diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4e596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Build ytdlp-interface
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ feat/github-token-auth ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Extract dependencies
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        $deps = "ytdlp-interface dependencies.7z"
+        if (Test-Path $deps) {
+          7z x $deps -o. -y
+          Write-Host "Dependencies extracted successfully"
+          Get-ChildItem -Directory | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_.Name }
+        } else {
+          Write-Error "Dependencies archive not found: $deps"
+          exit 1
+        }
+
+    - name: Add MSVC to PATH
+      uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+      with:
+        arch: x64
+
+    - name: Build Release x64
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        cd ytdlp-interface
+        msbuild ytdlp-interface.vcxproj `
+          /p:Configuration=Release `
+          /p:Platform=x64 `
+          /p:PlatformToolset=v143 `
+          /p:WindowsTargetPlatformVersion=10.0 `
+          /m
+
+    - name: Upload artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ytdlp-interface-x64
+        path: ytdlp-interface/Release/x64/ytdlp-interface.exe
+        if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/ytdlp-interface/gui.cpp b/ytdlp-interface/gui.cpp
index d985c16..aab3474 100644
--- a/ytdlp-interface/gui.cpp
+++ b/ytdlp-interface/gui.cpp
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ void GUI::get_releases(nana::window parent_for_msgbox)
 	thr_releases = std::thread {[parent_for_msgbox, this]
 	{
 		using json = nlohmann::json;
-		auto jtext {util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface/releases", &inet_error)};
+		auto jtext {util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface/releases", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token)};
 		if(!jtext.empty())
 		{
 			try { releases = json::parse(jtext); }
@@ -1956,8 +1956,8 @@ void GUI::get_latest_ffmpeg(nana::window parent_for_msgbox)
 	{
 		std::string jtext;
 		if(win7)
-			jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/kusaanko/FFmpeg-Auto-Build/releases/latest", &inet_error);
-		else jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/latest", &inet_error);
+			jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/kusaanko/FFmpeg-Auto-Build/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
+		else jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
 		if(!jtext.empty())
 		{
 			json json_ffmpeg;
@@ -2016,16 +2016,16 @@ void GUI::get_latest_ytdlp(nana::window parent_for_msgbox)
 		if(fname.empty())
 			fname = ytdlp_fname;
 		if(fname == "ytdl-patched-red.exe")
-			jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-patched/ytdl-patched/releases/latest", &inet_error);
-		else 
+			jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-patched/ytdl-patched/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
+		else
 		{
 			if(win7)
-				jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest", &inet_error);
+				jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
 			else
 			{
 				if(conf.ytdlp_nightly)
-					jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest", &inet_error);
-				else jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest", &inet_error);
+					jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
+				else jtext = util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token);
 			}
 		}
 		if(!jtext.empty() && thr_releases_ytdlp.joinable())
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ void GUI::get_latest_deno(nana::window parent_for_msgbox)
 	thr_releases_deno = std::thread {[parent_for_msgbox, this]
 	{
 		using json = nlohmann::json;
-		auto jtext {util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/denoland/deno/releases/latest", &inet_error)};
+		auto jtext {util::get_inet_res("https://api.github.com/repos/denoland/deno/releases/latest", &inet_error, false, conf.github_token)};
 		if(!jtext.empty())
 		{
 			json jrel;
diff --git a/ytdlp-interface/types.cpp b/ytdlp-interface/types.cpp
index 5ac85c2..e398050 100644
--- a/ytdlp-interface/types.cpp
+++ b/ytdlp-interface/types.cpp
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ void settings_t::to_json(nlohmann::json &j) const
 	j["cb_display_custom_filenames"] = cb_display_custom_filenames;
 	j["cb_cookies"] = cb_cookies;
 	j["cookies_path"] = cookies_path;
+	j["github_token"] = github_token;
 }
 
 
@@ -988,4 +989,8 @@ void settings_t::from_json(const nlohmann::json &j)
 		cb_cookies = j["cb_cookies"];
 		cookies_path = j["cookies_path"].get<std::string>();
 	}
+	if(j.contains("github_token")) // v2.20
+	{
+		github_token = j["github_token"].get<std::string>();
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ytdlp-interface/types.hpp b/ytdlp-interface/types.hpp
index 0f3c318..2120fa5 100644
--- a/ytdlp-interface/types.hpp
+++ b/ytdlp-interface/types.hpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct settings_t
 		output_template_default_bandcamp {L"%(artist)s - %(album)s - %(track_number)02d - %(track)s.%(ext)s"};
 	std::wstring fmt1, fmt2, output_template {output_template_default}, playlist_indexing {playlist_indexing_default},
 		output_template_bandcamp {output_template_default_bandcamp}, proxy;
-	std::string argset, cookie_options, aria_options {"-x 6"}, sub_langs, sub_format;
+	std::string argset, cookie_options, aria_options {"-x 6"}, sub_langs, sub_format, github_token;
 	std::vector<std::string> argsets;
 	std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>> unfinished_queue_items;
 	std::unordered_set<std::wstring> outpaths;
diff --git a/ytdlp-interface/util.cpp b/ytdlp-interface/util.cpp
index 4025268..b98b555 100644
--- a/ytdlp-interface/util.cpp
+++ b/ytdlp-interface/util.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ std::wstring util::get_sys_folder(REFKNOWNFOLDERID rfid)
 }
 
 
-std::string util::get_inet_res(std::string res, std::string *error, bool truncate)
+std::string util::get_inet_res(std::string res, std::string *error, bool truncate, std::string token)
 {
 	std::string ret;
 	if(error) error->clear();
@@ -471,7 +471,13 @@ std::string util::get_inet_res(std::string res, std::string *error, bool truncat
 	auto hinet {InternetOpenA(agent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, NULL, NULL, 0)};
 	if(hinet)
 	{
-		auto hfile {InternetOpenUrlA(hinet, res.data(), NULL, 0, 0, 0)};
+		std::string auth_header;
+		if(!token.empty() && res.find("github.com") != std::string::npos)
+			auth_header = "Authorization: token " + token + "\r\n";
+
+		auto hfile {InternetOpenUrlA(hinet, res.data(), NULL, 0,
+			auth_header.empty() ? NULL : auth_header.c_str(),
+			auth_header.empty() ? 0 : -1L)};
 		if(hfile)
 		{
 			DWORD read {1};
diff --git a/ytdlp-interface/util.hpp b/ytdlp-interface/util.hpp
index a605af9..e52ea4b 100644
--- a/ytdlp-interface/util.hpp
+++ b/ytdlp-interface/util.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace util
 	DWORD other_instance(std::wstring path = L"");
 	unsigned close_children(bool report_only = false);
 	std::wstring get_sys_folder(REFKNOWNFOLDERID rfid);
-	std::string get_inet_res(std::string res, std::string *error = nullptr, bool truncate = false);
+	std::string get_inet_res(std::string res, std::string *error = nullptr, bool truncate = false, std::string token = "");
 	std::string dl_inet_res(std::string res, fs::path fname, bool *working = nullptr, std::function<void(unsigned)> cb = nullptr);
 	std::string extract_7z(fs::path arc_path, fs::path out_path, unsigned ffmpeg = 0, bool ytdlp_interface = false);
 	std::wstring get_clipboard_text();