diff --git a/src/accessories/TokenArranger.ttslua b/src/accessories/TokenArranger.ttslua
index 0fef4e24..f3f6ace5 100644
--- a/src/accessories/TokenArranger.ttslua
+++ b/src/accessories/TokenArranger.ttslua
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local mythosAreaApi             = require("core/MythosAreaApi")
+
 -- common parameters
 local buttonParameters          = {}
 buttonParameters.function_owner = self
@@ -89,10 +91,7 @@ function onLoad(saveState)
   end)
 
   -- grab token metadata from mythos area
-  local mythosArea = getObjectFromGUID("9f334f")
-  Wait.time(function() mythosArea.call("fireTokenDataChangedEvent") end, 0.5)
-
-  Wait.time(layout, 2)
+  Wait.time(function() onTokenDataChanged(mythosAreaApi.returnTokenData()) end, 0.5)
 end
 
 -- delete temporary tokens when destroyed
@@ -263,10 +262,10 @@ end
 function onTokenDataChanged(parameters)
   local tokenData = parameters.tokenData or {}
   local currentScenario = parameters.currentScenario or ""
-  local useFrontData = parameters.useFrontData or "true"
+  local useFrontData = parameters.useFrontData or true
 
   -- only update if this data is new
-  local info = currentScenario .. useFrontData
+  local info = currentScenario .. tostring(useFrontData)
   if latestLoad == info then return end
   latestLoad = info
 
diff --git a/src/accessories/TokenArrangerApi.ttslua b/src/accessories/TokenArrangerApi.ttslua
index 6df8298c..b61aee5f 100644
--- a/src/accessories/TokenArrangerApi.ttslua
+++ b/src/accessories/TokenArrangerApi.ttslua
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ do
 
   -- updates the token modifiers with the provided data
   ---@param tokenData Table Contains the chaos token metadata
-  TokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged = function(tokenData, currentScenario, useFrontData)
-    callIfExistent("onTokenDataChanged", {
-      tokenData = tokenData,
-      currentScenario = currentScenario,
-      useFrontData = useFrontData
-    })
+  TokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged = function(fullData)
+    callIfExistent("onTokenDataChanged", fullData)
   end
 
   -- deletes already laid out tokens
diff --git a/src/core/MythosArea.ttslua b/src/core/MythosArea.ttslua
index 1bf037e1..81bbd4f3 100644
--- a/src/core/MythosArea.ttslua
+++ b/src/core/MythosArea.ttslua
@@ -91,7 +91,17 @@ end
 
 -- fires if the scenario title or the difficulty changes
 function fireTokenDataChangedEvent()
-  tokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged(tokenData, currentScenario, tostring(useFrontData))
+  local fullData = returnTokenData()
+  tokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged(fullData)
+end
+
+-- returns the chaos token metadata (if provided)
+function returnTokenData()
+  return {
+    tokenData       = tokenData,
+    currentScenario = currentScenario,
+    useFrontData    = useFrontData
+  }
 end
 
 -- Simple method to check if the given point is in a specified area.  Local use only,
diff --git a/src/core/MythosAreaApi.ttslua b/src/core/MythosAreaApi.ttslua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf26f065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/MythosAreaApi.ttslua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+do
+  local MythosAreaApi = {}
+  local MYTHOS_AREA_GUID = "9f334f"
+
+  -- returns the chaos token metadata (if provided through scenario reference card)
+  MythosAreaApi.returnTokenData = function()
+    return getObjectFromGUID("9f334f").call("returnTokenData")
+  end
+
+  return MythosAreaApi
+end