diff --git a/.github/workflows/achilles.yml b/.github/workflows/achilles.yml
index be61818..a5d4a4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/achilles.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/achilles.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Create certs folder
         run: mkdir -p ./certs
+      - name: Write Github PAT secret file
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }} > ./secrets/github_pat
       - name: Build and run achilles container
-        run: GITHUB_PAT=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} docker-compose --env-file .env --profile achilles up -d
+        run: docker-compose --env-file .env --profile achilles up -d
       - name: Use busybox container to grab log file and verify no errors
         run: |
          sleep 30