diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b84ed87..459fee3 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -5553,6 +5553,10 @@ function run() {
                     const unsignedUrl = `${response.data.value[0].url}`;
                     console.log(response.data);
                     console.log(`unsigned artifact url is ${unsignedUrl}`);
+                    if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
+                        console.log("missing github token");
+                        return;
+                    }
                     response = yield axios_1.default.post("https://api.github.com/repos/github/hub/pages/deployment", {
                         artifact_url: unsignedUrl,
                         pages_build_version: process.env['GITHUB_SHA']
@@ -5560,7 +5564,7 @@ function run() {
                         headers: {
                             "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
                             "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                            "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env['GITHUB_TOKEN']}`
+                            "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`
                         }
                     });
                     console.log(response.data);
diff --git a/src/upload-artifact.ts b/src/upload-artifact.ts
index b7badef..2a6000b 100644
--- a/src/upload-artifact.ts
+++ b/src/upload-artifact.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
         const unsignedUrl = `${response.data.value[0].url}`
         console.log(response.data)
         console.log(`unsigned artifact url is ${unsignedUrl}`)
+        if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
+          console.log("missing github token")
+          return
+        }
         response = await axios.post("https://api.github.com/repos/github/hub/pages/deployment", {
           artifact_url: unsignedUrl,
           pages_build_version: process.env['GITHUB_SHA']
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
           headers: {
             "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env['GITHUB_TOKEN']}`
+            "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`
           }
         })
         console.log(response.data)