diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0c7345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DATABASE_URL="127.0.0.1:5432"
+GITHUB_CLIENT_ID="[INSERT_CLIENT_ID]"
+GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="[INSERT_CLIENT_SECRET]"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/services/github.js b/app/services/github.js
index 9d9e1be..ba979ce 100644
--- a/app/services/github.js
+++ b/app/services/github.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class GitHub {
   static async get_user_from_token(access_token) {
     /* Fetch user data using the access token. */
     const url = api_url + "/user";
-    const config = { params: { access_token: access_token } };
+    const config = { headers : {'Authorization' : `token ${access_token}` }};
 
     const response = await axios.get(url, config);
     return response.data;
diff --git a/docs/USER_GUIDE.md b/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
index e9139ac..7e6d406 100644
--- a/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ const user = await User.findAll({ where: { username: "octocat" } });
 console.log(user);
 ```
 
+To initialize the database schema, run 
+
+```
+$ npx sequelize-cli db:migrate
+```
+
 This gives us flexibility in our database layer and keeps our JavaScript code clean of SQL commands. The data models located in the `/models` directory each use the `Sequelize` library.
 
 ## <a name='github-oauth'>GitHub OAuth Apps</a>