diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index 4e0bc8b3a9..3cc680a76a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 env:
   BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
   BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}
-  PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+  PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Use Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN |github.token| github.token }}
       - name: Use Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Use Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # not required for public repos
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN || github.token }} # not required for public repos
           name: codecov-umbrella
           verbose: true
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Use Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Use Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: true
-          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Check submodule
         run: |