diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index fe80db0..641cef6 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","title":"Reverse-sync Test","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:09:52.497127424-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:16.221889237-05:00","comments":[{"id":2,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-0kp","author":"rootiest","text":"It","created_at":"2026-01-20T02:11:02Z"}],"deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:16.221889237-05:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-24k","title":"Reverse-sync Test","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:13:44.940389131-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:05.359383908-05:00","deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:05.359383908-05:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"task"}
-{"id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","title":"Test Issue","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T19:24:28.988421899-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T20:08:24.331722606-05:00","closed_at":"2026-01-19T20:08:24.331722606-05:00","close_reason":"Closed","comments":[{"id":1,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","author":"rootiest","text":"Completed!","created_at":"2026-01-20T01:07:50Z"},{"id":3,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","author":"rootiest","text":"New","created_at":"2026-01-20T02:29:01Z"}]}
+{"id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","title":"Test Issue","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T19:24:28.988421899-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:41:09.873551106-05:00","close_reason":"Closed","comments":[{"id":1,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","author":"rootiest","text":"Completed!","created_at":"2026-01-20T01:07:50Z"},{"id":3,"issue_id":"gitea-welcome-5a4","author":"rootiest","text":"New","created_at":"2026-01-20T02:29:01Z"}],"deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:41:09.873551106-05:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gitea-welcome-d6r","title":"Reverse-sync Test #2","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","owner":"chris@rootiest.com","created_at":"2026-01-19T21:13:44.746027824-05:00","created_by":"rootiest","updated_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:10.935659182-05:00","deleted_at":"2026-01-19T21:22:10.935659182-05:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"task"}
diff --git a/.gitea/sync_beads.py b/.gitea/sync_beads.py
index fcd49f1..417eaf7 100644
--- a/.gitea/sync_beads.py
+++ b/.gitea/sync_beads.py
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import requests
 import sys
 
 # Configuration from Environment
-TOKEN = os.getenv("GITEA_TOKEN")
+TOKEN = os.getenv("MASTER_TOKEN")
 URL = os.getenv("GITEA_URL")
 REPO = os.getenv("REPO_NAME")
 HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"token {TOKEN}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
+
 def sync():
     beads_path = ".beads/issues.jsonl"
 
@@ -57,9 +58,14 @@ def sync():
                 # --- DELETION / TOMBSTONE LOGIC ---
                 if status == "tombstone":
                     if bid in existing:
-                        issue_num = existing[bid]['number']
-                        print(f"🗑️ Deleting Gitea Issue #{issue_num} (Tombstone found for {bid})")
-                        del_resp = requests.delete(f"{URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues/{issue_num}", headers=HEADERS)
+                        issue_num = existing[bid]["number"]
+                        print(
+                            f"🗑️ Deleting Gitea Issue #{issue_num} (Tombstone found for {bid})"
+                        )
+                        del_resp = requests.delete(
+                            f"{URL}/api/v1/repos/{REPO}/issues/{issue_num}",
+                            headers=HEADERS,
+                        )
                         if del_resp.status_code == 204:
                             print(f"✅ Successfully deleted {bid}")
                             deleted_count += 1
@@ -72,8 +78,10 @@ def sync():
 
                 # --- STANDARD SYNC LOGIC ---
                 processed_count += 1
-                gitea_state = "closed" if status in ["closed", "done", "finished"] else "open"
-                
+                gitea_state = (
+                    "closed" if status in ["closed", "done", "finished"] else "open"
+                )
+
                 payload = {
                     "title": f"[{bid}] {title}",
                     "body": f"{data.get('description', 'No description provided.')}\n\n---\n**Beads ID:** `{bid}`\n**Type:** `{itype}`",
@@ -99,12 +107,15 @@ def sync():
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"⚠️ Error processing bead line: {e}")
 
-    print(f"🏁 Finished. Active: {processed_count}, Deleted: {deleted_count}, Skipped: {skipped_count}")
+    print(
+        f"🏁 Finished. Active: {processed_count}, Deleted: {deleted_count}, Skipped: {skipped_count}"
+    )
 
     # Safety check to ensure we didn't process a completely empty file
     if (processed_count + deleted_count + skipped_count) == 0:
         print("❌ ERROR: File was found but it was EMPTY.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sync()