diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1f4b24b..3a78bd3 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: 'Initialize CI Environment and Repository'
 description: 'Initialize a CI environment with nix (and also checkout the repository recursively with LFS)'
+inputs:
+  token:
+    description: 'OAUTH token to access repositories'
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -15,6 +20,6 @@ runs:
       run: |
         git lfs install
         GIT_SERVER=`echo -n "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" | sed "s%https://%%"`
-        echo "machine $GIT_SERVER\nlogin oauth2\npassword $GITHUB_TOKEN" > ~/.netrc
+        echo -e "machine $GIT_SERVER\nlogin oauth2\npassword ${{ inputs.token }}" > ~/.netrc
         # Disable clone protection to pull LFS as well
         GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false git clone --branch $GITHUB_REF_NAME --recurse-submodules $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY .