diff --git a/3PA/Lib/UpdateHandler.cs b/3PA/Lib/UpdateHandler.cs
index 9f49e407..b52c3495 100644
--- a/3PA/Lib/UpdateHandler.cs
+++ b/3PA/Lib/UpdateHandler.cs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ protected GitHubUpdater Updater {
                     _gitHubUpdater = new GitHubUpdater {
                         AssetDownloadFolder = Path.Combine(Config.FolderTemp, "downloads"),
                         BasicAuthenticationToken = null,
-                        OAuth2Token = Config.GitHubToken,
+                        OAuth2Token = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(Config.GitHubToken)),
                         UserAgent = Config.GitHubUserAgent,
                         Proxy = Config.Instance.GetWebClientProxy()
                     };
diff --git a/3PA/Lib/User.cs b/3PA/Lib/User.cs
index 04e39453..b1e053fd 100644
--- a/3PA/Lib/User.cs
+++ b/3PA/Lib/User.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
 using _3PA.MainFeatures;
 
 namespace _3PA.Lib {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public static bool SendComment(string message, string url) {
             wb.OnInitHttpWebRequest += request => {
                 request.Proxy = Config.Instance.GetWebClientProxy();
                 request.UserAgent = "3pUser";
-                request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Token " + Config.GitHubToken);
+                request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Token " + Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(Config.GitHubToken)));
             };
             wb.AddToReq("body", message);
             wb.OnRequestEnded += json => { UserCommunication.Notify((json.ResponseException != null ? json.ResponseException.ToString() : "") + "\r\n" + json.StatusCodeResponse + ":" + (json.StatusDescriptionResponse ?? "") + "\r\n" + (json.JsonResponse ?? "")); };
diff --git a/3PA/MainFeatures/Config.cs b/3PA/MainFeatures/Config.cs
index c79c3bb3..3d8696c3 100644
--- a/3PA/MainFeatures/Config.cs
+++ b/3PA/MainFeatures/Config.cs
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ public static string GitHubUserAgent {
         }
 
         public static string GitHubToken {
-            get { return @"ae864fa362637283d43a341de349a5a212a2a1cc"; }
+            get { return @"MmViMDJlNWVlYWZlMTIzNGIxN2VmOTkxMGQ1NzljMTRkM2E1ZDEyMw=="; }
         }
         
         public static int UpdateCheckEveryXMin = 12 * 60;