diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97f8654..ce6c63a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 .apps_cache
 builds
 tools/README-generator/venv/
+tools/bot-repo-cleanup/.github_token
 
 tools/autopatches/login
-tools/autopatches/token
\ No newline at end of file
+tools/autopatches/token
diff --git a/bot-repo-cleanup/cleanup.py b/bot-repo-cleanup/cleanup.py
index 727ff90..f2275c6 100644
--- a/bot-repo-cleanup/cleanup.py
+++ b/bot-repo-cleanup/cleanup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from github import Github
 from github.Workflow import Workflow
 
 # API token for yunohost-bot, with "delete_repo" right
-g = Github("TOKEN_REPLACE_ME")
+g = Github(open(".github_token").read().strip())
 u = g.get_user("yunohost-bot")
 
 # Let's build a minimalistic summary table