diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 0bdbb78..e5ab9ac 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ allow_prereleases = true
 [packages]
 aiohttp = "*"
 apscheduler = "*"
+pygithub = "*"
+python-dotenv = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 0d30588..b317ef6 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "51ea2d5cdebbe8681e35959921839ceecbd37164697962c5fa7b6d815982bd83"
+            "sha256": "b0d2de2b0b35e9c52f6fd20d157bb51571a1c3a243d372f2a15dd7944ff2fb90"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==18.2.0"
         },
+        "certifi": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:47f9c83ef4c0c621eaef743f133f09fa8a74a9b75f037e8624f83bd1b6626cb7",
+                "sha256:993f830721089fef441cdfeb4b2c8c9df86f0c63239f06bd025a76a7daddb033"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2018.11.29"
+        },
         "chardet": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae",
@@ -73,6 +80,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==3.0.4"
         },
+        "deprecated": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:8bfeba6e630abf42b5d111b68a05f7fe3d6de7004391b3cd614947594f87a4ff",
+                "sha256:b784e0ca85a8c1e694d77e545c10827bd99772392e79d5f5442e761515a1246e"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.2.4"
+        },
         "idna": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:c357b3f628cf53ae2c4c05627ecc484553142ca23264e593d327bcde5e9c3407",
@@ -121,6 +135,28 @@
             ],
             "version": "==4.5.2"
         },
+        "pygithub": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:263102b43a83e2943900c1313109db7a00b3b78aeeae2c9137ba694982864872"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.43.5"
+        },
+        "pyjwt": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:5c6eca3c2940464d106b99ba83b00c6add741c9becaec087fb7ccdefea71350e",
+                "sha256:8d59a976fb773f3e6a39c85636357c4f0e242707394cadadd9814f5cbaa20e96"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.7.1"
+        },
+        "python-dotenv": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a84569d0e00d178bc5b957f7ff208bf49287cbf61857c31c258c4a91f571527b",
+                "sha256:c9b1ddd3cdbe75c7d462cb84674d87130f4b948f090f02c7d7144779afb99ae0"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.10.1"
+        },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:32b0891edff07e28efe91284ed9c31e123d84bea3fd98e1f72be2508f43ef8d9",
@@ -128,6 +164,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==2018.9"
         },
+        "requests": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:502a824f31acdacb3a35b6690b5fbf0bc41d63a24a45c4004352b0242707598e",
+                "sha256:7bf2a778576d825600030a110f3c0e3e8edc51dfaafe1c146e39a2027784957b"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.21.0"
+        },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:3350809f0555b11f552448330d0b52d5f24c91a322ea4a15ef22629740f3761c",
@@ -151,6 +194,19 @@
             ],
             "version": "==2.0.0b1"
         },
+        "urllib3": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:61bf29cada3fc2fbefad4fdf059ea4bd1b4a86d2b6d15e1c7c0b582b9752fe39",
+                "sha256:de9529817c93f27c8ccbfead6985011db27bd0ddfcdb2d86f3f663385c6a9c22"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.24.1"
+        },
+        "wrapt": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4aea003270831cceb8a90ff27c4031da6ead7ec1886023b80ce0dfe0adf61533"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.11.1"
+        },
         "yarl": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:024ecdc12bc02b321bc66b41327f930d1c2c543fa9a561b39861da9388ba7aa9",
diff --git a/actioner/clients.py b/actioner/clients.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06583a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actioner/clients.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from github import Github
+
+from actioner.settings import GITHUB_TOKEN
+
+github = Github(GITHUB_TOKEN)
diff --git a/actioner/main.py b/actioner/main.py
index 48d34cc..6268499 100644
--- a/actioner/main.py
+++ b/actioner/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+import logging
 from multiprocessing import Process
 
 from aiohttp.web import run_app as run_web_app
 
 from actioner.scheduler import create_scheduler, start_scheduler
+from actioner.settings import LOGGING_LEVEL
 from actioner.web import get_server
-import logging
+
 
 def main():
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=LOGGING_LEVEL)
 
     server = get_server()
     scheduler = create_scheduler()
diff --git a/actioner/settings.py b/actioner/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9afeb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actioner/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+from logging import _nameToLevel
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+GITHUB_TOKEN = os.environ['GITHUB_TOKEN']
+
+LOGGING_LEVEL = _nameToLevel[os.environ.get('LOGGING_LEVEL', 'INFO')]
diff --git a/actioner/web/__init__.py b/actioner/web/__init__.py
index d23f5f2..3c96f08 100644
--- a/actioner/web/__init__.py
+++ b/actioner/web/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from aiohttp import web
-
+from actioner.clients import github
 
 async def healthcheck(request):
-    return web.json_response({})
+    return web.json_response({
+        'github': github.get_user().login
+    })
 
 
 def get_server():