diff --git a/src/cmd/utils/gh_p_fetcher.go b/src/cmd/utils/gh_p_fetcher.go
index 96f3d96..bf6699a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/utils/gh_p_fetcher.go
+++ b/src/cmd/utils/gh_p_fetcher.go
@@ -4,32 +4,88 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+
 )
 
 type GithubProfile struct {
 	Login string `json:"login"`
 	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Email string `json:"email"`
+}
+
+func checkGHCLI() bool {
+	// Check if the gh command line tool is installed
+	cmd := exec.Command("gh", "auth", "status")
+	out ,err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err == nil {
+		if strings.Contains(string(out), "Logged in to") {
+			return true
+		}
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return false
+	
+}
+
+func useGHCLI(username string) []byte {
+	cmd := exec.Command("gh", "api", fmt.Sprintf("/users/%s", username))
+	
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprint("Error fetching github profile",err))
+	}
+	return out
+
 }
 
 func FetchGithubProfile(username string) User {
 	// Fetch the github profile and create a user with everything except the email
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/users/%s", username)
-
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprint("Error fetching github profile: ", err))
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	// Parse the response and create a user
 	var profile GithubProfile
-	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&profile)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprint("Error parsing github profile: ", err))
+
+	check := checkGHCLI()
+
+	if check {
+		// If the gh command line tool is installed, use it to fetch the github profile
+		fmt.Println("Using gh-cli to fetch github profile")
+		data := useGHCLI(username)
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal(data, &profile)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprint("Error parsing github profile: ", err))
+		}
+		if profile.Name == "" {
+			panic(fmt.Sprint("Error: No name found in github profile something went wrong whilst fetching using gh-cli \n(output from cmd:)", string(data)))
+		}
+	} else {
+
+		fmt.Println("Using http request to fetch github profile")
+		// If the gh command line tool is not installed, use the http request
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/users/%s", username)
+
+		resp, err := http.Get(url)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprint("Error fetching github profile: ", err))
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		// Parse the response and create a user
+		err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&profile)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprint("Error parsing github profile: ", err))
+		}
+
+		if profile.Name == "" {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error: No name found in github profile something went wrong whilst fetching \n(http response): %s", resp.Status))
+		}
 	}
 
+	
+
 	// Create a user with the github profile
 	return User{
 		Shortname: strings.ToLower(profile.Name[:2]),