diff --git a/packages/app/src/apis.ts b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
index b72a5f1c6d..ca0e2298cf 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/apis.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/apis.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ export const apis = (config: ConfigApi) => {
     new CircleCIApi(`${backendUrl}/proxy/circleci/api`),
   );
 
-  const octokit = new Octokit();
+  const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN });
   builder.add(githubActionsApiRef, new GithubActionsClient({ api: octokit }));
+
   builder.add(featureFlagsApiRef, new FeatureFlags());
 
   builder.add(lighthouseApiRef, new LighthouseRestApi('http://localhost:3003'));
diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/src/api/GithubActionsClient.ts b/plugins/github-actions/src/api/GithubActionsClient.ts
index a22164e9c5..c2efa44539 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/src/api/GithubActionsClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/src/api/GithubActionsClient.ts
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@ import {
   ActionsGetWorkflowRunResponseData,
 } from '@octokit/types';
 
-// const statusToBuildStatus: { [status: string]: BuildStatus } = {
-//   success: BuildStatus.Success,
-//   failure: BuildStatus.Failure,
-//   pending: BuildStatus.Pending,
-//   running: BuildStatus.Running,
-//   in_progress: BuildStatus.Running,
-//   completed: BuildStatus.Success,
-// };
-
-// const conclusionToStatus = (conslusion: string): BuildStatus =>
-//   statusToBuildStatus[conslusion] ?? BuildStatus.Null;
-
 export class GithubActionsClient implements GithubActionsApi {
   private api: Octokit;
   constructor({ api }: { api: Octokit }) {