diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ac3c2b34..7fb25dfd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Augur NEW Release v0.76.5
+# Augur NEW Release v0.76.6
 
 Augur is primarily a data engineering tool that makes it possible for data scientists to gather open source software community data - less data carpentry for everyone else! 
 The primary way of looking at Augur data is through [8Knot](https://github.com/oss-aspen/8knot), a public instance of 8Knot is available [here](https://metrix.chaoss.io) - this is tied to a public instance of [Augur](https://ai.chaoss.io). 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We follow the [First Timers Only](https://www.firsttimersonly.com/) philosophy o
 **If you want to jump right in, the updated docker, docker-compose and bare metal installation instructions are available [here](docs/new-install.md)**.
 
 
-Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the ```main``` branch. It is also available [here](https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.76.5).
+Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the ```main``` branch. It is also available [here](https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.76.6).
 
 
 - The `main` branch is a stable version of our new architecture, which features:
diff --git a/augur/application/db/models/augur_data.py b/augur/application/db/models/augur_data.py
index a645ea1ba..dfb64d1fe 100644
--- a/augur/application/db/models/augur_data.py
+++ b/augur/application/db/models/augur_data.py
@@ -938,9 +938,12 @@ def is_valid_github_repo(gh_session, url: str) -> bool:
                     mktime(gmtime(time()))
                 )
                 wait_until_time = localtime(wait_until)
-                logger.error(f"rate limited fetching {url}z")
+                logger.error(f"rate limited fetching {url}")
                 logger.error(f"sleeping until {wait_until_time.tm_hour}:{wait_until_time.tm_min} ({wait_in_seconds} seconds)")
                 sleep(wait_in_seconds)
+                attempts+=1
+                continue
+
             # if there was an error return False
             if "message" in data.keys():
 
diff --git a/docker/backend/Dockerfile b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
index c82df087b..d1c8ec13b 100644
--- a/docker/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye AS builder
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.76.5"
+LABEL version="0.76.6"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV PATH="/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/lib:${PATH}"
diff --git a/docker/database/Dockerfile b/docker/database/Dockerfile
index 3ab62ce8a..c1d109887 100644
--- a/docker/database/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/database/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM postgres:16
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.76.5"
+LABEL version="0.76.6"
 
 ENV POSTGRES_DB "test"
 ENV POSTGRES_USER "augur"
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
index f020a4243..d0ea2dea4 100644
--- a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM rabbitmq:3.12-management-alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="574/augur@simplelogin.com"
-LABEL version="0.76.5"
+LABEL version="0.76.6"
 
 ARG RABBIT_MQ_DEFAULT_USER=augur
 ARG RABBIT_MQ_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=password123
diff --git a/metadata.py b/metadata.py
index 872cc1454..c168a801f 100644
--- a/metadata.py
+++ b/metadata.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 __short_description__ = "Python 3 package for free/libre and open-source software community metrics, models & data collection"
 
-__version__ = "0.76.5"
-__release__ = "v0.76.5 (Pumpkin Home Companion)"
+__version__ = "0.76.6"
+__release__ = "v0.76.6 (Turkey Drop 24)"
 
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Omaha, CHAOSS, Brian Warner & Augurlabs 2112"