diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eca42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.idea/
+.github/instructions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5866634..aa45524 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ runs:
         echo "Setting up CLI V2"
         curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codacy/codacy-cli-v2/main/codacy-cli.sh -o /tmp/codacy-cli-v2
         chmod +x /tmp/codacy-cli-v2
+        if [ "${{ inputs.api_token }}" != "" ]; then
+          /tmp/codacy-cli-v2 init --api-token ${{inputs.api_token}} --provider ${{inputs.provider}} --organization ${{inputs.owner}} --repository ${{inputs.repository}}
+        fi
         if [ "${{ inputs.registry }}" != "" ]; then
           /tmp/codacy-cli-v2 install -r ${{ inputs.registry }}
         else
@@ -71,7 +74,11 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "Running the tool"
-        /tmp/codacy-cli-v2 analyze -t ${{inputs.tool}} --format sarif -o ${{inputs.sarif_file_path}}
+        if [ "${{ inputs.api_token }}" != "" ]; then
+          /tmp/codacy-cli-v2 analyze -t ${{inputs.tool}} ${{inputs.directory}} --format sarif -o ${{inputs.sarif_file_path}} --api-token ${{inputs.api_token}} --provider ${{inputs.provider}} --organization ${{inputs.owner}} --repository ${{inputs.repository}}
+        else
+          /tmp/codacy-cli-v2 analyze -t ${{inputs.tool}} --format sarif -o ${{inputs.sarif_file_path}}
+        fi
         echo "Tool run complete"
     - name: "Upload the results"
       shell: bash