diff --git a/.github/workflows/move_from_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/move_from_comment.yml
index 9801473..2dcccd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/move_from_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/move_from_comment.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./
         id: linked-issues
         with:
-          access-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          access-token: "${{ secrets.CROSS_REPO_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Move to Ready for QA
         uses: kin/gh-action-move-issues-to-column@v1.0
         with:
-          access-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          access-token: "${{ secrets.CROSS_REPO_TOKEN }}"
           project-name: "My Project"
           target-column: "In progress"
           issues: ${{ steps.linked-issues.outputs.issues }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf25aec..3a6fb07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@ jobs:
         uses: kin/gh-action-get-linked-issues@v1.0
         id: linked-issues
         with:
-          # Required: personal access token with permissions to archive cards
-		  access-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          # Required: personal access token with permissions to archive cards. This needs to be set in Settings -> Secrets with a token that has permissions for all repos the issues are linked in for cross-repo functionality
+		  access-token: "${{ secrets.CROSS_REPO_TOKEN }}"
 
 	  - name: Move Issues to Ready for Review Column
 	    uses: kin/gh-action-move-issue-to-column@1.0
 		with:
-		  access-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+		  access-token: "${{ secrets.CROSS_REPO_TOKEN }}"
 		  target-column: "Ready for Review"
 		  issues: ${{ steps.linked-issues.outputs.issues }}
 
 ```
 
 ## Inputs
-- `access-token`: Access token for repository. Use `"{{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"` to prevent leaking secrets.
+- `access-token`: Access token for repository. Using `"{{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"` will work for same-repo use. For multi-repo use, this needs to be set in Settings -> Secrets with a token that has permissions for all repos the issues are linked to. Set it to a different variable name and use this variable instead of `GITHUB_TOKEN` (e.g. `${{ secrets.CROSS_REPO_TOKEN }}`
 - It is important to note that this action requires that the workflow trigger event is of the `pull_request` or `pull_request_target` type.
 
 ## Outputs
 - `issues`: A stringified array of [issue payloads](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/rest/reference/issues#get-an-issue) with each issue payload formatted as `{ issue: { <payload> } }`
 
 ## Known Issues
-This will not find issues that are linked through the UI, nor will it find issues linked in repos outside of the one the PR is in. There is a planned fix for both of these issues.
+This will not find issues that are linked through the UI. A future release is planned to find these too.
 
 ## Contribution
 To cotnribute, please open an Issue on the action repo: https://github.com/kin/gh-action-autoarchive-issues-for-column to discuss bugs/modifications.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6e8511d..e624709 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,19 +12,25 @@ try {
   const ownerName = repo.owner.login;
   const pullRequest = payload.pull_request;
   const targetIssue = typeof pullRequest === 'undefined' ? payload.issue : pullRequest;
-  
-  function linkedIssueNumbersFor(targetIssue) {
+  const linkingKeywords = ["close", "closes", "closed", "resolve", "resolves", "resolved", "fix", "fixes", "fixed"];
+  const linkGroup = `(?:(${linkingKeywords.join('|')}))`;
+
+  function parseLinkedIssues(matchingStrings) {
+    return matchingStrings.map(item => item.split(/\s|#/)).map(thing => thing.filter(item => item.match(new RegExp(`[^${linkGroup}]`, 'i'))).flatMap(item => item.split('/')).reverse());
+  }
+
+  function linkedIssueDataFor(targetIssue) {
     const body = targetIssue.body;
-    const linkRegexp = /(?:(close|closes|closed|resolve|resolves|resolved|fix|fixes|fixed)) #\d+/gi;
+    const linkRegexp = new RegExp(`${linkGroup} (?:(\\S+\/\\S+))?#(\\d+)`, "gi");
     const linkMatches = body.match(linkRegexp);
-    const linkedIssueNumbers = linkMatches ? linkMatches.map(item => parseInt(item.replace(/[^0-9]/g, ""))) : [];
-    return linkedIssueNumbers;
+    const linkedIssueData = linkMatches ? parseLinkedIssues(linkMatches): [];
+    return linkedIssueData;
   }
 
-  async function getIssue(number) {
+  async function getIssue(number, repo = repoName, owner = ownerName) {
     return octokit.issues.get({
-      owner: ownerName,
-      repo: repoName,
+      owner: owner,
+      repo: repo,
       issue_number: number,
     });
   }
@@ -36,14 +42,17 @@ try {
 	return;
       }
       
-      const linkedIssueNumbers = linkedIssueNumbersFor(targetIssue);
-      const issuesRaw = await Promise.all(linkedIssueNumbers.map(getIssue));
+      const linkedIssueData = linkedIssueDataFor(targetIssue);
+      const issuesRaw = await Promise.all(linkedIssueData.map(issueData => getIssue(...issueData)));
       const issueData = issuesRaw.map(i => i.data);
       const issues = issueData.map(data => { var issueObject = { issue: data };
 					     return issueObject;
 					   });
 
       core.info(`Returning ${issues.length} issues`);
+      console.log('Linked issue data: ', linkedIssueData);
+      console.log('Issue Data: ', issueData);
+      console.log('Returned issues', issues);
       core.setOutput("issues", JSON.stringify(issues), undefined, 2);
     }
     catch (error) {