diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a150eb8..3e35b3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ restful-react is **very well tested, production ready** and powers all of our pr
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-
 - [Overview](#overview)
 - [Getting Started](#getting-started)
 - [Features](#features)
@@ -664,12 +663,11 @@ To generate components from remote specifications, you'll need to follow the fol
 1.  Open a terminal and run `restful-react import --github username:repo:branch:path/to/openapi.yaml --output MY_FETCHERS.tsx`, substituting things where necessary.
 1.  You will be prompted for a token.
 1.  Paste your token.
-1.  You will be asked if you'd like to save it for later. This is _entirely_ up to you and completely safe: it is saved in your `node_modules` folder and _not_ committed to version control or sent to us or anything: the source code of this whole thing is public so you're safe.
-
-    **Caveat:** _Since_ your token is stored in `node_modules`, your token will be removed on each `npm install` of `restful-react`.
-
+1.  You will be asked if you'd like to save it for later. This is _entirely_ up to you and completely safe: it is saved in your home directory.
 1.  You're done! 🎉
 
+Note: For CI environment, you can also provide the github token with the environment variable called `GITHUB_TOKEN`
+
 #### Transforming an Original Spec
 
 In some cases, you might need to augment an existing OpenAPI specification on the fly, for code-generation purposes. Our CLI makes this quite straightforward:
diff --git a/src/bin/restful-react-import.ts b/src/bin/restful-react-import.ts
index 3fa28d4..fe976d8 100644
--- a/src/bin/restful-react-import.ts
+++ b/src/bin/restful-react-import.ts
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ const importSpecs = async (options: AdvancedOptions) => {
   } else if (options.github) {
     const { github } = options;
 
-    let accessToken: string;
+    let accessToken = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
     const githubTokenPath = join(homedir(), ".restful-react");
-    if (existsSync(githubTokenPath)) {
+    if (!accessToken && existsSync(githubTokenPath)) {
       accessToken = readFileSync(githubTokenPath, "utf-8");
-    } else {
+    } else if (!accessToken) {
       const answers = await inquirer.prompt<{ githubToken: string; saveToken: boolean }>([
         {
           type: "input",