diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 566a137..e151b11 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem "octokit", "~> 1.4.0"
+gem "highline"
diff --git a/github.rb b/github.rb
index 75e9e49..d3684c4 100644
--- a/github.rb
+++ b/github.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'octokit'
 require 'readline'
 require 'shellwords'
+require 'highline/import'
 
 module Github
    ##
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def self.request_authorization(authorization_info)
       puts "Authorizing..."
 
       username ||= Readline.readline("github username: ", true)
-      password   = Readline.readline("github password: ", false)
+      password   = ask("github password: ") { |q| q.echo = false }
 
       octokit = Octokit::Client.new(:login => username, :password => password)