diff --git a/src/awscli_login/credentials.py b/src/awscli_login/credentials.py
index f30dd854..420ce8a9 100644
--- a/src/awscli_login/credentials.py
+++ b/src/awscli_login/credentials.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from botocore.session import Session
 
-from .__main__ import main as login, logout
+from .__main__ import main as aws_login, login, logout
 from ._version import version
 from .account_names import edit_account_names
 from .config import Profile, error_handler
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ def init_parser():
     return parser
 
 
-@error_handler()
-def _main(profile: Profile, session: Session, interactive: bool = True):
+def get_credentials(profile: Profile, session: Session):
+    """Get credentials and print them."""
     profile.raise_if_logged_out()
     if profile.are_credentials_expired():
         token = login(profile, session, interactive=False)
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ def _main(profile: Profile, session: Session, interactive: bool = True):
     print_credentials(token)
 
 
+@error_handler()
+def _main(profile: Profile, session: Session):
+    get_credentials(profile, session)
+
+
 def debug_info():
     executable = sys.executable if platform.system() != "Windows" else \
         sys.executable.lower()
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ def main():
         if ns.debug_info:
             debug_info()
             return
-        return login(ns, session)
+        return aws_login(ns, session)
     elif args.logout:
         return logout(Namespace(**json.load(args.logout)), session)
     elif args.alias:
diff --git a/src/tests/test_credentials.py b/src/tests/test_credentials.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d90ee2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/test_credentials.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from unittest.mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    patch,
+)
+
+from awscli_login.credentials import (
+    get_credentials,
+)
+
+from .login import Login
+
+
+class awsLoginTests(Login):
+    """ Class to test the aws-login script. """
+
+    # NOTA BENE: This is a regression test for issue #257
+    @patch("awscli_login.credentials.print_credentials")
+    @patch("awscli_login.__main__.authenticate")
+    @patch("awscli_login.__main__.save_sts_token")
+    @patch("awscli_login.__main__.get_selection",
+           return_value=["PrincipalArn2", "RoleArn2"])
+    @patch("awscli_login.__main__.refresh",
+           return_value=("SAML", ["PrincipalArn", "RoleArn"]))
+    def test_get_credentials_with_refresh(
+            self, refresh, get_selection, save_sts_token, authenticate,
+            print_credentials):
+        """ get_credentials should refresh expired credentials. """
+        fake_token = {"TOKEN": "FAKE_DATA"}
+        self.profile.are_credentials_expired = MagicMock(return_value=True)
+        save_sts_token.return_value = fake_token
+        self.profile.load_credentials = MagicMock(return_value=fake_token)
+
+        get_credentials(self.profile, self.session)
+
+        self.session.set_credentials.assert_called_with(None, None)
+        self.session.create_client.assert_called_with("sts")
+        self.profile.get_username.assert_not_called()
+        refresh.assert_called_with(
+            self.profile.ecp_endpoint_url,
+            self.profile.cookies,
+            self.profile.verify_ssl_certificate,
+        )
+        self.profile.get_credentials.assert_not_called()
+        authenticate.assert_not_called()
+        get_selection.assert_called_with(["PrincipalArn", "RoleArn"],
+                                         self.profile.role_arn, False, {})
+        save_sts_token.assert_called_with(
+            self.profile,
+            self.client,
+            "SAML",
+            ["PrincipalArn2", "RoleArn2"],
+            self.profile.duration
+        )
+        self.profile.load_credentials.assert_not_called()
+        print_credentials.assert_called_with(fake_token)
+
+    @patch("awscli_login.credentials.print_credentials")
+    @patch("awscli_login.credentials.login")
+    def test_get_credentials_without_refresh(
+            self, login, print_credentials):
+        """ get_credentials should just print current credentials. """
+        fake_token = {"TOKEN": "FAKE_DATA"}
+        self.profile.are_credentials_expired = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+        self.profile.load_credentials = MagicMock(return_value=fake_token)
+
+        get_credentials(self.profile, self.session)
+
+        login.assert_not_called()
+        self.profile.load_credentials.assert_called()
+        print_credentials.assert_called_with(fake_token)