diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 8720c5b78..3d4c9976c 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ NEXTAUTH_SECRET=abcdefghijlmnopqrstuvwxyz
 
 GITHUB_ID=
 GITHUB_SECRET=
+GITHUB_OAUTH_ISSUER=https://github.com/login/oauth
 
 #If you are contributing to the project and using Github OAuth above, then feel free to not set the below variables.
 #On production this should be set to FCC's auth0 tenant.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97dcbaab4..bbe53a884 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build/Release
 node_modules/
 jspm_packages/
 
+
 # TypeScript v1 declaration files
 typings/
 
@@ -145,4 +146,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 data/challengeMap.json
 
 # Docker local overrides
-docker-compose.override.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+docker-compose.override.yml
+
+/graphify-out
diff --git a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
index 27376ddf1..3af681871 100644
--- a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
+++ b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ if (process.env.GITHUB_OAUTH_PROVIDER_ENABLED == 'true') {
     GithubProvider({
       clientId: process.env.GITHUB_ID,
       clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_SECRET,
+      issuer: process.env.GITHUB_OAUTH_ISSUER,
       // Enable dangerous account linking in dev environment
       ...(process.env.DANGEROUS_ACCOUNT_LINKING_ENABLED == 'true'
         ? { allowDangerousEmailAccountLinking: true }