diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2006ebfff..4bae32a5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 | `teams`         | only if `assignees` is not specified | Comma separated list of teams. Issue will be assigned to the team members.                                         |
 | `numOfAssignee` | false                                | Number of assignees that will be randomly picked from the teams or assignees. If not specified, assigns all users. |
 
+**Important Requirement**
+If using the `teams` input parameter, you need to use a personal access token with `read:org` scope (the default `GITHUB_TOKEN` is not enough).
+
 ## Examples
 
 Here's an example flow that auto-assigns all new issues to two users randomly chosen from `octocat`, `cat` and `dog` :
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ This other configuration assigns issues to a random member of the `support` team
 - name: 'Auto-assign issue'
     uses: pozil/auto-assign-issue@v1.3.0
     with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.MY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
         teams: support
         numOfAssignee: 1
 ```
diff --git a/src/__tests__/action.test.js b/src/__tests__/action.test.js
index ae897906d..1a84c8d92 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/action.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/action.test.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const {
 } = require('../action.js');
 
 const TEAMS_MEMBERS = {
-    teamA: [{ login: 'userA1' }, { login: 'userA2' }],
-    teamB: [{ login: 'userB1' }]
+    teamA: { data: [{ login: 'userA1' }, { login: 'userA2' }] },
+    teamB: { data: [{ login: 'userB1' }] }
 };
 const CONTEXT_PAYLOAD = {
     repository: { full_name: 'mockOrg/mockRepo' },
diff --git a/src/action.js b/src/action.js
index 903c6756f..182b43daf 100644
--- a/src/action.js
+++ b/src/action.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const getTeamMembers = async (octokit, org, teamNames) => {
         throw newErr;
     });
     return teamMemberRequests
+        .map((response) => response.data)
         .reduce((all, cur) => all.concat(cur), [])
         .map((user) => user.login);
 };