diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilities.java b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilities.java
index bd61dd842..bf9db8da7 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilities.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilities.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.hl7.fhir.igtools.publisher;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ public static String getGitSource(File gitDir) {
     try {
      final String[] cmd = { "git", "remote", "get-url", "origin" };
 		final String url = execAndReturnString(cmd, new String[]{}, gitDir);
-		final String noUserInfoUrl = getURLIfNoUserInfo(url, "git remote origin url");
+		final String noUserInfoUrl = getURLWithNoUserInfo(url, "git remote origin url");
 		return noUserInfoUrl == null ? "" : noUserInfoUrl;
 	} catch (Exception e) {
       System.out.println("Warning @ Unable to read the git source: " + e.getMessage().replace("fatal: ", "") );
@@ -75,13 +73,12 @@ public static String getGitSource(File gitDir) {
 	 * @param urlSource A string representing the source of the URL to be output
 	 * @return A valid URL that does not contain user information, or null.
 	 */
-	protected static String getURLIfNoUserInfo(final String url, final String urlSource) {
+	protected static String getURLWithNoUserInfo(final String url, final String urlSource) {
 		try {
 			URL newUrl = new URL(url);
-			boolean result = newUrl.getUserInfo() != null;
-			if (result) {
-				System.out.println("Warning @ Git URL contains user information. Source: " + urlSource);
-				return null;
+            if (newUrl.getUserInfo() != null) {
+				System.out.println("Info @ Removing user info from GIT URL. Source: " + urlSource);
+				return new URL(newUrl.getProtocol(), newUrl.getHost(), newUrl.getPort(), newUrl.getFile()).toString();
 			}
 
 		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
index 5474629c8..d1e509a2e 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/Publisher.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -850,7 +849,7 @@ private void setRepoSource(final String repoSource) {
     if (repoSource == null) {
       return;
     }
-    this.repoSource = GitUtilities.getURLIfNoUserInfo(repoSource, "-repo CLI parameter");
+    this.repoSource = GitUtilities.getURLWithNoUserInfo(repoSource, "-repo CLI parameter");
   }
 
   private String targetOutputNested;
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilitiesTests.java b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilitiesTests.java
index 20169bc5d..7dc9b8bc3 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilitiesTests.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.publisher.core/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/igtools/publisher/GitUtilitiesTests.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void testGitStatusWhenNotGitDirectory() throws IOException {
 	@CsvSource(value= {
 			VALID_URL+","+VALID_URL,
 			"whwehwhasdlksdjsdf,''",
-			USERNAME_AND_TOKEN_URL+",''"})
+			USERNAME_AND_TOKEN_URL+","+ VALID_URL})
 	void testGetGitSource(String url, String expected) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 		File gitRoot = initiateGitDirectory();
 		createOriginURL(gitRoot, url);
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ void testGetGitSource(String url, String expected) throws IOException, Interrupt
 	@CsvSource(value= {
 			VALID_URL+","+VALID_URL,
 			"whwehwhasdlksdjsdf,NULL",
-			USERNAME_AND_TOKEN_URL+",NULL"}, nullValues={"NULL"})
+			USERNAME_AND_TOKEN_URL+","+VALID_URL}, nullValues={"NULL"})
 	public void getURLIfNoUserInfo(String url, String expected) {
-		String result = GitUtilities.getURLIfNoUserInfo(url, "test");
+		String result = GitUtilities.getURLWithNoUserInfo(url, "test");
 		assertThat(result).isEqualTo(expected);
 	}
 }