diff --git a/gitea-to-ics.py b/gitea-to-ics.py
index eed2c15..3046826 100644
--- a/gitea-to-ics.py
+++ b/gitea-to-ics.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_combined(token):
         req = urllib.request.Request(GITEA_REPO_URL
                                 + f"/repos/issues/search?state=open&{q}=true")
         req.add_header("Accept", "application/json")
-        req.add_header("Authorization", token)
+        req.add_header("Authorization", "token" + token)
 
         timestamp=datetime.datetime.now()
         print(f"{timestamp} Requesting and parsing {q}")