diff --git a/ofborg/src/bin/build-filter.rs b/ofborg/src/bin/build-filter.rs
index e31bef6..b145f5f 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/bin/build-filter.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/bin/build-filter.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ extern crate hyper;
 extern crate hubcaps;
 extern crate hyper_native_tls;
 
-use hyper::Client;
-use hyper::net::HttpsConnector;
-use hyper_native_tls::NativeTlsClient;
-use hubcaps::{Credentials, Github};
-
-
 
 use std::env;
 
@@ -47,17 +41,7 @@ fn main() {
     channel.basic_consume(
         worker::new(tasks::buildfilter::BuildFilterWorker::new(
             cfg.acl(),
-            Github::new(
-                "my-cool-user-agent/0.1.0",
-                // tls configured hyper client
-                Client::with_connector(
-                    HttpsConnector::new(
-                        NativeTlsClient::new().unwrap()
-                    )
-                ),
-                Credentials::Token(cfg.github.clone().unwrap().token)
-            )
-
+            cfg.github()
         )),
         "build-inputs",
         format!("{}-build-filter", cfg.whoami()).as_ref(),
diff --git a/ofborg/src/config.rs b/ofborg/src/config.rs
index b3e1943..b87ff74 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/config.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/config.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ use serde_json;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::io::Read;
+use hyper::Client;
+use hyper::net::HttpsConnector;
+use hyper_native_tls::NativeTlsClient;
+use hubcaps::{Credentials, Github};
+
+
 
 use ofborg::acl;
 
@@ -57,6 +63,19 @@ impl Config {
                 .expect("fetching config's runner.authorized_users")
         );
     }
+
+    pub fn github(&self) -> Github {
+        Github::new(
+            "my-cool-user-agent/0.1.0",
+            // tls configured hyper client
+            Client::with_connector(
+                HttpsConnector::new(
+                    NativeTlsClient::new().unwrap()
+                )
+            ),
+            Credentials::Token(self.github.clone().unwrap().token)
+        )
+    }
 }