diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 4256f5e464..cf7dd1f57b 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 * @ministryofjustice/probation-integration
+settings.gradle.kts
+.github/actions
+**/Dockerfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/format-code/action.yml b/.github/actions/format-code/action.yml
index ffce10047a..38f4a7c51b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/format-code/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/format-code/action.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ inputs:
     default: latest
   token:
     description: GitHub token to use for pushing changes. Defaults to GitHub actions token.
-    required: false
+    default: github
   mask:
     description: |
       Specify a comma-separated list of file masks that define the files to be processed. You can use the * (any string)