diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 35287e9..6a694ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "scidataflow"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.8.5"
 edition = "2021"
 exclude = ["logo.png", "tests/test_data/**"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6fb159e..6784782 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<()> {
             let msg = "Set either --github, --url, or specify an SciDataFlow Asset name.";
             let url = match (github, url, asset) {
                 (Some(gh), None, None) => {
-                    let gh = GitHubRepo::new(&gh).map_err(|e| {
+                    let gh = GitHubRepo::new(gh).map_err(|e| {
                         anyhow!("GitHubRepo initialization failed: {}", e)
                     })?;
                     gh.url("data_manifest.yml")