diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4685ba1..82aa4dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "stsci-announce",
-    "version": "0.5.0",
+    "version": "0.6.0",
     "description": "A JupyterLab extension.",
     "keywords": [
         "jupyter",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2d0bef1..be086da 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { IStatusBar } from '@jupyterlab/statusbar';
 import { Dialog, showDialog } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
 import { ISettingRegistry } from '@jupyterlab/settingregistry';
 
+import { ServerConnection } from '@jupyterlab/services';
+
 // ===================================================================================
 
 // Use the browser's built-in functionality to quickly and safely escape the string
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ function escapeHtml(html: string): string {
 }
 
 function dlog(...args: any[]) {
-  // console.log(...args);
+//  console.log(...args);
 }
 
 function log_and_throw(...args: any[]) {
@@ -189,10 +191,11 @@ class RefreshAnnouncements {
   async updateAnnouncements(url: string, n: number) {
     try {
       dlog(`Updating announcements from ${url} every ${n} microseconds`);
-
+      const serverSettings = ServerConnection.makeSettings();
       const response = await fetch(url, {
         method: 'GET',
         headers: {
+          'Authorization': 'token ' + serverSettings.token,
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
           'Cache-Control': 'no-cache'
         },
diff --git a/stsci_announce/_version.py b/stsci_announce/_version.py
index 906ff00..c5d47d2 100644
--- a/stsci_announce/_version.py
+++ b/stsci_announce/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This file is auto-generated by Hatchling. As such, do not:
 #   - modify
 #   - track in version control e.g. be sure to add to .gitignore
-__version__ = VERSION = '0.5.0'
+__version__ = VERSION = '0.6.0'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c028699..3ce3682 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3601,37 +3601,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"stsci-announce@workspace:.":
-  version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "stsci-announce@workspace:."
-  dependencies:
-    "@jupyterlab/application": ^4.0.0
-    "@jupyterlab/builder": ^4.0.0
-    "@lumino/widgets": ^2.0.1
-    "@types/json-schema": ^7.0.11
-    "@types/lodash": ^4.17.0
-    "@types/react": ^18.0.26
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5.55.0
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5.55.0
-    css-loader: ^6.7.1
-    eslint: ^8.36.0
-    eslint-config-prettier: ^8.7.0
-    eslint-plugin-prettier: ^4.2.1
-    npm-run-all: ^4.1.5
-    prettier: ^2.8.7
-    rimraf: ^4.4.1
-    source-map-loader: ^1.0.2
-    style-loader: ^3.3.1
-    stylelint: ^14.9.1
-    stylelint-config-prettier: ^9.0.4
-    stylelint-config-recommended: ^8.0.0
-    stylelint-config-standard: ^26.0.0
-    stylelint-prettier: ^2.0.0
-    typescript: ~5.0.2
-    yjs: ^13.5.40
-  languageName: unknown
-  linkType: soft
-
 "nice-try@npm:^1.0.4":
   version: 1.0.5
   resolution: "nice-try@npm:1.0.5"
@@ -4742,6 +4711,37 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"stsci-announce@workspace:.":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "stsci-announce@workspace:."
+  dependencies:
+    "@jupyterlab/application": ^4.0.0
+    "@jupyterlab/builder": ^4.0.0
+    "@lumino/widgets": ^2.0.1
+    "@types/json-schema": ^7.0.11
+    "@types/lodash": ^4.17.0
+    "@types/react": ^18.0.26
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5.55.0
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5.55.0
+    css-loader: ^6.7.1
+    eslint: ^8.36.0
+    eslint-config-prettier: ^8.7.0
+    eslint-plugin-prettier: ^4.2.1
+    npm-run-all: ^4.1.5
+    prettier: ^2.8.7
+    rimraf: ^4.4.1
+    source-map-loader: ^1.0.2
+    style-loader: ^3.3.1
+    stylelint: ^14.9.1
+    stylelint-config-prettier: ^9.0.4
+    stylelint-config-recommended: ^8.0.0
+    stylelint-config-standard: ^26.0.0
+    stylelint-prettier: ^2.0.0
+    typescript: ~5.0.2
+    yjs: ^13.5.40
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "style-loader@npm:^3.3.1, style-loader@npm:~3.3.1":
   version: 3.3.4
   resolution: "style-loader@npm:3.3.4"