diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index c22181a..80ab8f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .
           pip install -e .[dev]
       - name: run tests
-        env: 
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           mkdir junit || true
           nosetests --with-xunit --with-coverage --cover-package=pytest_opentmi --cover-html --cover-html-dir=htmlcov --cover-xml-file=coverage.xml --xunit-file=junit/results.xml
       - name: coveralls
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python-version == '3.9'
+        env: 
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: coveralls
       - name: pylint
         run: |