diff --git a/app.coffee b/app.coffee
index 4fc3123..94bb080 100644
--- a/app.coffee
+++ b/app.coffee
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Issues =
             host:   "api.github.com"
             method: "GET"
             path:   path
+            headers:
+                'User-Agent': 'Scrum Burndown (1)'
 
         https.request(options, (response) ->
             if response.statusCode is 200
@@ -221,4 +223,4 @@ fs.readFile "config.yml", "utf8", (err, data) ->
 
     app.start process.env.PORT, (err) ->
         throw err if err
-        console.log "Listening on port #{app.server.address().port}"
\ No newline at end of file
+        console.log "Listening on port #{app.server.address().port}"