diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71dc79a79b..f0776db3db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # nf-core/tools: Changelog
 
+## [v2.4.1 - Cobolt Koala Patch](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/2.4) - [2022-05-16]
+
+- Patch release to try to fix the template sync ([#1585](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1585)).
+
 ## [v2.4 - Cobolt Koala](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/2.4) - [2022-05-16]
 
 ### Template
diff --git a/nf_core/sync.py b/nf_core/sync.py
index e9f5ff391c..7ce4f0fa67 100644
--- a/nf_core/sync.py
+++ b/nf_core/sync.py
@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.gh_repo = gh_repo
         self.pr_url = ""
 
+        # Set up the API auth if supplied on the command line
         self.gh_api = nf_core.utils.gh_api
-        if self.gh_username and "GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN" in os.environ:
-            self.gh_api.auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(self.gh_username, os.environ["GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN"])
-        self.gh_api.return_ok = [200, 201]
         self.gh_api.lazy_init()
+        if self.gh_username and "GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN" in os.environ:
+            log.debug(f"Authenticating sync as {self.gh_username}")
+            self.gh_api.setup_github_auth(
+                requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(self.gh_username, os.environ["GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN"])
+            )
 
     def sync(self):
         """Find workflow attributes, create a new template pipeline on TEMPLATE"""
@@ -320,7 +323,6 @@ def make_pull_request(self):
 
         # Make new pull-request
         stderr = rich.console.Console(stderr=True, force_terminal=nf_core.utils.rich_force_colors())
-        log.debug("Submitting PR to GitHub API")
         with self.gh_api.cache_disabled():
             try:
                 r = self.gh_api.request_retry(
diff --git a/nf_core/utils.py b/nf_core/utils.py
index d56d43ca64..4cb64e6b0a 100644
--- a/nf_core/utils.py
+++ b/nf_core/utils.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def __call__(self, r):
 
         log.debug(f"Using GitHub auth: {self.auth_mode}")
 
-    def log_content_headers(self, request):
+    def log_content_headers(self, request, post_data=None):
         """
         Try to dump everything to the console, useful when things go wrong.
         """
@@ -462,13 +462,17 @@ def log_content_headers(self, request):
         log.debug(f"From requests cache: {request.from_cache}")
         log.debug(f"Request status code: {request.status_code}")
         log.debug(f"Request reason: {request.reason}")
+        if post_data is None:
+            post_data = {}
         try:
             log.debug(json.dumps(dict(request.headers), indent=4))
             log.debug(json.dumps(request.json(), indent=4))
+            log.debug(json.dumps(post_data, indent=4))
         except Exception as e:
             log.debug(f"Could not parse JSON response from GitHub API! {e}")
             log.debug(request.headers)
             log.debug(request.content)
+            log.debug(post_data)
 
     def safe_get(self, url):
         """
@@ -504,14 +508,16 @@ def request_retry(self, url, post_data=None):
         while True:
             # GET request
             if post_data is None:
+                log.debug(f"Seding GET request to {url}")
                 r = self.get(url=url)
             # POST request
             else:
+                log.debug(f"Seding POST request to {url}")
                 r = self.post(url=url, json=post_data)
 
             # Failed but expected - try again
             if r.status_code in self.return_retry:
-                self.log_content_headers(r)
+                self.log_content_headers(r, post_data)
                 log.debug(f"GitHub API PR failed - got return code {r.status_code}")
                 wait_time = float(re.sub("[^0-9]", "", str(r.headers.get("Retry-After", 0))))
                 if wait_time == 0:
@@ -522,8 +528,8 @@ def request_retry(self, url, post_data=None):
 
             # Unexpected error - raise
             elif r.status_code not in self.return_ok:
-                self.log_content_headers(r)
-                raise AssertionError(f"GitHub API PR failed - got return code {r.status_code} from {url}")
+                self.log_content_headers(r, post_data)
+                raise RuntimeError(f"GitHub API PR failed - got return code {r.status_code} from {url}")
 
             # Success!
             else:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2622db133b..1f86df70aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = "2.4"
+version = "2.4.1"
 
 with open("README.md") as f:
     readme = f.read()