diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0bb077..74177ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const gateway = create_gateway({
   refresh_cookie_name: 'refresh_cookie', // if defined, refresh tokens will be read and used to automatically refresh client tokens (requires the refresh_settings attribute)
   refresh_settings: {
     // same as settings for allow_access under section 2
-    // the options redirect_to and leave_open are not supported here
+    // the options data, redirect_to and leave_open are not supported here
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/AuthHandler.ts b/lib/AuthHandler.ts
index 04a4836..055464b 100644
--- a/lib/AuthHandler.ts
+++ b/lib/AuthHandler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface AccessSettings {
   include_refresh_token?: boolean
   refresh_token_expires_in?: number
   redirect_to?: string
-  data?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  data?: unknown,
   leave_open?: boolean
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Gateway.ts b/lib/Gateway.ts
index 505c28d..b544011 100644
--- a/lib/Gateway.ts
+++ b/lib/Gateway.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Gateway = (
 interface RefreshSettings extends AccessSettings {
   leave_open?: never;
   redirect_to?: never;
+  data?: never;
 }
 
 interface GatewayOptions {
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ class GatewayClass {
       );
       const refresh_result = await auth_request.allow_access ({
         ...this._options.refresh_settings,
-        leave_open: true
+        data:        ver.data,
+        leave_open:  true
       });
 
       const con = req.connection as unknown as Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -171,5 +173,6 @@ export {
   AnyFunc,
   Gateway,
   GatewayOptions,
-  GatewayClass
+  GatewayClass,
+  RefreshSettings
 };
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 19bcf04..ea798e1 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import create_gateway, {
   GatewayOptions,
   GatewayClass,
   Gateway,
-  AnyFunc
+  AnyFunc,
+  RefreshSettings
 } from './Gateway';
 import keystore, {
   KeyStore, KeyStoreExport,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export {
   GatewayOptions,
   GatewayClass,
   Gateway,
+  RefreshSettings,
   AnyFunc,
   KeyStore,
   KeyStoreExport,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4811f66..fe30be7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sapphirecode/auth-server-helper",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "author": {
     "name": "Timo Hocker",