diff --git a/github-api/client/client.go b/github-api/client/client.go
index c235855..750a43b 100644
--- a/github-api/client/client.go
+++ b/github-api/client/client.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"log"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
@@ -10,17 +9,17 @@ import (
 
 // clientConnect Takens a token and uses this to establish a connection to github
 func ClientConnect(token string) *github.Client {
-
+	var client *github.Client
 	// get env token
 	// Connect to giithub
-	if token == "" {
-		log.Fatal("token missing")
-	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
 		&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token},
 	)
 	tc := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
-	client := github.NewClient(tc)
+	client = github.NewClient(tc)
+	if token == "" {
+		client = github.NewClient(nil)
+	}
 	return client
 }