diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-to-forgejo.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-to-forgejo.yml
index 0476de5..6154d64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-to-forgejo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-to-forgejo.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Sync to Forgejo
         env:
-          FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_SECRET || secrets.GITEA_SECRET }}
-          FORGEJO_OWNER: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_OWNER || secrets.FORGEJO_USERNAME || secrets.GITEA_USERNAME || 'ashwin' }}
+          FORGEJO_SECRET: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_SECRET || secrets.GITEA_SECRET }}
+          FORGEJO_OWNER: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_OWNER || 'ashwin' }}
+          FORGEJO_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_USERNAME || secrets.GITEA_USERNAME || 'ashwin' }}
           REPO: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
           BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@ jobs:
           export GIT_TRACE=1
           export GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1
 
-          USER="${FORGEJO_OWNER}"
+          USER="${FORGEJO_USERNAME}"
           TARGET="https://ci.nxtgauge.com/${FORGEJO_OWNER}/${REPO}.git"
-          AUTH="$(printf '%s' "${USER}:${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" | base64 -w0)"
+          AUTH="$(printf '%s' "${USER}:${FORGEJO_SECRET}" | base64 -w0)"
 
-          test -n "${FORGEJO_TOKEN:-}" || (echo "FORGEJO_TOKEN empty" && exit 1)
-          curl -fsS -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" https://ci.nxtgauge.com/api/v1/user >/dev/null
+          test -n "${FORGEJO_SECRET:-}" || (echo "FORGEJO_SECRET empty" && exit 1)
+          curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Basic ${AUTH}" https://ci.nxtgauge.com/api/v1/user >/dev/null
           curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Basic ${AUTH}" "${TARGET}/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack" >/dev/null
 
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"