diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 27a1f6a..957bd5e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Imports:
     fs,
     gert,
     ghql,
+    gitcreds,
     here,
     httr,
     jsonlite,
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 0425fb5..9b7a742 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ symbol_crs <- function () {
 #' @noRd
 get_github_user <- function () {
 
-    gh_tok <- Sys.getenv ("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    gh_tok <- gitcreds::gitcreds_get ()$password
 
     # Check corresponding user name:
     u <- "https://api.github.com/user"