diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0a1241..cfaab87 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/carlescere/scheduler v0.0.0-20170109141437-ee74d2f83d82
-	github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20211010090144-dfd3b958eaab
+	github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20220313174609-54b364027c38
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
+
+//replace github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils => ../githosts-utils
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0da5500..42ec0b5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ github.com/carlescere/scheduler v0.0.0-20170109141437-ee74d2f83d82/go.mod h1:tyA
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20211010090144-dfd3b958eaab h1:r7LW3xQcxeHcF9rHt9eT/VpIYT5Yp4RUDwgb6RNiL9c=
-github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20211010090144-dfd3b958eaab/go.mod h1:PpF4g6DGFG4Fah8yeiPKLCo4qeFibKgYFAVTVkOy5iA=
+github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20220313174609-54b364027c38 h1:9sB3pIS4JXOMY18BAmSBL+etUqXOo9PQa2F3SyMNho0=
+github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils v0.0.0-20220313174609-54b364027c38/go.mod h1:PpF4g6DGFG4Fah8yeiPKLCo4qeFibKgYFAVTVkOy5iA=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bd7dc8a..7d10b31 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/carlescere/scheduler"
-	githosts "github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils"
+	"github.com/jonhadfield/githosts-utils"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ func run() error {
 		return errors.New("environment variable GIT_BACKUP_DIR must be set")
 	}
 
+	if _, githubOrgsKeyExists := os.LookupEnv("GITHUB_ORGS"); githubOrgsKeyExists {
+		if _, githubTokenExists := os.LookupEnv("GITHUB_TOKEN"); !githubTokenExists {
+			return errors.New("environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN must be set if GITHUB_ORGS is set")
+		}
+	}
+
 	backupDIR = stripTrailingLineBreak(backupDIR)
 
 	_, err := os.Stat(backupDIR)