diff --git a/src/pages/Profile.tsx b/src/pages/Profile.tsx
index 9c71aa4..9dc58de 100644
--- a/src/pages/Profile.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Profile.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import Experience from '../types/Experience';
 import {getTimePeriod} from '../types/TimePeriod';
 import Education from '../types/Education';
 import Repo from '../types/Repo';
-import asyncGetRepos from '../services/github';
 
 interface IProps {
   dev: IDev;
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ const Profile: FC<IProps> = ({dev}) => {
     return <NotFound />;
   }
 
-  asyncGetRepos();
-
   /** return the icon corresponding to the social name */
   const renderSocialIcon = (name: string): IconDefinition => {
     switch (name) {
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ const Profile: FC<IProps> = ({dev}) => {
               <div className="repo bg-white my-1 p-1">
                 <div>
                   <h4>
-                    <a href={r.link}>{r.name}</a>
+                    <a href={r.url}>{r.name}</a>
                   </h4>
                   <p>{r.description}</p>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/services/github/index.ts b/src/services/github/index.ts
index ff6712e..57e731a 100644
--- a/src/services/github/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/github/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Github
 import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest';
+import Repo from '../../types/Repo';
 
 /** official GitHub wrapper library */
 const octokit = new Octokit({
@@ -7,10 +8,28 @@ const octokit = new Octokit({
   userAgent: 'devBook v1',
 });
 
-export default async () => {
-  const {data: repos} = await octokit.repos.listForAuthenticatedUser({
-    owner: 'rjNemo',
-  });
-
-  console.log(repos);
+/**
+ * fetch one user github repos and create a
+ * @param owner githubusername
+ * @returns a Repo array or undefined
+ */
+const getGithubRepos = async (owner: string) => {
+  try {
+    const {data: repos} = await octokit.repos.listForAuthenticatedUser({
+      owner,
+    });
+    const newRepo: Repo[] = repos.forEach((r: any) => ({
+      url: r.url,
+      stars: r.stargazers_count,
+      forks: r.forks_count,
+      description: r.description,
+      name: r.name,
+      watchers: r.watchers_count,
+    }));
+    return newRepo;
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  }
 };
+
+export default getGithubRepos;
diff --git a/src/types/Repo.ts b/src/types/Repo.ts
index c423b13..d6acca0 100644
--- a/src/types/Repo.ts
+++ b/src/types/Repo.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 interface Repo {
   name: string;
   description: string;
-  link: string;
+  url: string;
   stars: number;
   watchers: number;
   forks: number;