diff --git a/src/shared/options/getGitHub.ts b/src/shared/options/getGitHub.ts
index 6f3f573e1..1ce600403 100644
--- a/src/shared/options/getGitHub.ts
+++ b/src/shared/options/getGitHub.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ export interface GitHub {
 }
 
 export async function getGitHub(): Promise<GitHub | undefined> {
-	const auth = await getGitHubAuthToken();
+	try {
+		const auth = await getGitHubAuthToken();
 
-	if (!auth.succeeded) {
+		if (!auth.succeeded) {
+			throw new Error("GitHub authentication failed.", {
+				cause: auth.error,
+			});
+		}
+
+		const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: auth.token });
+
+		return { auth: auth.token, octokit };
+	} catch (error) {
 		throw new Error(
 			"Couldn't authenticate with GitHub. Either log in with `gh auth login` (https://cli.github.com) or set a GH_TOKEN environment variable.",
-			{ cause: auth.error },
+			{
+				cause: error,
+			},
 		);
 	}
-
-	const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: auth.token });
-
-	return { auth: auth.token, octokit };
 }