diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/API/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net/API/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index 2d2579273..f7a3418e8 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/API/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/API/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
             };
             var msg = new IdentifyParams()
             {
-                Token = _authToken,
+                Token = GetPrefixedToken(AuthTokenType, _authToken),
                 Properties = props,
                 LargeThreshold = largeThreshold,
                 UseCompression = useCompression,