diff --git a/Wabbajack.Server/AppSettings.cs b/Wabbajack.Server/AppSettings.cs
index 904d13a0..6b2bd707 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Server/AppSettings.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Server/AppSettings.cs
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ public class AppSettings
     public string AuthoredFilesFolder { get; set; }
     public string MetricsFolder { get; set; }
     public string TarLogPath { get; set; }
+    public string GitHubKey { get; set; }
 }
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diff --git a/Wabbajack.Server/Startup.cs b/Wabbajack.Server/Startup.cs
index 2586f157..d2fa0757 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ public class Startup
         services.AddSingleton<AuthorFiles>();
         services.AddSingleton<AuthorKeys>();
         services.AddSingleton<Client>();
-        services.AddSingleton(s => new GitHubClient(new ProductHeaderValue("wabbajack")));
+        services.AddSingleton(s =>
+        {
+            var settings = s.GetService<AppSettings>()!;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.GitHubKey)) 
+                return new GitHubClient(new ProductHeaderValue("wabbajack"));
+            
+            var creds = new Credentials(settings.GitHubKey);
+            return new GitHubClient(new ProductHeaderValue("wabbajack")) {Credentials = creds};
+        });
         services.AddDTOSerializer();
         services.AddDTOConverters();
         services.AddResponseCompression(options =>