diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec0b196..1b1cf0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@
 
 # Ignore master key for decrypting credentials and more.
 /config/master.key
+
+/config/application.yml
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c025b17..66cc55c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 
 ruby '2.4.1'
 
+gem 'figaro'
+
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
 gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.0'
 # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f893f8a..af23ba1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ GEM
     erubi (1.7.1)
     execjs (2.7.0)
     ffi (1.9.25)
+    figaro (1.1.1)
+      thor (~> 0.14)
     globalid (0.4.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
     i18n (1.0.1)
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara (>= 2.15, < 4.0)
   chromedriver-helper
   coffee-rails (~> 4.2)
+  figaro
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   listen (>= 3.0.5, < 3.2)
   puma (~> 3.11)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/repositories.rake b/lib/tasks/repositories.rake
index b0a1c8c..47e3c44 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/repositories.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/repositories.rake
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ namespace :repositories do
 
   desc 'Update version from github repositories'
   task github: :environment do
+    headers = {
+      'Accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+    }
+    headers['Authorization'] = "token #{Figaro.env.github_token}" if Figaro.env.github_token
+
     GithubRepository.all.each do |repo|
       begin
         software = Software.find(repo.software_id)
         versions = software.versions.all.map(&:number)
-        headers = {
-          'Accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
-        }
         tags =
           JSON.parse(
             get_url_content(