diff --git a/app/services/github.rb b/app/services/github.rb
index 999c1840..9691d7a8 100644
--- a/app/services/github.rb
+++ b/app/services/github.rb
@@ -5,34 +5,33 @@ def initialize
 
   # Returns an array of hashes of all (public so far) unepwcmc repositories with the first element as a hash of link header info
   # Pass in a page number for github pagination, defaults to 1
-
-  CLIENT_CREDENTIALS = "client_id=#{Rails.application.secrets.github_key}&client_secret=#{Rails.application.secrets.github_secret}"
+  CLIENT_CREDENTIALS = { username: Rails.application.secrets.github_key, password: Rails.application.secrets.github_secret }
 
   def get_all_repos page = 1
-    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}orgs/unepwcmc/repos?#{CLIENT_CREDENTIALS}&page=#{page}"
-    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
+    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}orgs/unepwcmc/repos?page=#{page}"
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, basic_auth: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
     repos_array = JSON.parse(response.body).map { |repo| OpenStruct.new(repo) }
     @repos = repos_array.unshift(parse_link_headers(response.headers['link']))
   end
 
   # Takes a repo name and returns its information in an openstruct hash
   def get_single_repo name
-    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{name}?#{CLIENT_CREDENTIALS}"
-    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
+    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{name}"
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, basic_auth: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
     OpenStruct.new(JSON.parse(response.body))
   end
 
   def get_rails_version repo
-    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{repo}/contents/Gemfile?#{CLIENT_CREDENTIALS}"
-    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
+    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{repo}/contents/Gemfile"
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, basic_auth: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
     return '' if response.body.match(/Not\sFound/)
     content = Base64.decode64(JSON.parse(response.body)["content"])
     content.match(/gem 'rails',\s'(~>\s)?(\d\.[\d+|\.]*)'/).try(:captures).try(:last) || ''
   end
 
   def get_ruby_version repo
-    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{repo}/contents/.ruby-version?#{CLIENT_CREDENTIALS}"
-    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
+    url = "#{Rails.application.secrets.github_api_base_url}repos/unepwcmc/#{repo}/contents/.ruby-version"
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, basic_auth: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS, headers: {"User-Agent" => "Labs"})
     return '' if response.body.match(/Not\sFound/)
     Base64.decode64(JSON.parse(response.body)["content"]).delete!("\n")
   end