diff --git a/lib/commands/helpers.rb b/lib/commands/helpers.rb
index 487216ae..aca332cd 100644
--- a/lib/commands/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/commands/helpers.rb
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 end
 
 helper :list_issues_for do |user, state|
-  "https://github.com/api/v2/yaml/issues/list/#{user}/#{project}/#{state}"
+  `curl -s -L -F 'login=#{github_user}' -F 'token=#{github_token}' https://github.com/api/v2/yaml/issues/list/#{user}/#{project}/#{state}`
 end
 
 helper :has_launchy? do |blk|
diff --git a/lib/commands/issues.rb b/lib/commands/issues.rb
index e8297dd2..679da8c4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/issues.rb
+++ b/lib/commands/issues.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   case command
   when 'open', 'closed'
-    report = YAML.load(open(@helper.list_issues_for(user, command)))
+    report = YAML.load(@helper.list_issues_for(user, command))
     @helper.print_issues(report['issues'], options)
   when 'web'
     helper.open helper.issues_page_for(user)