diff --git a/src/downloader.ts b/src/downloader.ts
index 97ea851..586a1f7 100644
--- a/src/downloader.ts
+++ b/src/downloader.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const fs = require("fs").promises;
 import * as config from "./config";
 
 const ObjectsApi = new ForgeSDK.ObjectsApi();
+const ItemsApi = new ForgeSDK.ItemsApi();
 
 /**
  * Kevin Pan | pan261@purdue.edu | Last Modified: 12/2/2021
@@ -34,27 +35,13 @@ exports.download = async (projectID: string, itemID: string, fileName: string, d
 };
 
 const getStorageLocation = (projectID: string, itemID: string, credentials: ForgeSDK.AuthToken) => {
-    return axios.default({
-            method: "GET",
-            url: `https://developer.api.autodesk.com/data/v1/projects/${projectID}/items/${itemID}`,
-            headers: {
-                Authorization: `Bearer ${credentials.access_token}`,
-            },
-        })
-        .then((res: axios.AxiosResponse) => {
-            let data = res.data.included[0];
+    return ItemsApi.getItem(projectID, itemID, config.authClient, credentials)
+        .then((res: ForgeSDK.ApiResponse) => {
+            let data = res.body.included[0];
             let storageID = data.relationships.storage.data.id;
             storageID = storageID.substring(storageID.indexOf("/") + 1);
             return storageID;
-        })
-        .catch((err: axios.AxiosError) => {
-            if (err.response) {
-                console.log(
-                    "unable to get storage location for " +
-                        itemID +
-                        ": " +
-                        err.response.status
-                );
-            }
+        }).catch((err: ForgeSDK.ApiError) => {
+            console.log("unable to get storage location for " + itemID + ": " + err.statusCode);
         });
 };