diff --git a/libs/live-fns/github.js b/libs/live-fns/github.js
index d36aad4..085b4e0 100644
--- a/libs/live-fns/github.js
+++ b/libs/live-fns/github.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const axios = require('../axios.js')
+const token = process.env.GH_TOKEN
 
 // https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/
 
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@ module.exports = async function (topic, ...args) {
 }
 
 async function release (user, repo, channel) {
-  const endpoint = `https://api.github.com/repos/${user}/${repo}/releases`
-  const logs = await axios.get(endpoint).then(res => res.data)
+  const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${user}/${repo}/releases`
+  const headers = token && { 'Authorization': `token ${token}` }
+
+  const logs = await axios({ url, headers }).then(res => res.data)
 
   const [latest] = logs
   const stable = logs.find(log => !log.prerelease)
diff --git a/libs/serve-status.js b/libs/serve-status.js
index 01ed6f2..26b4f1e 100644
--- a/libs/serve-status.js
+++ b/libs/serve-status.js
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@ module.exports = async function (req, res) {
   const [
     githubRateLimit
   ] = await Promise.all([
-    axios('https://api.github.com/rate_limit').then(res => res.data.resources)
+    getGithubRateLimit()
   ])
 
   send(res, 200, { githubRateLimit })
 }
+
+function getGithubRateLimit () {
+  const url = 'https://api.github.com/rate_limit'
+  const token = process.env.GH_TOKEN
+  const headers = token && { 'Authorization': `token ${token}` }
+  return axios({ url, headers }).then(res => res.data.resources)
+}
diff --git a/now.json b/now.json
index 350a8fa..212f39a 100644
--- a/now.json
+++ b/now.json
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     "service.js",
     "libs"
   ],
+  "env": {
+    "GH_TOKEN": "@badgen-gh-token"
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^10.0.0"
   }