diff --git a/systers_portal/meetup/utils.py b/systers_portal/meetup/utils.py
index 0c930471..65d243ac 100644
--- a/systers_portal/meetup/utils.py
+++ b/systers_portal/meetup/utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 from systers_portal.settings.base import ZOOM_API_KEY,\
     ZOOM_API_SECRET, ZOOM_USER_ID
 
+payload = {
+        'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=30),
+        'iss': ZOOM_API_KEY
+    }
+token = jwt.encode(payload, ZOOM_API_SECRET).decode("utf-8")
 
 @transaction.atomic
 def create_groups(meetup):
@@ -122,11 +127,7 @@ def notify_time(meetup):
 def create_meetup(meetup):
     conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.zoom.us")
 
-    payload = {
-        'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=30),
-        'iss': ZOOM_API_KEY
-    }
-    token = jwt.encode(payload, ZOOM_API_SECRET).decode("utf-8")
+    
 
     headers = {
         'authorization': "Bearer " + token,
@@ -155,11 +156,7 @@ def create_meetup(meetup):
 def edit_meetup(meetup):
     conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.zoom.us")
 
-    payload = {
-        'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=30),
-        'iss': ZOOM_API_KEY
-    }
-    token = jwt.encode(payload, ZOOM_API_SECRET).decode("utf-8")
+    
 
     headers = {
         'authorization': "Bearer " + token,
@@ -183,11 +180,7 @@ def edit_meetup(meetup):
 def get_meetup(meetup):
     conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.zoom.us")
 
-    payload = {
-        'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=30),
-        'iss': ZOOM_API_KEY
-    }
-    token = jwt.encode(payload, ZOOM_API_SECRET).decode("utf-8")
+   
 
     headers = {
         'authorization': "Bearer " + token,