diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
index 812ce3a..74a4b2e 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ jobs:
           cat "$SHASUM_FILE"
 
           cd "$TEST_ARTIFACT_DIR"
-          wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" "${{ steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-url }}"
+          # In case the repository becomes private, we add our GITHUB_TOKEN to the artifact-url.
+          MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL="$( echo "${{ steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-url }}" | sed "s#^\(https\?://\)#\1$GITHUB_TOKEN\@#" )"
+          wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" "$MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL"
           unzip "$DOWNLOAD_FILE"
           sha256sum -c "$SHASUM_FILE"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76d2950..c4ec43e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ steps:
   - name: Simple checkout
     run: |
       git init
-      GITHUB_AUTHENTICATED_URL="$( echo "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" | sed "s#^\(https\?://\)#\1$GITHUB_TOKEN\@#" )"
-      git remote add origin "$GITHUB_AUTHENTICATED_URL"/"$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+      MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL="$( echo "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" | sed "s#^\(https\?://\)#\1$GITHUB_TOKEN\@#" )"
+      git remote add origin "$MY_AUTHENTICATED_URL"/"$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
       # Little and optional speed optimization
       git config --local gc.auto 0
       git fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin "$GITHUB_SHA"