diff --git a/.dictionary b/.dictionary
index 868f7d26..1aec9616 100644
--- a/.dictionary
+++ b/.dictionary
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ MathJax
 MathJax's
 MultiMarkdown
 NONINFRINGEMENT
+OAuth
 OSs
 Parsers
 PyMdown
diff --git a/docs/src/markdown/_snippets/refs.md b/docs/src/markdown/_snippets/refs.md
index d9e01a61..5865fa5a 100644
--- a/docs/src/markdown/_snippets/refs.md
+++ b/docs/src/markdown/_snippets/refs.md
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 [pymdownx]: http://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/
 [sequence]: https://bramp.github.io/js-sequence-diagrams/
 [settings]: https://github.com/facelessuser/MarkdownPreview/blob/master/MarkdownPreview.sublime-settings
+[superfences]: https://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/extensions/superfences/
 [toc]: https://pythonhosted.org/Markdown/extensions/toc.html#usage
diff --git a/docs/src/markdown/changes.md b/docs/src/markdown/changes.md
index ffd6b546..ccc42407 100644
--- a/docs/src/markdown/changes.md
+++ b/docs/src/markdown/changes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## 2.1.2
+
+- Don't allow live reload on save if using GitHub parser with no OAuth.
+
 ## 2.1.1
 
 - Revert `autoNumber` set to `all` in MathJax config.
diff --git a/docs/src/markdown/usage.md b/docs/src/markdown/usage.md
index 2d4054d1..92f5e2c0 100644
--- a/docs/src/markdown/usage.md
+++ b/docs/src/markdown/usage.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ To get live updates while editing a file after preview, you need to do the follo
         */
         "enable_autoreload": true,
     ```
-2. Install [LiveReload][7] package from Package Control.
+2. Install [LiveReload][live-reload] package from Package Control.
 3. Restart.
 4. Open the command palette and select the command `LiveReload: Enable/disable plug-ins`.
 5. Select `Simple Reload with delay (400ms)`.  It is possible you can get away with `Simple Reload`, but some experience an issue where they are one rev behind when using `Simple Reload`.
diff --git a/markdown_preview.py b/markdown_preview.py
index 6948bbf3..affe657a 100644
--- a/markdown_preview.py
+++ b/markdown_preview.py
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ class MarkdownPreviewListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
     def on_post_save(self, view):
         """Handle auto-reload on save."""
         settings = sublime.load_settings('MarkdownPreview.sublime-settings')
-        if settings.get('enable_autoreload', True):
+        github_auth_provided = settings.get('github_oauth_token') is not None
+        parser = view.settings().get('parser')
+        if settings.get('enable_autoreload', True) and (parser != 'github' or github_auth_provided):
             filetypes = settings.get('markdown_filetypes')
             file_name = view.file_name()
             if filetypes and file_name is not None and file_name.endswith(tuple(filetypes)):
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ def on_post_save(self, view):
                     # todo : check if browser still opened and reopen it if needed
                     view.run_command('markdown_preview', {
                         'target': 'disk',
-                        'parser': view.settings().get('parser')
+                        'parser': parser
                     })
                     sublime.status_message('Markdown preview file updated')