diff --git a/src/components/GithubStatistics.js b/src/components/GithubStatistics.js
index b9d68ca..1c67ba8 100644
--- a/src/components/GithubStatistics.js
+++ b/src/components/GithubStatistics.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class GithubStatistics extends React.Component {
     /* eslint-disable-next-line */
     var t = btoa(GITHUB_API_TOKEN)
     /* eslint-disable-next-line */
-    this.fetcher = new GithubFetcher(btoa(t))
+    this.fetcher = new GithubFetcher(t)
     this.props.updateState("githubApiToken", t)
 
     this.search = _.debounce(
diff --git a/src/reducers/github.js b/src/reducers/github.js
index 4fdeb95..6a47434 100644
--- a/src/reducers/github.js
+++ b/src/reducers/github.js
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ const INITIAL_STATE = {
   releaseData: [],
   releaseStats: {},
 
-  githubApiToken: 'Z2hwX29XQWdNS3gxeXNHRXBlTzV6OEdpdWZvNjc0WkhWZTN0bVlJVQ==',
-
+  githubApiToken: btoa(process.env.REACT_APP_GITHUB_API_TOKEN),
 }
 
 const github = (state = INITIAL_STATE, action) => {