diff --git a/augur/tasks/github/messages/tasks.py b/augur/tasks/github/messages/tasks.py
index a07355c640..7fae64775e 100644
--- a/augur/tasks/github/messages/tasks.py
+++ b/augur/tasks/github/messages/tasks.py
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ def retrieve_all_pr_and_issue_messages(repo_git: str, logger) -> None:
     # define logger for task
     logger.info(f"Collecting github comments for {owner}/{repo}")
 
-    # define database task session, that also holds autentication keys the GithubPaginator needs
+    # url to get issue and pull request comments
+    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments"
+
+    # define database task session, that also holds authentication keys the GithubPaginator needs
     with GithubTaskSession(logger, engine) as session:
     
         # returns an iterable of all issues at this url (this essentially means you can treat the issues variable as a list of the issues)