diff --git a/src/private/Commands/Initialize-RunnerEnvironment.ps1 b/src/private/Commands/Initialize-RunnerEnvironment.ps1
index 67e02bae..a384fd55 100644
--- a/src/private/Commands/Initialize-RunnerEnvironment.ps1
+++ b/src/private/Commands/Initialize-RunnerEnvironment.ps1
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     Set-GitHubEnv -Name 'GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME' -Value $env:GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME
 
     # Autologon if a token is present in environment variables
-    $tokenVar = Get-ChildItem -Path 'Env:' | Where-Object Name -In 'GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN' | Select-Object -First 1
+    Write-Verbose (Get-ChildItem -Path 'Env:' | Where-Object Name -In 'GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN' | Out-String)
+    $tokenVar = Get-ChildItem -Path 'Env:' | Where-Object Name -In 'GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN' | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty Value
     $tokenVarPresent = $tokenVar.count -gt 0 -and -not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($tokenVar)
     if ($tokenVarPresent) {
         Connect-GitHubAccount -Repo $env:GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME -Owner $env:GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER
diff --git a/src/public/Auth/Connect-GitHubAccount.ps1 b/src/public/Auth/Connect-GitHubAccount.ps1
index 7a2a3d59..5c448f92 100644
--- a/src/public/Auth/Connect-GitHubAccount.ps1
+++ b/src/public/Auth/Connect-GitHubAccount.ps1
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     $envVars = Get-ChildItem -Path 'Env:'
     Write-Debug 'Environment variables:'
     Write-Debug ($envVars | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String)
-    $gitHubToken = $envVars | Where-Object Name -In 'GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN' | Select-Object -First 1
+    $gitHubToken = $envVars | Where-Object Name -In 'GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN' | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty Value
     Write-Debug "GitHub token: [$gitHubToken]"
     $gitHubTokenPresent = $gitHubToken.count -gt 0 -and -not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($gitHubToken)
     Write-Debug "GitHub token present: [$gitHubTokenPresent]"
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
         'sPAT' {
             Write-Verbose 'Logging in using GitHub access token...'
             Reset-GitHubConfig -Scope 'Auth'
-            $prefix = $gitHubToken.Value -replace '_.*$', '_*'
+            $prefix = $gitHubToken -replace '_.*$', '_*'
             $settings = @{
-                AccessToken     = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $gitHubToken.Value
+                AccessToken     = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $gitHubToken
                 AccessTokenType = $prefix
                 ApiBaseUri      = 'https://api.github.com'
                 ApiVersion      = '2022-11-28'