diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a270ef9..9ba4c55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Deployable **GitHub language chart generator** — embeddable SVGs for READMEs a
     - **Theming**: Supports `default`, `light`, and `dark` themes.
     - **Custom Colours**: Set background (`bg`), text (`text`), and individual language colours (`c1`-`c16`) via query parameters. 
 - **Dynamic Layout:** The legend automatically shifts to a **two-column layout** when displaying 9 or more languages.
-- Automatically fetches all public GitHub repositories. Organization sources with a token also include private repos visible to that token.
+- Automatically fetches all public GitHub repositories. Users or organization sources with a token include private repos exposed to that token.
 - Ignores forks and optionally specific repositories (`IGNORED_REPOS`).
 - Uses **hourly caching** to reduce API calls and improve performance.
 
diff --git a/src/github.ts b/src/github.ts
index 4baca51..723d74c 100644
--- a/src/github.ts
+++ b/src/github.ts
@@ -83,13 +83,17 @@ async function fetchAndAggregate(now: number): Promise<LanguageBytes> {
   let hadFetchFailure = false;
   const repoGroups = await Promise.all([
     ...usernames.map(u =>
-      fetchAllRepos(`https://api.github.com/users/${encodeURIComponent(u.name)}/repos?per_page=100`, u.token)
-        .then(repos => ({ token: u.token, repos }))
-        .catch(() => {
-          hadFetchFailure = true;
-          console.error(`Skipping user "${u.name}": failed to fetch repositories.`);
-          return { token: u.token, repos: [] as Repo[] };
-        })
+      fetchAllRepos(
+        u.token ? `https://api.github.com/user/repos?per_page=100&visibility=all&affiliation=owner`
+                : `https://api.github.com/users/${encodeURIComponent(u.name)}/repos?per_page=100`,
+        u.token
+      )
+      .then(repos => ({ token: u.token, repos }))
+      .catch(() => {
+        hadFetchFailure = true;
+        console.error(`Skipping user "${u.name}": failed to fetch repositories.`);
+        return { token: u.token, repos: [] as Repo[] };
+      })
     ),
     ...orgs.map(o =>
       fetchAllRepos(`https://api.github.com/orgs/${encodeURIComponent(o.name)}/repos?per_page=100`, o.token)
diff --git a/tests/github.test.ts b/tests/github.test.ts
index 2e4b887..6a9add4 100644
--- a/tests/github.test.ts
+++ b/tests/github.test.ts
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ describe("fetchLanguageData", () => {
     await fetchLanguageData();
 
     expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "https://api.github.com/users/testuser/repos?per_page=100",
+      "https://api.github.com/user/repos?per_page=100&visibility=all&affiliation=owner",
       { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer test-token" } }
     );
     expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(