diff --git a/src/Translator.php b/src/Translator.php
index c6a64a9..a12b51a 100644
--- a/src/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Translator.php
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ public function run()
 
     private function checkEnv(): void
     {
+        if (!$this->getTxToken()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Could not get a valid token ~/.transifexrc');
+        }
         $txInstructions = 'Install the new go version of the client https://developers.transifex.com/docs/cli';
         try {
             $this->exec('which tx');
@@ -271,7 +274,8 @@ private function transifexPullSource()
             // ensure .tx/config is up to date
             $contents = file_get_contents("$modulePath/.tx/config");
             if (strpos($contents, '[o:') === false) {
-                $this->exec('tx migrate', $modulePath);
+                $token = $this->getTxToken();
+                $this->exec("TX_TOKEN=$token tx migrate", $modulePath);
                 // delete .bak files created as part of tx migrate
                 foreach (scandir("$modulePath/.tx") as $filename) {
                     if (pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) !== 'bak') {
@@ -282,7 +286,8 @@ private function transifexPullSource()
                 }
             }
             // pull from transifex
-            $this->exec("tx pull -a -s -t -f --minimum-perc={$this->txMinimumPerc}", $modulePath);
+            $token = $this->getTxToken();
+            $this->exec("TX_TOKEN=$token tx pull -a -s -t -f --minimum-perc={$this->txMinimumPerc}", $modulePath);
         }
     }
 
@@ -502,7 +507,8 @@ private function transifexPushSource(): void
             return;
         }
         foreach ($this->modulePaths as $modulePath) {
-            $this->exec('tx push -s', $modulePath);
+            $token = $this->getTxToken();
+            $this->exec("TX_TOKEN=$token tx push -s", $modulePath);
         }
     }
 
@@ -837,4 +843,21 @@ private function recursiveKeySort(array &$arr): void
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The tx binary doesn't appear to correctly read from ~/.transifexrc, even though it will correctly
+     * write to it after prompting for it if it's missing. This is a workaround to read the token and
+     * use it as an environemnt variable.
+     */
+    private function getTxToken(): string
+    {
+        if (!$this->exec('if [ -f ~/.transifexrc ]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Could not find ~/.transifexrc');
+        }
+        $contents = $this->exec('cat ~/.transifexrc');
+        if (!preg_match('/\ntoken *= *(.+)(\n|$)/', $contents, $matches)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+        return $matches[1];
+    }
 }