diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9caef92..19c2b52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # GitHub autopep8 Action
 
-This action uses the newly released GitHub action to automatically restyle your Python code according to [PEP-8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) using  [autopep8](https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8).
+[![License MIT](https://img.shields.io/github/license/creyD/autopep8_action)](https://github.com/creyD/autopep8_action/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/creyD/autopep8_action)](https://github.com/creyD/autopep8_action/releases)
+[![Contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors-anon/creyD/autopep8_action)](https://github.com/creyD/autopep8_action/graphs/contributors)
+[![Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/creyD/autopep8_action)](https://github.com/creyD/autopep8_action/issues)
+
+This action automatically restyles Python code according to [PEP-8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) using  [autopep8](https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8).
 
 ## Usage
 ### Parameters
+
 The following parameters can be used in your custom action configuration.
 
 | Parameter | Required | Default | Description |
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ The following parameters can be used in your custom action configuration.
 | no_commit | :x: | False | Avoid committing, if used in a pipeline |
 | options | :x: | ' ' | Parameters to use with autopep8 |
 | dry | :x: | false | Dry-run the action to fail when detecting PEP-8 uncompliant files, instead of automatically fixing them. |
-
+| github_token | :x: | `${{ github.token }}` | The default [GITHUB_TOKEN](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow#about-the-github_token-secret) or a [Personal Access Token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token)
 
 ### Example
 
@@ -36,14 +42,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         # Make sure the actual branch is checked out when running on pull requests
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-    - uses: creyD/action_autopep8@master
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
+    - uses: creyD/action_autopep8@v3.1
 ```
 
 ## Issues
@@ -54,3 +57,6 @@ Please report all bugs and feature request using the [GitHub issues function](ht
 
 - Hideo Hattori [(GitHub)](https://github.com/hhatto) for creating and maintaining autopep8
 - Stefan Zweifel [(GitHub)](https://github.com/stefanzweifel) for providing an action to commit and push a git change
+
+
+If you want you may also use my [autoflake](https://github.com/creyD/autoflake_action) and [prettier](https://github.com/creyD/prettier_action) GitHub actions.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 9fc01e1..ac21d01 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Can be used to avoid committing the changes
     required: false
     default: false
+  github_token:
+    description: GitHub Token or PAT token used to authenticate against a repository
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
 
 runs:
   using: 'docker'