diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/api/index.ts b/plugins/circleci/src/api/index.ts
index 849ac4ce1a..b3de6758cc 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/api/index.ts
@@ -17,45 +17,69 @@
 import { CircleCI, GitType, CircleCIOptions } from 'circleci-api';
 import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
 
-const options: Partial<CircleCIOptions> = {
-  // Required for all requests
-  // token: CIRCLECI_TOKEN, // Set your CircleCi API token
-
-  // Optional
-  // Anything set here can be overriden when making the request
-
-  // Git information is required for project/build/etc endpoints
+const defaultOptions: Partial<CircleCIOptions> = {
   vcs: {
-    type: GitType.GITHUB, // default: github
+    type: GitType.GITHUB,
     owner: 'CircleCITest3',
     repo: 'circleci-test',
   },
 };
-
-export class CircleCIApi {
-  api: null | CircleCI = null;
-  constuctor() {}
-  async authenticate(token: string) {
-    try {
-      if (token === '') return Promise.reject();
-      this.api = new CircleCI({ ...options, token });
-      // await this.api.me();
-      return Promise.resolve();
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.api = null;
-      return this.cantAuth();
-    }
-  }
-  async cantAuth() {
-    return Promise.reject("Can't auth");
-  }
-  async getBuilds() {
-    if (!this.api) return this.cantAuth();
-    return this.api.builds();
-  }
-}
-
 export const circleCIApiRef = new ApiRef<CircleCIApi>({
   id: 'plugin.circleci.service',
   description: 'Used by the CircleCI plugin to make requests',
 });
+
+export class CircleCIApi {
+  token: string = '';
+  private options: Partial<CircleCIOptions>;
+
+  authed: boolean = false;
+  constructor(options?: Partial<CircleCIOptions>) {
+    this.options = Object.assign(Object.create(null), defaultOptions, options);
+  }
+
+  setToken(token: string) {
+    this.token = token;
+    this.persistToken();
+  }
+
+  async restorePersistedToken() {
+    if (this.authed) return Promise.resolve();
+    const key = circleCIApiRef.id;
+    const persistedToken = sessionStorage.getItem(key);
+    if (persistedToken) {
+      this.token = persistedToken;
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    return Promise.reject();
+  }
+
+  async persistToken() {
+    if (this.authed) return;
+    const key = circleCIApiRef.id;
+    sessionStorage.setItem(key, this.token);
+  }
+
+  async validateToken() {
+    if (!this.token || this.token === '') {
+      return Promise.reject('Wrong token');
+    }
+
+    // TODO: switch towards using personal token
+    await this.api.builds();
+    this.authed = true;
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+  private get api() {
+    return new CircleCI({ ...this.options, token: this.token });
+  }
+
+  async getBuilds() {
+    return this.api.builds();
+  }
+
+  async getUser() {
+    return this.api.me();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIFetch/CirleCIFetch.tsx b/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIFetch/CirleCIFetch.tsx
index 50ca39b3a6..6e27d3e51e 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIFetch/CirleCIFetch.tsx
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIFetch/CirleCIFetch.tsx
@@ -74,18 +74,27 @@ const transform = (buildsData: BuildSummary[]): CITableBuildInfo[] => {
 };
 
 export const CircleCIFetch: FC<{}> = () => {
+  const [authed, setAuthed] = React.useState(false);
   const [builds, setBuilds] = React.useState<BuildSummary[]>([]);
   const api = useApi(circleCIApiRef);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
-      if (!api.api) return;
+    const intervalId = setInterval(async () => {
+      if (!authed) {
+        await api.restorePersistedToken();
+        await api
+          .validateToken()
+          .then(() => {
+            setAuthed(true);
+          })
+          .catch(() => setAuthed(false));
+      }
       api.getBuilds().then(setBuilds);
     }, 1500);
     return () => clearInterval(intervalId);
-  }, []);
+  }, [authed]);
 
-  if (!api.api) return <div>Not authenticated</div>;
+  if (!authed) return <div>Not authenticated</div>;
   const transformedBuilds = transform(builds || []);
   return <CITable builds={transformedBuilds} />;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIPage/CircleCIPage.tsx b/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIPage/CircleCIPage.tsx
index 23ac5c0d7d..a37d5e633d 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIPage/CircleCIPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/components/CircleCIPage/CircleCIPage.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { Grid } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { Grid, Button } from '@material-ui/core';
 import {
   InfoCard,
   Header,
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
   SupportButton,
 } from '@backstage/core';
 import { CircleCIFetch } from '../CircleCIFetch';
-import { LoginCard } from '../LoginCard';
 
 export const CircleCIPage: FC<{}> = () => {
   return (
@@ -37,15 +36,13 @@ export const CircleCIPage: FC<{}> = () => {
         <HeaderLabel label="Lifecycle" value="Alpha" />
       </Header>
       <Content>
-        <ContentHeader title="Plugin title">
+        <ContentHeader title="Circle CI">
+          <Button href="/circleci/settings">Settings</Button>
           <SupportButton>A description of your plugin goes here.</SupportButton>
         </ContentHeader>
         <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
           <Grid item>
-            <LoginCard />
-          </Grid>
-          <Grid item>
-            <InfoCard title="CI/CD">
+            <InfoCard title="Pipelines">
               <CircleCIFetch />
             </InfoCard>
           </Grid>
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/LoginCard.tsx b/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/LoginCard.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 806f218cf9..0000000000
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/LoginCard.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import {
-  Typography,
-  Button,
-  TextField,
-  List,
-  ListItem,
-} from '@material-ui/core';
-import { Person as PersonIcon } from '@material-ui/icons';
-import { InfoCard, useApi } from '@backstage/core';
-import { circleCIApiRef } from 'api';
-
-const useSessionStorage = (key: string): [string, (value: string) => void] => {
-  const [value, setter] = React.useState(sessionStorage.getItem(key) ?? '');
-  const setValue = (newValue: string) => {
-    sessionStorage.setItem(key, newValue);
-    setter(sessionStorage.getItem(key) ?? '');
-  };
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    const storageChangeHandle = (e: StorageEvent) => {
-      if (e.storageArea !== sessionStorage) return;
-      if (e.key !== key) return;
-      if (e.newValue !== e.oldValue) {
-        setter(e.newValue ?? '');
-      }
-    };
-    window.addEventListener('storage', storageChangeHandle);
-    return () => window.removeEventListener('storage', storageChangeHandle);
-  }, [key, setter]);
-
-  return [value, setValue];
-};
-export const LoginCard = () => {
-  const [token, setToken] = useSessionStorage(circleCIApiRef.id);
-  const api = useApi(circleCIApiRef);
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (token && token !== '') {
-      api.authenticate(token);
-    }
-  }, []);
-  return (
-    <InfoCard>
-      <Typography variant="h6">
-        <PersonIcon /> CircleCI Auth
-      </Typography>
-      <List>
-        <ListItem>
-          <TextField
-            name="circleci-token"
-            type="password"
-            label="Token"
-            value={token}
-            onChange={e => setToken(e.target.value)}
-          />
-        </ListItem>
-
-        <ListItem>
-          <Button
-            data-testid="github-auth-button"
-            variant="outlined"
-            color="primary"
-            onClick={() => api.authenticate(token)}
-          >
-            Authenticate
-          </Button>
-        </ListItem>
-      </List>
-    </InfoCard>
-  );
-};
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/index.ts b/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d3c3bcf3e..0000000000
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/components/LoginCard/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from './LoginCard';
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.tsx b/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b4487bb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Button, TextField, List, Grid, ListItem } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { circleCIApiRef } from 'api';
+import {
+  InfoCard,
+  useApi,
+  Header,
+  Page,
+  pageTheme,
+  Content,
+  ContentHeader,
+  HeaderLabel,
+  SupportButton,
+} from '@backstage/core';
+
+export const SettingsPage = () => {
+  const [authed, setAuthed] = React.useState(false);
+  const [token, setToken] = React.useState('');
+  const api = useApi(circleCIApiRef);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    api
+      .restorePersistedToken()
+      .then(() => api.validateToken())
+      .then(() => setAuthed(true))
+      .catch(() => setAuthed(false));
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <Page theme={pageTheme.tool}>
+      <Header title="Circle CI" subtitle="Settings">
+        <HeaderLabel label="Owner" value="Team X" />
+        <HeaderLabel label="Lifecycle" value="Alpha" />
+      </Header>
+      <Content>
+        <ContentHeader title="Settings">
+          <Button href="/circleci">Back</Button>
+          <SupportButton>A description of your plugin goes here.</SupportButton>
+        </ContentHeader>
+        <Grid container spacing={3} direction="column">
+          <Grid item>
+            <InfoCard title="Authentication">
+              <List>
+                {authed ? (
+                  <>Already authed</>
+                ) : (
+                  <>
+                    <ListItem>
+                      <TextField
+                        name="circleci-token"
+                        type="password"
+                        label="Token"
+                        value={token}
+                        onChange={e => setToken(e.target.value)}
+                      />
+                    </ListItem>
+
+                    <ListItem>
+                      <Button
+                        data-testid="github-auth-button"
+                        variant="outlined"
+                        color="primary"
+                        onClick={async () => {
+                          api.setToken(token);
+                          api
+                            .validateToken()
+                            .then(() => setAuthed(true))
+                            .catch(() => setAuthed(false));
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Authenticate
+                      </Button>
+                    </ListItem>
+                  </>
+                )}
+              </List>
+            </InfoCard>
+          </Grid>
+        </Grid>
+      </Content>
+    </Page>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/index.ts b/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f533f5abe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/components/SettingsPage/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './SettingsPage';
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/circleci/src/plugin.ts
index 5c1eca9be3..458a7f27bc 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/plugin.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
  */
 import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/core';
 import { CircleCIPage } from './components/CircleCIPage';
+import { SettingsPage } from './components/SettingsPage';
 
 export const plugin = createPlugin({
   id: 'circleci',
   register({ router }) {
     router.registerRoute('/circleci', CircleCIPage);
+    router.registerRoute('/circleci/settings', SettingsPage);
   },
 });