diff --git a/.github/workflows/stackql-exec.yml b/.github/workflows/stackql-exec.yml
index 0e34d82..cec9d67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stackql-exec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stackql-exec.yml
@@ -17,35 +17,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Prep Google Creds (Windows)
-      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest'}}
-      run: | ## use the secret to create json file
-        $GoogleCreds = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("GOOGLE_CREDS_ENV")
-        $GoogleCredsDecoded = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($GoogleCreds))
-        Write-Output $GoogleCredsDecoded | Set-Content sa-key.json
-      shell: pwsh
-      env:
-        GOOGLE_CREDS_ENV: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CREDS }}
-  
-    - name: Prep Google Creds (bash)
-      if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
-      shell: bash
-      run: | ## use the base64 encoded secret to create json file
-        sudo echo ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CREDS }} | base64 -d > sa-key.json
-
     - name: exec google example with query file
       id: stackql-exec-file
       uses: ./
       with:
-        auth_obj_path: './stackql_scripts/auth.json'
         query_file_path: './stackql_scripts/google-example.iql'
+      env:
+        GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CREDS }}
 
-    - name: exec github example with query string
+    - name: exec github example with query string, use auth string to override
       id: stackql-exec-string
       uses: ./
       with:
         auth_str: '{ "github": { "type": "basic", "credentialsenvvar": "STACKQL_GITHUB_CREDS" } }'
-        query: "REGISTRY PULL github v23.01.00104;
+        query: "REGISTRY PULL github;
                 SHOW PROVIDERS;
                 select total_private_repos
                 from github.orgs.orgs
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbe62a5..5d53131 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Github Action as a wrapper for executing a single command in stackql, maps all s
 
 ## AUTH
 
+### Use Environment Variables
+- You can use [Github Secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets) to store the value of the environment variable, and use env to pass it to the action. For example:
+
+
+
 `Example auth string`
 ```
 {   "google": { "type": "service_account",  "credentialsfilepath": "sa-key.json" },
diff --git a/lib/tests/utils.test.js b/lib/tests/utils.test.js
index 404458d..a153387 100644
--- a/lib/tests/utils.test.js
+++ b/lib/tests/utils.test.js
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ describe("util", () => {
       process.env = AUTH_ENV;
     });
 
-    it("should throw error when neither AUTH_STR or AUTH_FILE_PATH is set", () => {
-      process.env.AUTH_STR = undefined;
-      process.env.AUTH_FILE_PATH = undefined;
+    // it("should throw error when neither AUTH_STR or AUTH_FILE_PATH is set", () => {
+    //   process.env.AUTH_STR = undefined;
+    //   process.env.AUTH_FILE_PATH = undefined;
 
-      setupAuth(core);
-      expect(core.setFailed).toBeCalledWith(
-        "Either AUTH_FILE_PATH or AUTH_STR must be set."
-      );
-    });
+    //   setupAuth(core);
+    //   expect(core.setFailed).toBeCalledWith(
+    //     "Either AUTH_FILE_PATH or AUTH_STR must be set."
+    //   );
+    // });
 
     it("should set AUTH environment variable when AUTH_STR is set", () => {
       process.env.AUTH_FILE_PATH = undefined;
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ describe("util", () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it("should return error when there is no AUTH", async () => {
-      process.env = { ...EXECUTE_ENV };
-      process.env.AUTH = undefined;
+    // it("should return error when there is no AUTH", async () => {
+    //   process.env = { ...EXECUTE_ENV };
+    //   process.env.AUTH = undefined;
 
-      getStackqlCommand(core);
+    //   getStackqlCommand(core);
 
-      expect(core.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        "Cannot find AUTH environment variable when executing stackql"
-      );
-    });
+    //   expect(core.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    //     "Cannot find AUTH environment variable when executing stackql"
+    //   );
+    // });
 
     it("should execute stackql with query file path", async () => {
       process.env = { ...EXECUTE_ENV };
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 9e94b23..4db1fd8 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-
 function setupAuth(core) {
   const fs = require("fs");
   let auth;
   const fileName = process.env.AUTH_FILE_PATH;
   const authStr = process.env.AUTH_STR;
 
-  if (!checkEnvVarValid(fileName) && !checkEnvVarValid(authStr)) {
-    core.setFailed("Either AUTH_FILE_PATH or AUTH_STR must be set.");
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (checkEnvVarValid(fileName)) {
     try {
       // Read the contents of the JSON file into a string
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ function setupAuth(core) {
     }
   }
   if (checkEnvVarValid(authStr)) {
-    auth = authStr
+    auth = authStr;
   }
 
   core.info("Setting AUTH environment variable...");
@@ -29,11 +23,12 @@ function setupAuth(core) {
 }
 
 async function getStackqlCommand(core) {
-  
-  if (!checkEnvVarValid(process.env.AUTH)) {
-    core.setFailed("Cannot find AUTH environment variable when executing stackql");
-    return;
-  }
+  // if (!checkEnvVarValid(process.env.AUTH)) {
+  //   core.setFailed(
+  //     "Cannot find AUTH environment variable when executing stackql"
+  //   );
+  //   return;
+  // }
   let [query, queryFilePath, auth, output = "json"] = [
     process.env.QUERY,
     process.env.QUERY_FILE_PATH,
@@ -41,28 +36,27 @@ async function getStackqlCommand(core) {
     process.env.OUTPUT,
   ];
 
-
-
   if (!checkEnvVarValid(query) && !checkEnvVarValid(queryFilePath)) {
     core.setFailed("Either query or query_file_path need to be set");
     return;
   }
 
   let args = [];
+  const authArg = auth ? `--auth='${auth}'` : "";
   if (queryFilePath) {
     args = [
       "exec",
       "-i",
       queryFilePath,
-      `--auth='${auth}'`,
-      `--output='${output}'`
+      authArg,
+      `--output='${output}'`,
     ];
   }
   if (query) {
-    args = ["exec", `"${query}"`, `--auth='${auth}'`, `--output='${output}'`];
+    args = ["exec", `"${query}"`, authArg, `--output='${output}'`];
   }
   try {
-    core.exportVariable('STACKQL_COMMAND', `stackql ${args.join(" ")}`)
+    core.exportVariable("STACKQL_COMMAND", `stackql ${args.join(" ")}`);
   } catch (error) {
     core.error(error);
     core.setFailed("Error when executing stackql");
diff --git a/stackql_scripts/github-example.iql b/stackql_scripts/github-example.iql
index f6e72cb..22352ef 100644
--- a/stackql_scripts/github-example.iql
+++ b/stackql_scripts/github-example.iql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-REGISTRY PULL github v23.01.00104;
+REGISTRY PULL github;
 SHOW PROVIDERS;
 select total_private_repos
 from github.orgs.orgs
diff --git a/stackql_scripts/google-example.iql b/stackql_scripts/google-example.iql
index ce2eab9..93db25a 100644
--- a/stackql_scripts/google-example.iql
+++ b/stackql_scripts/google-example.iql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-REGISTRY PULL google v23.01.00116;
+REGISTRY PULL google;
 SELECT name, status
 FROM google.compute.instances 
 WHERE project = 'stackql-demo' AND zone = 'australia-southeast1-a';
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