diff --git a/engines/dfc_provider/app/services/dfc_request.rb b/engines/dfc_provider/app/services/dfc_request.rb
index f8635ac999..bed4be4c65 100644
--- a/engines/dfc_provider/app/services/dfc_request.rb
+++ b/engines/dfc_provider/app/services/dfc_request.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class DfcRequest
       # It results in an empty config hash and we lose our config.
     )
     client = strategy.client
-    client.token_endpoint = strategy.config.token_endpoint # tried to mock this but doesn't work.
+    binding.pry
+    client.token_endpoint = strategy.config.token_endpoint # can't work out what's happening under the hood or  how to stub it
     client.refresh_token = @user.oidc_account.refresh_token
 
     token = client.access_token!
diff --git a/engines/dfc_provider/spec/services/dfc_request_spec.rb b/engines/dfc_provider/spec/services/dfc_request_spec.rb
index 8d341b8d4b..5150296d67 100644
--- a/engines/dfc_provider/spec/services/dfc_request_spec.rb
+++ b/engines/dfc_provider/spec/services/dfc_request_spec.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ RSpec.describe DfcRequest do
       before do
         stub_request(:get, "http://example.net/api").
           to_return(status: 401)
-        allow_any_instance_of(OpenIDConnect::Client).to receive(:config).and_return(double(token_endpoint: ""))
+
+        # allow_any_instance_of(OpenIDConnect::Client).to receive(:config).and_return(double(token_endpoint: ""))
+        stub_request(:get, "https://login.lescommuns.org/auth/realms/data-food-consortium/.well-known/openid-configuration").
+          to_return(status: 200, body: {token_endpoint: "/token"}.to_json)
+
 
         account.refresh_token = ENV.fetch("OPENID_REFRESH_TOKEN")
         account.token = "anything"