diff --git a/include/modules/github.hpp b/include/modules/github.hpp
index 97ebdc68..0eab224e 100644
--- a/include/modules/github.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/github.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace modules {
     bool build(builder* builder, const string& tag) const;
     string get_format() const;
 
-
    private:
     void update_label(int);
     int get_number_of_notification();
@@ -30,11 +29,12 @@ namespace modules {
     label_t m_label{};
     label_t m_label_offline{};
     string m_api_url;
+    string m_user;
     string m_accesstoken{};
     unique_ptr<http_downloader> m_http{};
     bool m_empty_notifications{false};
     std::atomic<bool> m_offline{false};
   };
-}
+}  // namespace modules
 
 POLYBAR_NS_END
diff --git a/include/utils/http.hpp b/include/utils/http.hpp
index acfb94e8..e6f15c7f 100644
--- a/include/utils/http.hpp
+++ b/include/utils/http.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class http_downloader {
   http_downloader(int connection_timeout = 5);
   ~http_downloader();
 
-  string get(const string& url);
+  string get(const string& url, const string& user = "", const string& password = "");
   long response_code();
 
  protected:
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ namespace http_util {
   decltype(auto) make_downloader(Args&&... args) {
     return factory_util::unique<http_downloader>(forward<Args>(args)...);
   }
-}
+}  // namespace http_util
 
 POLYBAR_NS_END
diff --git a/src/modules/github.cpp b/src/modules/github.cpp
index dc86827e..29ef5d1c 100644
--- a/src/modules/github.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/github.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace modules {
   github_module::github_module(const bar_settings& bar, string name_)
       : timer_module<github_module>(bar, move(name_)), m_http(http_util::make_downloader()) {
     m_accesstoken = m_conf.get(name(), "token");
+    m_user = m_conf.get(name(), "user", ""s);
     m_api_url = m_conf.get(name(), "api-url", "https://api.github.com/"s);
     if (m_api_url.back() != '/') {
       m_api_url += '/';
@@ -52,7 +53,12 @@ namespace modules {
   }
 
   string github_module::request() {
-    string content{m_http->get(m_api_url + "notifications?access_token=" + m_accesstoken)};
+    string content;
+    if (m_user.empty()) {
+      content = m_http->get(m_api_url + "notifications?access_token=" + m_accesstoken);
+    } else {
+      content = m_http->get(m_api_url + "notifications", m_user, m_accesstoken);
+    }
 
     long response_code{m_http->response_code()};
     switch (response_code) {
diff --git a/src/utils/http.cpp b/src/utils/http.cpp
index 99aa0c4c..fdfd7c6a 100644
--- a/src/utils/http.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/http.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+#include "utils/http.hpp"
+
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <curl/easy.h>
+
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "errors.hpp"
 #include "settings.hpp"
-#include "utils/http.hpp"
 
 POLYBAR_NS
 
@@ -23,10 +25,16 @@ http_downloader::~http_downloader() {
   curl_easy_cleanup(m_curl);
 }
 
-string http_downloader::get(const string& url) {
+string http_downloader::get(const string& url, const string& user, const string& password) {
   std::stringstream out{};
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
   curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &out);
+  if (!user.empty()) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, user.c_str());
+  }
+  if (!password.empty()) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(m_curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, password.c_str());
+  }
 
   auto res = curl_easy_perform(m_curl);
   if (res != CURLE_OK) {