diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da6b872..5b5cf73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # MediaWiki Changelog
 
+## Version 0.7.5
+
+* Move configuration items to a configuration data class
+  * Will allow for the deprication of some top level properties in lieu of changing against the `Configuration` class
+
 ## Version 0.7.4
 
 * Add typing support
diff --git a/mediawiki/configuraton.py b/mediawiki/configuraton.py
index b5fd197..2493b81 100644
--- a/mediawiki/configuraton.py
+++ b/mediawiki/configuraton.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class Configuration:
     _reset_session: bool = field(default=True, init=False, repr=False)
     _clear_memoized: bool = field(default=False, init=False, repr=False)
     _rate_limit_last_call: Optional[datetime] = field(default=None, init=False, repr=False)
-    _login: bool = field(default=False, init=False, repr=False)
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
         keys = [
             x.replace("_", "", 1)
             for x in sorted(asdict(self).keys())
-            if x not in ["_login", "_rate_limit_last_call", "_clear_memoized", "_reset_session"]
+            if x not in ["_rate_limit_last_call", "_clear_memoized", "_reset_session"]
         ]
         full = [f"{x}={self.__getattribute__(x)}" for x in keys]
         return f"Configuration({', '.join(full)})"
@@ -224,8 +223,6 @@ def username(self) -> Optional[str]:
     def username(self, username: Optional[str]):
         """set the username, if needed, to log into the mediawiki site"""
         self._username = username
-        if self.username and self.password:
-            self._login = True
 
     @property
     def password(self) -> Optional[str]:
@@ -236,8 +233,6 @@ def password(self) -> Optional[str]:
     def password(self, password: Optional[str]):
         """set the password, if needed, to log into the mediawiki site"""
         self._password = password
-        if self.username and self.password:
-            self._login = True
 
     @property
     def refresh_interval(self) -> Optional[int]:
diff --git a/mediawiki/mediawiki.py b/mediawiki/mediawiki.py
index 6eb7344..59ee873 100644
--- a/mediawiki/mediawiki.py
+++ b/mediawiki/mediawiki.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ def login(self, username: str, password: str, strict: bool = True) -> bool:
         res = self._post_response(params)
         if res["login"]["result"] == "Success":
             self._is_logged_in = True
+            self._config._login = False
             return True
         self._is_logged_in = False
         reason = res["login"]["reason"]
diff --git a/tests/mediawiki_test.py b/tests/mediawiki_test.py
index 0db6e62..9c003f7 100644
--- a/tests/mediawiki_test.py
+++ b/tests/mediawiki_test.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def __init__(
         rate_limit_wait=timedelta(milliseconds=50),
         cat_prefix="Category",
         user_agent=None,
+        username=None,
+        password=None,
+        proxies=None,
+        verify_ssl=True,
     ):
         """new init"""
 
@@ -55,8 +59,15 @@ def __init__(
             rate_limit_wait=rate_limit_wait,
             cat_prefix=cat_prefix,
             user_agent=user_agent,
+            username=username,
+            password=password,
+            proxies=proxies,
+            verify_ssl=verify_ssl,
         )
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return super().__repr__()
+
     def _get_response(self, params):
         """override the __get_response method"""
         new_params = json.dumps(tuple(sorted(params.items())))
@@ -151,6 +162,18 @@ def test_extensions(self):
         response = site.responses[site.api_url]
         self.assertEqual(site.extensions, response["extensions"])
 
+    def test_repr_function(self):
+        """test the config repr function"""
+        site = MediaWikiOverloaded()
+        res = (
+            "Configuration(api_url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, category_prefix=Category, "
+            "lang=en, password=None, proxies=None, rate_limit=False, rate_limit_min_wait=0:00:00.050000, "
+            "refresh_interval=None, timeout=15.0, use_cache=True, "
+            "user_agent=python-mediawiki/VERSION-0.7.4/(https://github.com/barrust/mediawiki)/BOT, username=None, verify_ssl=True)"
+        )
+        print(str(site._config))
+        self.assertEqual(str(site._config), res)
+
     def test_change_api_url(self):
         """test switching the api url"""
         site = MediaWikiOverloaded()
@@ -347,6 +370,11 @@ def test_successful_login(self):
         self.assertEqual(site.logged_in, True)
         self.assertEqual(res, True)
 
+    def test_successful_login_on_load(self):
+        """test login success on load!"""
+        site = MediaWikiOverloaded(username="username", password="fakepassword")
+        self.assertEqual(site.logged_in, True)
+
     def test_failed_login(self):
         """test that login failure throws the correct exception"""
         site = MediaWikiOverloaded()