diff --git a/js/id/connection.js b/js/id/connection.js
index eaa25ea93..baf767c6a 100644
--- a/js/id/connection.js
+++ b/js/id/connection.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ iD.Connection = function() {
         connection = {},
         refNodes = {},
         user = {},
-        oauth = iD.OAuth().setAPI(apiURL);
+        oauth = iD.OAuth().api(apiURL);
 
     // Request data within the bbox from an external OSM server.
     function bboxFromAPI(box, callback) {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ iD.Connection = function() {
     connection.url = function(x) {
         if (!arguments.length) return apiURL;
         apiURL = x;
-        oauth.setAPI(x);
+        oauth.api(x);
         return connection;
     };
 
diff --git a/js/id/oauth.js b/js/id/oauth.js
index 70eef0a0a..b613b30cd 100644
--- a/js/id/oauth.js
+++ b/js/id/oauth.js
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ iD.OAuth = function() {
         });
     };
 
-    oauth.setAPI = function(x) {
-        apibase = x;
+    oauth.api = function(_) {
+        if (!arguments.length) return apibase;
+        apibase = _;
         return oauth;
     };
 
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 33e0ebd73..ee2e98c3e 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/way.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/map.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/hash.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/oauth.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/graph.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/entity.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="spec/connection.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/oauth.js b/test/spec/oauth.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..192a5b93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/oauth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+describe('OAuth', function() {
+    var o;
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        o = iD.OAuth();
+    });
+    describe('#logout', function() {
+        it('can log out and will no longer be authenticated', function() {
+            expect(o.logout()).toEqual(o);
+            expect(o.authenticated()).toBeFalsy();
+        });
+    });
+    describe('#api', function() {
+        it('gets and sets url', function() {
+            expect(o.api('foo')).toEqual(o);
+            expect(o.api()).toBe('foo');
+        });
+    });
+
+});