diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 03660873d..bcda7fa64 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM thinxcloud/base:alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Matej Sychra <suculent@me.com>"
-LABEL name="THiNX API" version="1.9.2429"
+LABEL name="THiNX API" version="1.9.2451"
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 54c67194e..63c7a0e76 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM thinxcloud/base:alpine
 
 LABEL maintainer="Matej Sychra <suculent@me.com>"
-LABEL name="THiNX API" version="1.9.2429"
+LABEL name="THiNX API" version="1.9.2451"
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 767cbe81d..b7b2bfbc4 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## HISTORY
 
-6/11/2023 1.9.2429
+6/11/2023 1.9.2451
 
 » Updating vulnerable components
 » Improving security configuration
diff --git a/base b/base
index 0409667d9..b5f7746bb 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0409667d92316b73efc2ec8f369aff9fe9e43362
+Subproject commit b5f7746bb8e096c925c44ea642d12adff2e9bf6b
diff --git a/lib/router.github.js b/lib/router.github.js
index c3fb7786b..ea5e1abc8 100644
--- a/lib/router.github.js
+++ b/lib/router.github.js
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
             }
         }
 
-        // added recently, seems to be missing/forgotten or deprecated or compatibility fix for testing or what?
-        // githubOAuth.addRoutes(app, callback); causes error 500
+        // configure callbacks for Emitter events
 
         githubOAuth.on('error', (err) => {
             console.error('[debug] [oauth] [github] there was a login error', err);
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
             });
         });
 
-        callback(); // essentialy useless, why is this here?<
+        callback(); // async completes the secureGithubCallbacks()
     }
 
     // Initial page redirecting to OAuth2 provider
diff --git a/lib/thinx/oauth-github.js b/lib/thinx/oauth-github.js
index eaaf8c2f6..e79ea7803 100644
--- a/lib/thinx/oauth-github.js
+++ b/lib/thinx/oauth-github.js
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
   var redirectURI = url.format(urlObj);
   var emitter = new events.EventEmitter();
 
-  // why is this unused?
-  function addRoutes(router, loginCallback) {
-    console.log("[debug] emitter.addRoutes called, keep this code even when it looks unreferenced!");
-    // compatible with flatiron/director
-    router.get(opts.loginURI, login);
-    router.get(opts.callbackURI, callback);
-    if (!loginCallback) return;
-    emitter.on('error', function (token, err, resp, tokenResp, req) {
-      loginCallback(err, token, resp, tokenResp, req)
-    });
-    emitter.on('token', function (token, resp, tokenResp, req) {
-      loginCallback(false, token, resp, tokenResp, req)
-    });
-  }
-
   function login(req, resp) {
     var u = 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize'
       + '?client_id=' + opts.githubClient
@@ -42,7 +27,6 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
   }
 
   function parseResponse(body) {
-    // 'access_token=gho_XXX&scope=user&token_type=bearer'
     const items = body.split("&");
     var data = null;
     for (item in items) {
@@ -54,7 +38,6 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
         break;
       }
     }
-    console.log("[debug] [oauth-github] body, data ", {body}, {data});
     return data;
   }
 
@@ -78,27 +61,15 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
         const body = await axios.get(u);
         console.log("[debug] emitting event token with body", { body });
         const data = parseResponse(body.data);
-
-        if (data == "bad_verification_code") {
-          //
-        }
-
-        if (data.indexOf("'gho_") !== -1) {
-          //
-        }
-
-        const q = url.parse(body.data, true).query;
-        console.log("[debug] emitting event token with data", { data }, JSON.stringify(q));
-        if (cb) {
-          console.log("[debug] cb non-null, calling...");
-          cb(null, data);
+        if (data.indexOf("gho_") !== -1) {
+          emitter.emit('token', data);
+          if (cb) return cb(null, data);
+        } else {
+          console.log("[debug] Invalid GitHub Response:", {body});
         }
-        emitter.emit('token', data);
       } catch (e) {
         console.log("axios get error:", e);
-        if (cb) {
-          return cb(e);
-        }
+        if (cb) return cb(e);
         emitter.emit('error', null, e);
       }
     })()
@@ -106,6 +77,5 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
 
   emitter.login = login;
   emitter.callback = callback;
-  emitter.addRoutes = addRoutes;
   return emitter;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d382efc13..7ae0352ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thinx",
-  "version": "1.9.2429",
+  "version": "1.9.2451",
   "description": "THiNX IoT Device Management API",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/suculent/thinx-device-api/issues"
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index e2463da12..69380ba35 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sonar.organization=suculent
 sonar.sources=.
 sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
 
-sonar.projectVersion=1.9.2429
+sonar.projectVersion=1.9.2451
 sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 
 sonar.junit.reportsPath=reports/