diff --git a/ts/pulumi/bazel_rce/index.ts b/ts/pulumi/bazel_rce/index.ts
index 7b7c0b45..5751d911 100644
--- a/ts/pulumi/bazel_rce/index.ts
+++ b/ts/pulumi/bazel_rce/index.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,13 @@ export class BazelRemoteCache extends Pulumi.ComponentResource {
 			{ parent: this }
 		);
 
+		const self = GitHub.getUser({ username: '' }, { parent: this });
+
+		void self.then(self => {
+			if (!self.username)
+				throw `Unable to get own user details. GITHUB_TOKEN may not be configured.`;
+		});
+
 		new GitHub.ActionsSecret(
 			`${name}_actions_secret_cache_url`,
 			{