diff --git a/create-gh-issue.py b/create-gh-issue.py
index 3e24022a51b..e2fcc3707c8 100755
--- a/create-gh-issue.py
+++ b/create-gh-issue.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import sys, re
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from _py2with3compatibility import run_cmd, quote
+from github_utils import api_rate_limits
 
 SCRIPT_DIR = dirname(abspath(sys.argv[0]))
 
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@
     sys.path.insert(0, repo_dir)
 import repo_config
 
+print("Using GH token from: ",repo_config.GH_TOKEN)
 gh = Github(login_or_token=open(expanduser(repo_config.GH_TOKEN)).read().strip())
+api_rate_limits(gh)
 gh_repo = gh.get_repo(args.repo)
 print("Authentication succeeded to " + str(gh_repo))
 cmd = (