diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9aefbf6..1ea9277 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@ const request = require('superagent');
 const {default: PQueue} = require('p-queue');
 
 
-async function getGithubRepositories(username, token) {
+async function getGithubRepositories(username, token, mirrorPrivateRepositories) {
   const octokit = new Octokit({
     auth: token || null,
   });
   
   const publicRepositoriesWithForks = await octokit.paginate('GET /users/:username/repos', { username: username })
-  .then(repositories => toRepositoryList(repositories));
+      .then(repositories => toRepositoryList(repositories));
 
-  const allRepositoriesWithoutForks = await octokit.paginate('GET /search/repositories?q=user:{username}', { username : username })
+  let allRepositoriesWithoutForks;
+  if(mirrorPrivateRepositories === 'true'){
+  allRepositoriesWithoutForks = await octokit.paginate('GET /search/repositories?q=user:{username}', { username : username })
     .then(repositories => toRepositoryList(repositories));
+  }
 
-  return filterDuplicates(allRepositoriesWithoutForks.concat(publicRepositoriesWithForks));
+  if(mirrorPrivateRepositories === 'true'){
+    return filterDuplicates(allRepositoriesWithoutForks.concat(publicRepositoriesWithForks));
+  }else{
+    return publicRepositoriesWithForks;
+  }
 }
 
 function toRepositoryList(repositories) {
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ function mirrorOnGitea(repository, gitea, giteaUser, githubToken) {
   request.post(`${gitea.url}/api/v1/repos/migrate`)
     .set('Authorization', 'token ' + gitea.token)
     .send({
-      auth_token: githubToken,
+      auth_token: githubToken || null,
       clone_addr: repository.url,
       mirror: true,
       repo_name: repository.name,
@@ -91,19 +98,26 @@ async function main() {
   }
   const githubToken = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
   const giteaUrl = process.env.GITEA_URL;
+
   if (!giteaUrl) {
     console.error('No GITEA_URL specified, please specify! Exiting..');
     return;
   }
 
-  const giteaToken = process.env.GITEA_TOKEN;
+  const giteaToken = process.env.GITEA_TOKE;
   if (!giteaToken) {
     console.error('No GITEA_TOKEN specified, please specify! Exiting..');
     return;
   }
 
+  const mirrorPrivateRepositories = process.env.MIRROR_PRIVATE_REPOSITORIES;
+  if(mirrorPrivateRepositories === 'true' && !githubToken){
+    console.error('MIRROR_PRIVATE_REPOSITORIES was set to true but no GITHUB_TOKEN was specified, please specify! Exiting..')
+    return;
+  }
 
-  const githubRepositories = await getGithubRepositories(githubUsername, githubToken);
+
+  const githubRepositories = await getGithubRepositories(githubUsername, githubToken, mirrorPrivateRepositories);
   console.log(`Found ${githubRepositories.length} repositories on github`);
 
   const gitea = {