diff --git a/.github/workflows/cortex-cpp-quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/cortex-cpp-quality-gate.yml
index 90b394f87..92852bb93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cortex-cpp-quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cortex-cpp-quality-gate.yml
@@ -97,25 +97,30 @@ jobs:
           cd engine
           make build CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="${{ matrix.cmake-flags }}" BUILD_DEPS_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="${{ matrix.build-deps-cmake-flags }}"
 
+      # - name: Run setup config
+      #   run: |
+      #     rm ~/.cortexrc
+      #     cd engine
+      #     echo "huggingFaceToken: ${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN_READ }}" > ~/.cortexrc
+      #     echo "gitHubToken: ${{ secrets.PAT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}" >> ~/.cortexrc
+      #     echo "apiServerPort: 3928" >> ~/.cortexrc
+      #     ./build/cortex
+      #     cat ~/.cortexrc
+
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
           cd engine
           make run-unit-tests
 
-      - name: Run setup config for macos
-        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-        run: |
-          cd engine
-          ./build/cortex --version
-          sed -i '' 's/huggingFaceToken: ""/huggingFaceToken: "${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN_READ }}"/' ~/.cortexrc
-
-      - name: Run setup config for linux
-        if: runner.os != 'macOS'
-        shell: bash
+      - name: Run setup config
         run: |
+          rm ~/.cortexrc
           cd engine
-          ./build/cortex --version
-          sed -i 's/huggingFaceToken: ""/huggingFaceToken: "${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN_READ }}"/' ~/.cortexrc
+          echo "huggingFaceToken: ${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN_READ }}" > ~/.cortexrc
+          echo "gitHubToken: ${{ secrets.PAT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}" >> ~/.cortexrc
+          echo "apiServerPort: 3928" >> ~/.cortexrc
+          ./build/cortex
+          cat ~/.cortexrc
 
       - name: Run e2e tests
         if: runner.os != 'Windows' && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           rm build/cortex-nightly
           rm build/cortex-beta
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}
 
       - name: Run e2e tests
         if: runner.os == 'Windows' && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
           rm build/cortex-nightly.exe
           rm build/cortex-beta.exe
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}
 
       - name: Pre-package
         run: |