diff --git a/app/controllers/stripe.controller.js b/app/controllers/stripe.controller.js
index 4e85324..753e1b5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stripe.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/stripe.controller.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 const db = require('../../models'),
 	errorMaker = require('../helpers/error.maker'),
-	https = require('https');
+	requestPromise = require('request-promise');
 
 const stripe = require('stripe')(process.env.STRIPE_KEY);
 
-const { Donor, Charge, PaymentPlan } = db;
+const { Donor, Organization, Charge, PaymentPlan } = db;
 
 // Subscribe user to plan or one time charge
 exports.grantCharge = async ({
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ exports.getExpressUILink = async (req, res, next) => {
 
 // verify the charity after they filled out basic info for express ui
 exports.activateStripeAccount = async (req, res, next) => {
-	const { code } = req.query;
-	console.log(req.query);
+	const { code, state } = req.query;
+	const org_id = state;
 
 	try {
 		var dataString = `client_secret=${
@@ -106,40 +106,24 @@ exports.activateStripeAccount = async (req, res, next) => {
 		}&code=${code}&grant_type=authorization_code`;
 
 		var options = {
-			host: 'connect.stripe.com',
-			path: '/oauth/token',
+			uri: 'https://connect.stripe.com/oauth/token',
 			method: 'POST',
 			body: {
 				client_secret: process.env.STRIPE_KEY,
 				code,
 				grant_type: 'authorization_code'
-			}
+			},
+			json: true
 		};
 
-		// Set up the request
-		const postRequest = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			https
-				.request(options, function(res) {
-					res.setEncoding('utf8');
-					let body = '';
-					res.on('data', data => {
-						body += data;
-					});
-					res.on('end', () => {
-						body = JSON.parse(body);
-					});
-
-					resolve(body);
-				})
-				.on('error', err => {
-					console.log('Error: ' + err.message);
-					reject(err);
-				});
-		});
-
 		// store for current user, get user_id from the state param maybe?
-		const stripeAccRes = await Promise.resolve(postRequest);
-		console.log(stripeAccRes);
+		const stripeAccRes = await requestPromise(options);
+		const { stripe_user_id } = stripeAccRes;
+
+		const updateRes = await db.sequelize.query(
+			'UPDATE organizations SET stripe_account_id = :stripe_user_id WHERE id = :org_id',
+			{ replacements: { stripe_user_id, org_id } }
+		);
 
 		return res.status(302).redirect('http://localhost:8081/org/main/banking');
 	} catch (error) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d1127d1..e5331fd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1443,6 +1443,25 @@
         "uuid": "^3.3.2"
       }
     },
+    "request-promise": {
+      "version": "4.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise/-/request-promise-4.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8wgMrvE546PzbR5WbYxUQogUnUDfM0S7QIFZMID+J73vdFARkFy+HElj4T+MWYhpXwlLp0EQ8Zoj8xUA0he4Vg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
+        "request-promise-core": "1.1.2",
+        "stealthy-require": "^1.1.1",
+        "tough-cookie": "^2.3.3"
+      }
+    },
+    "request-promise-core": {
+      "version": "1.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise-core/-/request-promise-core-1.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UHYyq1MO8GsefGEt7EprS8UrXsm1TxEvFUX1IMTuSLU2Rh7fTIdFtl8xD7JiEYiWU2dl+NYAjCTksTehQUxPag==",
+      "requires": {
+        "lodash": "^4.17.11"
+      }
+    },
     "require-directory": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz",
@@ -1639,6 +1658,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/statuses/-/statuses-1.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-zhSCtt8v2NDrRlPQpCNtw/heZLtfUDqxBM1udqikb/Hbk52LK4nQSwr10u77iopCW5LsyHpuXS0GnEc48mLeew=="
     },
+    "stealthy-require": {
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stealthy-require/-/stealthy-require-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-NbCYdbT/SfJqd35QmzCQoyJr8ks="
+    },
     "string-width": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-2.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0fb696..c5c0db5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		"morgan": "^1.9.1",
 		"mysql2": "^1.6.4",
 		"request": "^2.88.0",
+		"request-promise": "^4.2.4",
 		"sequelize": "^4.42.0",
 		"sequelize-cli": "^5.4.0",
 		"stripe": "^6.22.0",