile
+                   ;; e.g: https://mastodon.social/web/accounts/294795
+                   :account-id "XXXX"
+                   :api_url "https://botsin.space/api/v1/"}}
  ;; add Tumblr config to mirror Tumblr accounts
  :tumblr {:access-keys
           {:consumer_key "XXXX"
@@ -45,12 +49,7 @@ with later timestamps to avoid duplicate posts. On the first run the timestamp w
  ;; add RSS config to follow feeds
  :rss {"Hacker News" "https://hnrss.org/newest"
        "r/Clojure" "https://www.reddit.com/r/clojure/.rss"}
- :mastodon {:access_token "XXXX"
-            ;; account number you see when you log in and go to your profile
-            ;; e.g: https://mastodon.social/web/accounts/294795
-            :account-id "XXXX"
-            :api_url "https://botsin.space/api/v1/"
-            }
+ 
 :transform [{:source {:type :twitter-source
                        ;; optional, defaults to false
                        :include-replies? false
diff --git a/src/main/mastodon_bot/core.cljs b/src/main/mastodon_bot/core.cljs
index da5bd60..d236892 100755
--- a/src/main/mastodon_bot/core.cljs
+++ b/src/main/mastodon_bot/core.cljs
@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@
    [mastodon-bot.tumblr-api :as tumblr]
    [cljs.core :refer [*command-line-args*]]))
 
-(s/def ::mastodon-auth masto/mastodon-auth?)
-(s/def ::transform transform/transformations?)
+(s/def ::mastodon masto/mastodon-auth?)
 (s/def ::twitter twitter/twitter-auth?)
+(s/def ::transform transform/transformations?)
 (s/def ::tumblr map?)
 (s/def ::rss map?)
+(s/def ::auth (s/keys :opt-un [::mastodon ::twitter]))
+(def config? 
+  (s/keys :req-un [::auth ::transform]))
 
-(def config? (s/keys :req-un [::mastodon-config]
-                     :opt-un [::twitter ::tumblr ::rss]))
-
-(defn-spec mastodon-auth ::mastodon-auth
+(defn-spec mastodon-auth ::mastodon
   [config config?]
-  (:mastodon-config config))
+  (get-in config [:auth :mastodon]))
 
 (defn-spec twitter-auth ::twitter
   [config config?]
-  (:twitter config))
+  (get-in config [:auth :twitter]))
 
 (defn-spec transform ::transform
   [config config?]
diff --git a/src/main/mastodon_bot/mastodon_api.cljs b/src/main/mastodon_bot/mastodon_api.cljs
index 0678460..7d6555d 100755
--- a/src/main/mastodon_bot/mastodon_api.cljs
+++ b/src/main/mastodon_bot/mastodon_api.cljs
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@
                                        ::visibility
                                        ::append-screen-name? 
                                        ::sensitive?
-                                       ::media-only?
-                                       ]))
-(def mastodon-config? (s/merge mastodon-auth? mastodon-target?))
-
+                                       ::media-only?]))
 
 (defn-spec max-post-length ::max-post-length
   [target mastodon-target?]
@@ -45,9 +42,9 @@
       (infra/exit-with-error "missing Mastodon auth configuration!")))
 
 (defn-spec delete-status any?
-  [mastodon-config mastodon-config?
+  [mastodon-auth mastodon-auth?
    status-id string?]
-  (.delete (mastodon-client mastodon-config) (str "statuses/" status-id) #js {}))
+  (.delete (mastodon-client mastodon-auth) (str "statuses/" status-id) #js {}))
 
 (defn post-status
   ([mastodon-auth target status-text]
diff --git a/src/main/mastodon_bot/twitter_api.cljs b/src/main/mastodon_bot/twitter_api.cljs
index 1d2e5bc..cd72bb5 100755
--- a/src/main/mastodon_bot/twitter_api.cljs
+++ b/src/main/mastodon_bot/twitter_api.cljs
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@
 
 (defn-spec twitter-client any?
   [twitter-auth twitter-auth?]
-  (let [{:keys [access-keys]} twitter-auth]
-    (try
-      (twitter. (clj->js access-keys))
-      (catch js/Error e
-        (infra/exit-with-error
-         (str "failed to connect to Twitter: " (.-message e)))))))
+  (try
+    (twitter. (clj->js twitter-auth))
+    (catch js/Error e
+      (infra/exit-with-error
+       (str "failed to connect to Twitter: " (.-message e))))))
 
 (defn strip-utm [news-link]
   (first (string/split news-link #"\?utm")))