diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index df2ea92..03c7d1d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers'
 gem 'active_api', github: 'blairanderson/active_api'
+# gem 'active_api', path: '../active_api'
 
 gem 'jquery-rails'
 gem 'pg'
@@ -23,16 +24,17 @@ group :development, :test do
 
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem 'byebug'
-  # Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> in views
-  gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'
+
 
   # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
   gem 'spring'
 
-  gem 'swagger-docs'
-
   gem 'factory_girl_rails'
   gem 'faker'
   gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.0' # https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails
   gem 'rspec_api_documentation' # https://github.com/zipmark/rspec_api_documentation
+  gem 'shoulda-matchers'
+
+  # Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> in views
+  gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a228a57..d784f39 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/blairanderson/active_api.git
-  revision: 0a00c5f0fdd4a1df4b9da0607b35cff5b9118e3e
+  revision: 3a842f983dcb01e6f2e84e5924c5f7f014732290
   specs:
     active_api (0.0.1)
       active_model_serializers
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ GEM
       rack-accept
       rack-mount
       virtus (>= 1.0.0)
-    grape-entity (0.4.4)
+    grape-entity (0.4.5)
       activesupport
       multi_json (>= 1.3.2)
-    grape-swagger (0.9.0)
+    grape-swagger (0.10.1)
       grape (>= 0.8.0)
       grape-entity
     grape-swagger-rails (0.1.0)
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ GEM
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
       tilt (~> 1.1)
+    shoulda-matchers (2.8.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     simple_form (3.1.0)
       actionpack (~> 4.0)
       activemodel (~> 4.0)
@@ -228,9 +230,6 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
-    swagger-docs (0.1.9)
-      activesupport (>= 3, < 5)
-      rails (>= 3, < 5)
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.4)
     tilt (1.4.1)
@@ -272,10 +271,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails (~> 3.0)
   rspec_api_documentation
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
+  shoulda-matchers
   simple_form
   sorcery (= 0.9.0)
   spring
-  swagger-docs
   turbolinks
   uglifier (>= 1.3.0)
   validate_url
diff --git a/spec/requests/items_spec.rb b/spec/requests/items_spec.rb
index f2848e2..7aa3bc3 100644
--- a/spec/requests/items_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/items_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
       expect(response).to be_success # test for the 200 status-code
       expect(json['items'].length).to eq(length) # check to make sure the right amount of messages are returned
     end
+
+    it 'gets authenticated items' do
+      user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+      expected_number = 4
+      FactoryGirl.create_list(:item, expected_number, user: user)
+      FactoryGirl.create_list(:item, rand(1..20))
+
+      get active_api_path + "items", nil, {'Authorization' => "Token token=#{user.token}"}
+      expect(response).to be_success
+      expect(json['items'].length).to eq(expected_number)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "GET    /items/:id" do