diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c4114aaa98..61b84a5020 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ app.get('/api/foursquare', passportConf.isAuthenticated, passportConf.isAuthoriz
 app.get('/api/tumblr', passportConf.isAuthenticated, passportConf.isAuthorized, api.getTumblr);
 app.get('/api/facebook', passportConf.isAuthenticated, api.getFacebook);
 app.get('/api/scraping', api.getScraping);
-app.get('/api/github', api.getGithub);
+app.get('/api/github', passportConf.isAuthorized, api.getGithub);
 app.get('/api/lastfm', api.getLastfm);
 app.get('/api/nyt', api.getNewYorkTimes);
 app.get('/api/twilio', api.getTwilio);