diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/vkSessionHandler.py b/src/sessionmanager/vkSessionHandler.py
index 030f467..f6c7e3a 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/vkSessionHandler.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/vkSessionHandler.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 import keys
 import logging
-import vk_api
+import vk_api_patched as vk_api
 import core
 from vk_api.audio import VkAudio
-import core
+
 log = logging.getLogger("vkSessionHandler")
 
 class vkObject(object):
diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py b/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5da838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" this is a patched version of vk_api to  use a different user agent for authenticating against VK.
+Everything else looks the same, the only change in the module is the new user agent, emulating a kate mobile session."""
+import logging
+import vk_api
+import threading
+import requests
+import jconfig
+from vk_api.enums import VkUserPermissions
+from vk_api.exceptions import *
+
+DEFAULT_USER_SCOPE = sum(VkUserPermissions)
+
+class VkApi(vk_api.VkApi):
+
+    def __init__(self, login=None, password=None, token=None,
+                 auth_handler=None, captcha_handler=None,
+                 config=jconfig.Config, config_filename='vk_config.v2.json',
+                 api_version='5.92', app_id=6222115, scope=DEFAULT_USER_SCOPE,
+                 client_secret=None):
+
+        self.login = login
+        self.password = password
+
+        self.token = {'access_token': token}
+
+        self.api_version = api_version
+        self.app_id = app_id
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.client_secret = client_secret
+
+        self.storage = config(self.login, filename=config_filename)
+
+        self.http = requests.Session()
+        self.http.headers.update({'User-agent': 'KateMobileAndroid/47-427 (Android 6.0.1; SDK 23; armeabi-v7a; samsung SM-G900F; ru)'})
+
+        self.last_request = 0.0
+
+        self.error_handlers = {
+            NEED_VALIDATION_CODE: self.need_validation_handler,
+            CAPTCHA_ERROR_CODE: captcha_handler or self.captcha_handler,
+            TOO_MANY_RPS_CODE: self.too_many_rps_handler,
+            TWOFACTOR_CODE: auth_handler or self.auth_handler
+        }
+
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger('vk_api_patched')
+        self.logger.info('Started patched VK API client...')
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