diff --git a/tasks/admin/components/init.js b/tasks/admin/components/init.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 168f8dfc0..1f8b7cf8c
--- a/tasks/admin/components/init.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/components/init.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var
   fs        = require('fs'),
   path      = require('path'),
   git       = require('gulp-git'),
-  githubAPI = require('github'),
+  githubAPI = require('@octokit/rest'),
   mkdirp    = require('mkdirp'),
 
   // admin files
diff --git a/tasks/admin/components/update.js b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d69501b47..0c6ff696a
--- a/tasks/admin/components/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var
   fs             = require('fs'),
   path           = require('path'),
   git            = require('gulp-git'),
-  githubAPI      = require('github'),
+  githubAPI      = require('@octokit/rest'),
   requireDotFile = require('require-dot-file'),
 
   // admin files
diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8ed75a0ca..12b51802e
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var
   fs        = require('fs'),
   path      = require('path'),
   git       = require('gulp-git'),
-  githubAPI = require('github'),
+  githubAPI = require('@octokit/rest'),
   mkdirp    = require('mkdirp'),
 
   // admin files
diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1fce7d2e8..fc9150096
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var
   fs             = require('fs'),
   path           = require('path'),
   git            = require('gulp-git'),
-  githubAPI      = require('github'),
+  githubAPI      = require('@octokit/rest'),
   requireDotFile = require('require-dot-file'),
 
   // admin files
diff --git a/tasks/build.js b/tasks/build.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f7ac9f64a..8931329e7
--- a/tasks/build.js
+++ b/tasks/build.js
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       callback();
       done();
     }));
-  } else {
+  }
+  else {
+    console.log('starting task');
     gulp.task('build', gulp.series('build-javascript', 'build-css', 'build-assets', function(done) {
+      console.log('im here');
       callback();
       done();
     }));
diff --git a/tasks/config/admin/github.js b/tasks/config/admin/github.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6f0f4c27e..a2c9e20bf
--- a/tasks/config/admin/github.js
+++ b/tasks/config/admin/github.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 var
   fs          = require('fs'),
   path        = require('path'),
-  githubAPI   = require('github'),
+  githubAPI   = require('@octokit/rest'),
 
   // stores oauth info for GitHub API
   oAuthConfig = path.join(__dirname, 'oauth.js'),