diff --git a/assets/lib/commands/base.rb b/assets/lib/commands/base.rb
index cf5c52e..135b8bc 100644
--- a/assets/lib/commands/base.rb
+++ b/assets/lib/commands/base.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 require 'faraday'
-require 'octokit'
-require_relative '../input'
-
 # httpclient and excon are the only Faraday adpater which support
 # the no_proxy environment variable atm
+# NOTE: this has to be set before require octokit
 ::Faraday.default_adapter = :httpclient
 
+require 'octokit'
+require_relative '../input'
+
+
 module Commands
   class Base
     attr_reader :input
diff --git a/assets/lib/commands/in.rb b/assets/lib/commands/in.rb
index 54d579a..61d7b40 100755
--- a/assets/lib/commands/in.rb
+++ b/assets/lib/commands/in.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'octokit'
 require 'English'
 require 'json'
 require_relative 'base'
diff --git a/assets/lib/commands/out.rb b/assets/lib/commands/out.rb
index 0ab3f54..ae32c69 100755
--- a/assets/lib/commands/out.rb
+++ b/assets/lib/commands/out.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 require 'json'
-require 'octokit'
 require_relative 'base'
 require_relative '../repository'
 require_relative '../status'