diff --git a/azure/azuredeploy.json b/azure/azuredeploy.json
index 8c8e1094..f5c96c0b 100644
--- a/azure/azuredeploy.json
+++ b/azure/azuredeploy.json
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
             "defaultValue": "citustestcluster",
             "type": "string"
         },
+        "git_username": {
+            "type": "securestring"
+        },
+        "git_token": {
+            "type": "securestring"
+        },
         "adminUsername": {
             "type": "string",
             "defaultValue": "pguser",
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@
             "name": "[variables('ppgName')]",
             "location": "[parameters('location')]",
             "properties": {
-                
+
             }
         },
         {
@@ -384,10 +390,10 @@
                 "type": "CustomScript",
                 "typeHandlerVersion": "2.0",
                 "settings": {
-                    "commandToExecute": "[concat('sh init.sh ', copyIndex(), ' ', variables('numberOfInstances'), ' ', variables('storageAcctName'), ' ', listKeys(variables('storageAcctName'),'2017-10-01').keys[0].value, ' ', parameters('branchName'))]",
+                    "commandToExecute": "[concat('sh init.sh ', copyIndex(), ' ', variables('numberOfInstances'), ' ', variables('storageAcctName'), ' ', listKeys(variables('storageAcctName'),'2017-10-01').keys[0].value, ' ', parameters('branchName'), ' ', parameters('git_username'), ' ', parameters('git_token'))]",
                     "fileUris": [
                         "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citusdata/test-automation/master/azure/init.sh",
-                        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citusdata/test-automation/master/hammerdb/cache_git_creds.sh"
+                        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citusdata/test-automation/valgrind-merge/hammerdb/cache_git_creds.sh"
                     ]
                 }
             },
diff --git a/azure/create-cluster.sh b/azure/create-cluster.sh
index ea6d9410..cf0e895a 100755
--- a/azure/create-cluster.sh
+++ b/azure/create-cluster.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ echo "waiting a long time to create cluster, this might take up to 30 mins depen
 export BRANCH="valgrind-merge"
 
 # below is the default create cluster command
-CREATE_CLUSTER_COMMAND=(az group deployment create -g ${rg} --template-file azuredeploy.json --parameters @azuredeploy.parameters.json --parameters sshPublicKey="${public_key}" branchName="$BRANCH")
+CREATE_CLUSTER_COMMAND=(az group deployment create -g ${rg} --template-file azuredeploy.json --parameters @azuredeploy.parameters.json --parameters sshPublicKey="${public_key}" branchName="$BRANCH" git_username="${GIT_USERNAME}" git_token="${GIT_TOKEN}")
 
 # if VALGRIND_TEST variable is not exported, set it to 0
 is_valgrind_test=${VALGRIND_TEST:=0}
diff --git a/azure/init.sh b/azure/init.sh
index 2acff9c4..74bd2842 100644
--- a/azure/init.sh
+++ b/azure/init.sh
@@ -167,5 +167,8 @@ find_private_ips() {
 
 find_private_ips "$@"
 
+export GIT_USERNAME=$6
+export GIT_TOKEN=$7
+
 # cache git credentials so that we can clone a private repository with caching enabled
 ./cache_git_creds.sh