diff --git a/augur/tasks/github/traffic/tasks.py b/augur/tasks/github/traffic/tasks.py
index 8b8652ec43..22bae688ec 100644
--- a/augur/tasks/github/traffic/tasks.py
+++ b/augur/tasks/github/traffic/tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from augur.tasks.init.celery_app import celery_app as celery, engine
 from augur.application.db.data_parse import *
 from augur.tasks.github.util.github_paginator import GithubPaginator
-from augur.tasks.github.util.github_task_session import GithubTaskSession
+from augur.tasks.github.util.github_task_session import GithubTaskManifest
 from augur.tasks.util.worker_util import remove_duplicate_dicts
 from augur.tasks.github.util.util import get_owner_repo
 from augur.application.db.models import RepoClone, Repo
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ def collect_github_repo_clones_data(repo_git: str) -> None:
     logger = logging.getLogger(collect_github_repo_clones_data.__name__)
 
     # using GithubTaskSession to get our repo_obj for which we will store data of clones
-    with GithubTaskSession(logger) as session:
+    with GithubTaskManifest(logger) as manifest:
 
-        query = session.query(Repo).filter(Repo.repo_git == repo_git)
+        query = manifest.augur_db.query(Repo).filter(Repo.repo_git == repo_git)
         repo_obj = execute_session_query(query, 'one')
         repo_id = repo_obj.repo_id
 
@@ -26,23 +26,21 @@ def collect_github_repo_clones_data(repo_git: str) -> None:
 
         logger.info(f"Collecting Github repository clone data for {owner}/{repo}")
     
-    clones_data = retrieve_all_clones_data(repo_git, logger)
+        clones_data = retrieve_all_clones_data(repo_git, logger, manifest.key_auth)
 
-    if clones_data:
-        process_clones_data(clones_data, f"{owner}/{repo}: Traffic task", repo_id, logger)
-    else:
-        logger.info(f"{owner}/{repo} has no clones")
+        if clones_data:
+            process_clones_data(clones_data, f"{owner}/{repo}: Traffic task", repo_id, manifest.augur_db)
+        else:
+            logger.info(f"{owner}/{repo} has no clones")
 
 
-def retrieve_all_clones_data(repo_git: str, logger):
+def retrieve_all_clones_data(repo_git: str, logger, key_auth
+                             ):
     owner, repo = get_owner_repo(repo_git)
 
     url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/clones"
     
-    # define GithubTaskSession to handle insertions, and store oauth keys 
-    with GithubTaskSession(logger, engine) as session:
-    
-        clones = GithubPaginator(url, session.oauths, logger)
+    clones = GithubPaginator(url, key_auth, logger)
 
     num_pages = clones.get_num_pages()
     all_data = []
@@ -63,14 +61,12 @@ def retrieve_all_clones_data(repo_git: str, logger):
     return all_data
 
 
-def process_clones_data(clones_data, task_name, repo_id, logger) -> None:
+def process_clones_data(clones_data, task_name, repo_id, logger, augur_db) -> None:
     clone_history_data = clones_data[0]['clones']
 
     clone_history_data_dicts = extract_needed_clone_history_data(clone_history_data, repo_id)
 
-    with GithubTaskSession(logger, engine) as session:
-        
-        clone_history_data = remove_duplicate_dicts(clone_history_data_dicts, 'clone_data_timestamp')
-        logger.info(f"{task_name}: Inserting {len(clone_history_data_dicts)} clone history records")
-        
-        session.insert_data(clone_history_data_dicts, RepoClone, ['repo_id'])
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+    clone_history_data = remove_duplicate_dicts(clone_history_data_dicts, 'clone_data_timestamp')
+    logger.info(f"{task_name}: Inserting {len(clone_history_data_dicts)} clone history records")
+    
+    augur_db.insert_data(clone_history_data_dicts, RepoClone, ['repo_id'])