diff --git a/lib/github-client.js b/lib/github-client.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..361261ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/github-client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const GitHub = require('github')
+
+const githubClient = new GitHub({
+  version: '3.0.0',
+  protocol: 'https',
+  host: 'api.github.com',
+  timeout: 5 * 1000,
+  headers: {
+    'user-agent': 'Node.js GitHub Bot v1.0-beta'
+  }
+})
+
+githubClient.authenticate({
+  type: 'oauth',
+  token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+})
+
+module.exports = githubClient
diff --git a/lib/pollTravis.js b/lib/pollTravis.js
index bc336556..6ab855d0 100644
--- a/lib/pollTravis.js
+++ b/lib/pollTravis.js
@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const GitHub = require('github')
 const Travis = require('travis-ci')
 
+const githubClient = require('./github-client')
+
 const travisClient = new Travis({
   version: '2.0.0',
   access_token: process.env.TRAVIS_CI_TOKEN
 })
-const githubClient = new GitHub({
-  version: '3.0.0',
-  protocol: 'https',
-  host: 'api.github.com',
-  timeout: 5 * 1000,
-  headers: {
-    'user-agent': 'Node.js GitHub Bot v1.0-beta'
-  }
-})
-
-githubClient.authenticate({
-  type: 'oauth',
-  token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
-})
 
 exports.pollThenStatus = pollByCommitThenStatus