diff --git a/action.js b/action.js
index b76d4e611..9990540b6 100644
--- a/action.js
+++ b/action.js
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ async function checkIfCanMergeWithoutAsanaTask({ repository, pullRequest }) {
   const mobsuccessyml = await getMobsuccessYMLFromRepo({
     owner: repository.owner.login,
     repo: repository.name,
+    branch: pullRequest.head ? pullRequest.head.ref : "master",
   });
   const asanaSettings = mobsuccessyml.asana || {};
   if (asanaSettings.accept_ms_testers_without_closed_task) {
diff --git a/lib/mobsuccessyml.js b/lib/mobsuccessyml.js
index ccffe64e4..49be5ae46 100644
--- a/lib/mobsuccessyml.js
+++ b/lib/mobsuccessyml.js
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 const yaml = require("js-yaml");
-const { octokit } = require("./actions/octokit");
+const getOctokit = require("./actions/octokit");
+
+const octokit = getOctokit();
 
 exports.getMobsuccessYMLFromRepo = async function getMobsuccessYMLFromRepo({
   owner,
   repo,
+  branch,
 }) {
   try {
-    const { data } = await octokit.rest.repos.getContent({
+    const { data } = await octokit.repos.getContent({
       owner,
       repo,
       path: ".mobsuccess.yml",
+      ref: branch || "master",
     });
     const content = Buffer.from(data.content, "base64").toString("utf8");
     return yaml.load(content);
   } catch (e) {
+    console.log("Error getting .mobsuccess.yml from repo", e);
     return {};
   }
 };