diff --git a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2API.java b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2API.java
index e9791dba..329bd287 100755
--- a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2API.java
+++ b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2API.java
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import static one.jpro.platform.auth.core.utils.AuthUtils.BASE64_ENCODER;
+
 /**
  * OAuth2 API provides the required functionalities to interact with an OAuth2 provider.
  *
@@ -34,18 +36,32 @@ public class OAuth2API {
 
     private static final Pattern MAX_AGE = Pattern.compile("max-age=\"?(\\d+)\"?");
     private static final String CACHE_CONTROL = "cache-control";
-    private static final Base64.Encoder BASE64_ENCODER = AuthUtils.BASE64_ENCODER;
 
     @NotNull
-    private final OAuth2Options options;
+    protected final OAuth2Options options;
     @NotNull
     private final HttpClient httpClient;
 
+    /**
+     * Creates an OAuth2 API object.
+     *
+     * @param options the OAuth2 options
+     */
     public OAuth2API(@NotNull final OAuth2Options options) {
-        this.options = options;
+        this.options = Objects.requireNonNull(options, "OAuth2 options cannot be null");
         this.httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the options used to configure this API.
+     *
+     * @return an OAuth2 options object
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public OAuth2Options getOptions() {
+        return options;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The client sends the end-user's browser to this endpoint to request their authentication and consent.
      * This endpoint is used in the code and implicit OAuth 2.0 flows which require end-user interaction.
@@ -632,8 +648,8 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> logout(final @NotNull String accessToken, final @
      * @param payload the payload to send
      * @return an asynchronous http response wrapped in a completable future
      */
-    private CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> fetch(HttpMethod method, String path,
-                                                          JSONObject headers, String payload) {
+    protected CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> fetch(HttpMethod method, String path,
+                                                            JSONObject headers, String payload) {
         if (path == null || path.isEmpty()) {
             // and this can happen as it is a config option that is dependent on the provider
             return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid path"));
diff --git a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2AuthenticationProvider.java b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2AuthenticationProvider.java
index 64743450..4758a33e 100755
--- a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2AuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/OAuth2AuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -47,28 +47,38 @@ public class OAuth2AuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider<Cred
     @Nullable
     private final Stage stage;
     @NotNull
-    private final OAuth2Options options;
-    @NotNull
     private final OAuth2API api;
+    @NotNull
+    private final OAuth2Options options;
 
     private HttpServer httpServer;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a OAuth2 authentication provider.
+     * Creates an OAuth2 authentication provider.
      *
-     * @param stage   the JavaFX application stage
-     * @param options the OAuth2 options
+     * @param stage the JavaFX application stage
+     * @param api   the OAuth2 api
      */
-    public OAuth2AuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage, @NotNull final OAuth2Options options) {
+    public OAuth2AuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage, @NotNull final OAuth2API api) {
         this.stage = stage;
-        this.options = Objects.requireNonNull(options, "OAuth2 options cannot be null");
-        this.api = new OAuth2API(options);
+        this.api = Objects.requireNonNull(api, "OAuth2 api cannot be null");
+        this.options = api.getOptions();
         this.options.validate();
 
         // Create a new http server
         this.httpServer = HttpServer.create(stage);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates an OAuth2 authentication provider.
+     *
+     * @param stage   the JavaFX application stage
+     * @param options the OAuth2 options
+     */
+    public OAuth2AuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage, @NotNull final OAuth2Options options) {
+        this(stage, new OAuth2API(options));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the options used to configure this provider.
      *
@@ -656,7 +666,7 @@ private String normalizeUri(String uri) {
             final int port = httpServer.getServerPort();
             String server = httpServer.getServerHost();
             final String loopbackAddress = InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress().getHostAddress();
-            if (getOptions().isUseLoopbackIpAddress()) {
+            if (options.isUseLoopbackIpAddress()) {
                 server = loopbackAddress;
             }
             final boolean localAddress = server.equals("localhost") || server.equals(loopbackAddress);
diff --git a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/GoogleAuthenticationProvider.java b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/GoogleAuthenticationProvider.java
index 9adb77de..71eef75a 100755
--- a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/GoogleAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/GoogleAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.provider;
 
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.http.HttpMethod;
+import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2API;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2AuthenticationProvider;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2Flow;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2Options;
+import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.utils.AuthUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ public class GoogleAuthenticationProvider extends OpenIDAuthenticationProvider {
      * @param options custom OAuth2 options
      */
     public GoogleAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage, @NotNull final OAuth2Options options) {
-        super(stage, options);
+        super(stage, new GoogleOAuth2API(options));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ public GoogleAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage, @NotNull final
     public GoogleAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage,
                                         @NotNull final String clientId,
                                         @NotNull final String clientSecret) {
-        super(stage, new OAuth2Options()
+        super(stage, new GoogleOAuth2API(new OAuth2Options()
                 .setFlow(OAuth2Flow.AUTH_CODE)
                 .setClientId(clientId)
                 .setClientSecret(clientSecret)
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ public GoogleAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable final Stage stage,
                 .setJwkPath("https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs")
                 .setIntrospectionPath("https://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokeninfo")
                 .setRevocationPath("https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke")
-                .setUserInfoParams(new JSONObject().put("alt", "json")));
+                .setUserInfoParams(new JSONObject().put("alt", "json"))));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,4 +78,57 @@ public static CompletableFuture<OpenIDAuthenticationProvider> discover(@Nullable
                         .setUserInfoParams(new JSONObject().put("alt", "json")))
                 .discover();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Inner class to handle OAuth2 API specific to Google.
+     */
+    private static class GoogleOAuth2API extends OAuth2API {
+
+        public GoogleOAuth2API(@NotNull final OAuth2Options options) {
+            super(options);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public CompletableFuture<JSONObject> tokenIntrospection(String tokenType, String token) {
+            final JSONObject headers = new JSONObject();
+
+            final boolean confidentialClient = options.getClientId() != null && options.getClientSecret() != null;
+            if (confidentialClient) {
+                String basic = options.getClientId() + ":" + options.getClientSecret();
+                headers.put("Authorization", "Basic " +
+                        AuthUtils.BASE64_ENCODER.encodeToString(basic.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+            }
+
+            final String path = options.getIntrospectionPath() + "?" + tokenType + "=" + token;
+
+            headers.put("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
+            // specify preferred accepted accessToken type
+            headers.put("Accept", "application/json,application/x-www-form-urlencoded;q=0.9");
+
+            return fetch(HttpMethod.POST, path, headers, null)
+                    .thenCompose(response -> {
+                        if (response.body() == null || response.body().isEmpty()) {
+                            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new RuntimeException("No Body"));
+                        }
+
+                        JSONObject json;
+                        if (AuthUtils.containsValue(response.headers(), "application/json")) {
+                            json = new JSONObject(response.body());
+                        } else if (AuthUtils.containsValue(response.headers(), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") ||
+                                AuthUtils.containsValue(response.headers(), "text/plain")) {
+                            json = AuthUtils.queryToJson(response.body());
+                        } else return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(
+                                new RuntimeException("Cannot handle accessToken type: "
+                                        + response.headers().allValues("Content-Type")));
+
+                        if (json == null || json.has("error")) {
+                            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(
+                                    new RuntimeException(AuthUtils.extractErrorDescription(json)));
+                        } else {
+                            AuthUtils.processNonStandardHeaders(json, response, options.getScopeSeparator());
+                            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(json);
+                        }
+                    });
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/OpenIDAuthenticationProvider.java b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/OpenIDAuthenticationProvider.java
index 7b1650ce..8ee3288c 100644
--- a/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/OpenIDAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/jpro-auth/core/src/main/java/one/jpro/platform/auth/core/oauth2/provider/OpenIDAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.authentication.User;
+import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2API;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2AuthenticationProvider;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2Credentials;
 import one.jpro.platform.auth.core.oauth2.OAuth2Options;
@@ -23,12 +24,13 @@ public class OpenIDAuthenticationProvider extends OAuth2AuthenticationProvider {
     /**
      * Creates a OAuth2 authentication provider.
      *
-     * @param stage   the JavaFX application stage
-     * @param options the OAuth2 options
+     * @param stage the JavaFX application stage
+     * @param api   the OAuth2 api
      */
-    public OpenIDAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable Stage stage, @NotNull OAuth2Options options) {
-        super(stage, options);
+    protected OpenIDAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable Stage stage, @NotNull OAuth2API api) {
+        super(stage, api);
 
+        final OAuth2Options options = api.getOptions();
         // Configure credentials scopes
         if (options.getSupportedScopes() != null && !options.getSupportedScopes().isEmpty()) {
             credentials.setScopes(options.getSupportedScopes());
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ public OpenIDAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable Stage stage, @NotNull OAuth2Option
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a OAuth2 authentication provider.
+     *
+     * @param stage   the JavaFX application stage
+     * @param options the OAuth2 options
+     */
+    public OpenIDAuthenticationProvider(@Nullable Stage stage, @NotNull OAuth2Options options) {
+        this(stage, new OAuth2API(options));
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     public OAuth2Credentials getCredentials() {
         return credentials;