diff --git a/leetcode/auth.py b/leetcode/auth.py
index df13f57..18a40af 100644
--- a/leetcode/auth.py
+++ b/leetcode/auth.py
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def is_login():
     return 'user_name' in data and data['user_name'] != ''
 
 
+def ensure_login():
+    if not is_login():
+        login()
+
+
 def retrieve(url, headers=None, method='GET', data=None):
     try:
         if method == 'GET':
diff --git a/leetcode/leetcode.py b/leetcode/leetcode.py
index 7869810..bbb3f4d 100644
--- a/leetcode/leetcode.py
+++ b/leetcode/leetcode.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from .config import config
-from .auth import session, headers, retrieve
+from .auth import session, headers, retrieve, ensure_login
 from .code import *
 
 BASE_URL = 'https://leetcode.com'
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ def merge_two_dicts(x, y):
     'Go': 'go',
 }
 
+
+def safe_retrieve(url, headers=None, method='GET', data=None):
+    ensure_login()
+    return retrieve(url, headers, method, data)
+
+
 class Quiz(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.id = None
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
     def load(self):
-        r = retrieve(self.url)
+        r = safe_retrieve(self.url)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             return False
         text = r.text.encode('utf-8')
@@ -56,8 +62,8 @@ def load(self):
         bs = BeautifulSoup(text, 'lxml')
 
         if bs.find('form', 'form-signin'):
-            self.session.cookies.clear()
-            r = retrieve(BASE_URL + item.url)
+            session.cookies.clear()
+            r = safe_retrieve(BASE_URL + item.url)
 
         try:
             content = bs.find('div', 'question-description')
@@ -90,6 +96,9 @@ def load(self):
             return False
 
     def submit(self, code):
+        # Call this upfront so we have the right CSRF
+        ensure_login()
+
         body = { 'question_id': self.id,
                 'test_mode': False,
                 'lang': LANG_MAPPING.get(config.language, 'cpp'),
@@ -109,7 +118,7 @@ def submit(self, code):
             'X-CSRFToken': csrftoken,
             'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'})
 
-        r = retrieve(self.url + '/submit/', method='POST', data=json.dumps(body), headers=newheaders)
+        r = safe_retrieve(self.url + '/submit/', method='POST', data=json.dumps(body), headers=newheaders)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             return (False, 'Request failed!')
         text = r.text.encode('utf-8')
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ def submit(self, code):
 
     def check_submission_result(self, submission_id):
         url = SUBMISSION_URL.format(id=submission_id)
-        r = retrieve(url)
+        r = safe_retrieve(url)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             return (-100, 'Request failed!')
         text = r.text.encode('utf-8')
@@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ def solved(self):
         return [i for i in self.quizzes if i.submission_status == 'ac']
 
     def load(self):
-        r = retrieve(API_URL)
+        r = safe_retrieve(API_URL)
         if r.status_code != 200:
             return None
         text = r.text.encode('utf-8')
diff --git a/tests/test_leetcode.py b/tests/test_leetcode.py
index 15e7961..4524326 100644
--- a/tests/test_leetcode.py
+++ b/tests/test_leetcode.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 import mock
 from leetcode.leetcode import *
-from leetcode.auth import NetworkError
+from leetcode.auth import NetworkError, LOGIN_URL, API_URL
 import requests_mock
 import requests
 
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def test_retrieve_home(self):
 
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
             m.get(API_URL, status_code=403)
+            m.get(LOGIN_URL, status_code=403)
             self.assertIsNone(self.leet.load())
             m.get(API_URL, json={"error": "not found"})
             self.assertIsNone(self.leet.load())
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ def test_retrieve_detail(self):
         item.submission_status = 'ac'
 
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+            m.get(API_URL, json={'user_name': 'fake'})
             m.get('http://hello.com', status_code=403)
             self.assertFalse(item.load())
             m.get('http://hello.com', text=data)
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ def test_submit_code(self):
         item.submission_status = 'ac'
 
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+            m.get(API_URL, json={'user_name': 'fake'})
             m.post(item.url + '/submit/', status_code=402)
             self.assertFalse(item.submit('code')[0])
 
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ def test_submission_result(self):
         item.submission_status = 'ac'
         url = SUBMISSION_URL.format(id=1)
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
+            m.get(API_URL, json={'user_name': 'fake'})
             m.get(url, status_code=403)
             self.assertEqual(item.check_submission_result(1)[0], -100)
             m.get(url, json={ 'state': 'PENDING' })