diff --git a/agavepy/agave.py b/agavepy/agave.py
index a0d4b3a..0de4ff9 100644
--- a/agavepy/agave.py
+++ b/agavepy/agave.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import requests
 from agavepy.tenants import tenant_list
 from agavepy.clients import clients_create, clients_list
 from agavepy.tokens import token_create
-from agavepy.utils import save_config
+from agavepy.utils import load_config, save_config
 
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -234,34 +234,6 @@ class Agave(object):
 
             setattr(self, attr, value)
 
-        # The following sectionsets tenant ID (tenant_id) and tenant url 
-        # (api_server).
-        # Neither tenant ID nor tenant url are set.
-        if self.tenant_id is None and self.api_server is None:
-            tenants = self.list_tenants(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
-            value = input("\nPlease specify the ID for the tenant you wish to interact with: ")
-            self.tenant_id  = tenants[value]["id"]
-            tenant_url = tenants[value]["url"]
-            if tenant_url[-1] == '/':
-                tenant_url = tenant_url[:-1]
-            self.api_server = tenant_url
-        # Tenant ID was not set.
-        elif self.tenant_id is None and self.api_server is not None:
-            tenants = tenant_list(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
-
-            for _, tenant in tenants.items():
-                if self.api_server in tenant["url"]:
-                    self.tenant_id = tenant["id"]
-        # Tenant url was not set.
-        elif self.api_server is None and self.tenant_id is not None:
-            tenants = tenant_list(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
-
-            tenant_url = tenants[self.tenant_id]["url"]
-            if tenant_url[-1] == '/':
-                tenant_url = tenant_url[:-1]
-            self.api_server = tenant_url
-    
-
         if self.resources is None:
             self.resources = load_resource(self.api_server)
         self.host = urllib.parse.urlsplit(self.api_server).netloc
@@ -536,6 +508,40 @@ class Agave(object):
         return list(set(base))
 
 
+    def init(self):
+        """ Initilize a session
+
+        Initialize a session by setting parameters refering to the tenant you
+        wish to interact with.
+        """
+        # The following sectionsets tenant ID (tenant_id) and tenant url
+        # (api_server).
+        # Neither tenant ID nor tenant url are set.
+        if self.tenant_id is None and self.api_server is None:
+            tenants = self.list_tenants(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
+            value = input("\nPlease specify the ID for the tenant you wish to interact with: ")
+            self.tenant_id  = tenants[value]["id"]
+            tenant_url = tenants[value]["url"]
+            if tenant_url[-1] == '/':
+                tenant_url = tenant_url[:-1]
+            self.api_server = tenant_url
+        # Tenant ID was not set.
+        elif self.tenant_id is None and self.api_server is not None:
+            tenants = tenant_list(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
+
+            for _, tenant in tenants.items():
+                if self.api_server in tenant["url"]:
+                    self.tenant_id = tenant["id"]
+        # Tenant url was not set.
+        elif self.api_server is None and self.tenant_id is not None:
+            tenants = tenant_list(tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants")
+
+            tenant_url = tenants[self.tenant_id]["url"]
+            if tenant_url[-1] == '/':
+                tenant_url = tenant_url[:-1]
+            self.api_server = tenant_url
+
+
     def save_configs(self, cache_dir=None):
         """ Save configs
 
@@ -547,6 +553,12 @@ class Agave(object):
         cache_dir: string (default: None)
             If no cache_dir is passed it will default to ~/.agave.
         """
+        # Check that client name is set.
+        if self.client_name is None or isinstance(self.client_name, Resource):
+            print(
+                "You must set the client_name attribute before saving configurations with this method")
+            return
+
         current_context = {
             "tenantid": self.tenant_id,
             "baseurl": self.api_server,
@@ -571,6 +583,36 @@ class Agave(object):
         save_config(cache_dir, current_context, self.client_name)
 
 
+    def load_configs(self, cache_dir=None, tenant_id=None, username=None, client_name=None):
+        """ Load session cntext from configuration file
+
+        PARAMETERS
+        ----------
+        cache_dir: string (default: None)
+            Path to directory for storing sessions. It defaults to "~/.agave".
+        username: string (default: None)
+        client_name: string (default: None)
+            Name of oauth client.
+        """
+        # Set cache dir.
+        if cache_dir is None:
+            cache_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/.agave")
+
+        session_context = load_config(cache_dir, tenant_id, username, client_name)
+
+        self.client_name   = list(session_context)[0]
+        self.tenant_id     = session_context[self.client_name]["tenantid"]
+        self.api_server    = session_context[self.client_name]["baseurl"]
+        self.api_secret    = session_context[self.client_name]["apisecret"]
+        self.api_key       = session_context[self.client_name]["apikey"]
+        self.username      = session_context[self.client_name]["username"]
+        self.token         = session_context[self.client_name]["access_token"]
+        self.refresh_token = session_context[self.client_name]["refresh_token"]
+        self.created_at    = session_context[self.client_name]["created_at"]
+        self.expires_in    = session_context[self.client_name]["expires_in"]
+        self.expires_at    = session_context[self.client_name]["expires_at"]
+
+
     def list_tenants(self, tenantsurl="https://api.tacc.utexas.edu/tenants"):
         """ List Agave tenants
 
diff --git a/agavepy/utils/__init__.py b/agavepy/utils/__init__.py
index 0aff1bb..85ff707 100644
--- a/agavepy/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/agavepy/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-from .cachedir_helpers import save_config
 from .response_handlers import handle_bad_response_status_code
+from .load_configs import load_config
+from .save_configs import save_config
diff --git a/agavepy/utils/load_configs.py b/agavepy/utils/load_configs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43d97a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agavepy/utils/load_configs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""
+    load_configs.py
+"""
+import errno
+import json
+import os
+
+
+
+def load_config(cache_dir, tenant_id, username, client_name):
+    """ Load configurations from file
+
+    Load configuration information from file, if it exists.
+    These function will look for the file config.json to restore a session.
+
+    PARAMETERS
+    ----------
+    cache_dir: string
+        Path to store session configuration.
+    tenant_id: string
+    username: string
+    client_name: string
+
+    RETURNS
+    -------
+    current_context: dict
+        Dictionary with client name as key and session context as value.
+    """
+    # Configuration info will be store by default in these files.
+    config_file = "{}/config.json".format(cache_dir)
+
+    # Read in configuration from cache dir if it exist, raise an exception.
+    if os.path.isfile(config_file):
+        with open(config_file, "r") as f:
+            agave_context = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            errno.ENOENT, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT), config_file)
+
+    # Return the current session context if no extra parameters are passed.
+    if tenant_id is None or username is None or client_name is None:
+        return agave_context["current"]
+    else:
+        print(agave_context)
+        return agave_context["sessions"][tenant_id][username]
diff --git a/agavepy/utils/cachedir_helpers.py b/agavepy/utils/save_configs.py
similarity index 85%
rename from agavepy/utils/cachedir_helpers.py
rename to agavepy/utils/save_configs.py
index 0345f30..d94d0b8 100644
--- a/agavepy/utils/cachedir_helpers.py
+++ b/agavepy/utils/save_configs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-    cachedir_helpers.py
+    save_configs.py
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 import json
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ def make_cache_dir(cache_dir):
 
 
 def save_config(cache_dir, current_context, client_name):
-    """ Initiate an Agave Tenant
+    """ Save session configurations to file.
 
-    Create or switch the current context to a specified Agave tenant.
-    The current context along with all previous used are stored in a
-    local database (arguments.agavedb).
+    Create or switch the current session context.
 
     The ~/.agave/config.json file will have the following format:
         * "current" will specify the configuration to be used for the current 
-          session. The contents of this section should match those of 
-          ~/.agave/current.
-        * "tenants" will have one or more keys, and each key will have a json 
-          object related to it. Each key will correspond to a tenant id.
+          session. The contents of this section should include a nested json 
+          object wich will hold all session configurations. It matches the 
+          information of ~/.agave/current.
+        * "sessions" will be a series of nested json objects. Each session 
+        configuration will be indexed by tenant id, user name, and client name,
+        respectively.
 
     For example:
     {
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ def save_config(cache_dir, current_context, client_name):
 
     PARAMETERS
     ----------
+    cache_dir: string
+        Path to store session configuration.
+    current_context: dict
+        Session context.
+    client_name: string
+        Name of oauth client being used in the current session.
     """
     # Get location to store configuration.
     make_cache_dir(cache_dir)

diff --git a/tests/save_configs_test.py b/tests/configs_test.py
similarity index 52%
rename from tests/save_configs_test.py
rename to tests/configs_test.py
index 8b95504..9265847 100644
--- a/tests/save_configs_test.py
+++ b/tests/configs_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
-    save_configs_test.py
+    configs_test.py
 
-Test save configuration function.    
+Test save and load configuration function.    
 """
 import pytest
 import json
@@ -49,16 +49,19 @@ class TestSaveConfigs:
             cache_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
             a = Agave(tenant_id="sd2e")
+            a.init()
             a.client_name = "client-1"
             a.username = "user-1"
             a.save_configs(cache_dir)
 
             b = Agave(tenant_id="tacc.prod")
+            b.init()
             b.client_name = "client-2"
             b.username = "user-2"
             b.save_configs(cache_dir)
 
             c = Agave(tenant_id="sd2e")
+            c.init()
             c.client_name = "client-3"
             c.username = "user-3"
             c.save_configs(cache_dir)
@@ -72,3 +75,51 @@ class TestSaveConfigs:
             assert config == sample_config 
         finally:
             shutil.rmtree(cache_dir)
+
+
+    @patch("agavepy.tenants.tenants.get_tenants")
+    def test_load_configs(self, mock_get_tenants):
+        """ Test load_configs function
+        """
+        try:
+            # create a tmp dir and use it as a cache dir.
+            cache_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+            # Save sample configurations to cache dir.
+            with open("{}/config.json".format(cache_dir), "w") as f:
+                json.dump(sample_config, f, indent=4)
+
+            ag = Agave()
+            ag.load_configs(cache_dir=cache_dir)
+
+            sample_client = list(sample_config["current"].keys())[0]
+            assert ag.client_name == sample_client
+            assert ag.tenant_id   == sample_config["current"][sample_client]["tenantid"]
+            assert ag.username    == sample_config["current"][sample_client]["username"]
+
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(cache_dir)
+
+
+    @patch("agavepy.tenants.tenants.get_tenants")
+    def test_load_configs_specify_session(self, mock_get_tenants):
+        """ Test load_configs function
+
+        Load a specific session from a configurations file.
+        """
+        try:
+            # create a tmp dir and use it as a cache dir.
+            cache_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+            # Save sample configurations to cache dir.
+            with open("{}/config.json".format(cache_dir), "w") as f:
+                json.dump(sample_config, f, indent=4)
+
+            ag = Agave()
+            ag.load_configs(cache_dir=cache_dir, tenant_id="tacc.prod", 
+                    username="user-2", client_name="client-2")
+
+            assert ag.client_name == "client-2"
+            assert ag.username    == "user-2"
+            assert ag.tenant_id   == "tacc.prod"
+
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(cache_dir)
diff --git a/tests/initialize_agave_test.py b/tests/initialize_agave_test.py
index 796703c..f8c1d57 100644
--- a/tests/initialize_agave_test.py
+++ b/tests/initialize_agave_test.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TestAgaveInitialization:
 
         # Instantiate Agave object making reference to local mock server.
         ag = Agave()
+        ag.init()
 
         assert ag.tenant_id == "sd2e"
         assert ag.api_server == "https://api.sd2e.org"

Improve way of restoring credentials from a configurations file
Currently, `Agave` provides a restore method which reads configurations from the legacy `~/.agave/current` file. We need to implement a similar method that works with the changes proposed in issue #60.
tests/configs_test.py::TestSaveConfigs::test_save_configs tests/configs_test.py::TestSaveConfigs::test_load_configs tests/configs_test.py::TestSaveConfigs::test_load_configs_specify_session tests/initialize_agave_test.py::TestAgaveInitialization::test_Agave_init