diff --git a/src/react-azure-adb2c.js b/src/react-azure-adb2c.js
index 8ec9671..3593b01 100644
--- a/src/react-azure-adb2c.js
+++ b/src/react-azure-adb2c.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const state = {
   scopes: []  
 }
 var appConfig = {
+  validateAuthority: false,
   instance: null,
   tenant: null,
   signInPolicy: null,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ const authentication = {
       authority,
       authCallback,
       { logger: logger,
+        validateAuthority: config.validateAuthority,
         cacheLocation: config.cacheLocation,
         postLogoutRedirectUri: config.postLogoutRedirectUri,
         redirectUri: config.redirectUri }
@@ -127,4 +129,4 @@ const authentication = {
   getAccessToken: () => state.accessToken
 }
 
-export default authentication;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default authentication;