diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ee53d7..38b0975 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ octodemo/template-demo-github-user-search
 | --------------------------| -------- | ------------------------------- |
 | `github_token`            | `true`   | PAT(Personal Access Token) for accessing the issues on the repository, defaults to `${{ github.token }}`. |
 | `issue_id`                | `true`   | The id of the issue to load the content from.|
+| `repository`              | `false`  | The repository where the issue lives. Defaults to the current repository.|
 | `separator`               | `false`  | The separator between the fields defaults to `###` which is markdown h3 which GitHub is currently defaulting to |
 | `label_marker_start`      | `true`   | The characters to match for the beginning of a label |
 | `label_marker_end`        | `true`   | The characters to match for the ending of a label |
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ steps:
     uses: peter-murray/issue-forms-body-parser@v1.1.0
     with:
       issue_id: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+      repository: octokit/rest.js
       separator: '###'
       label_marker_start: '>>'
       label_marker_end: '<<'
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 974f492..cc8cdac 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ inputs:
     default: ${{ github.token }}
     required: true
 
+  repository:
+    description: The GitHub repository where the issue lives
+    default: ${{ github.repository }}
+    required: true
+
   issue_id:
     description: The id of the issue to use to extract a payload from the body
     required: true
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b29b831..0c99adb 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ async function run() {
       , parserSeparator = getRequiredInputValue('separator')
       , parserMarkerStart = getRequiredInputValue('label_marker_start')
       , parserMarkerEnd = getRequiredInputValue('label_marker_end')
+      , repository = getRequiredInputValue('repository')
       ;
 
     const issueUtil = new IssueUtil(githubToken)
       , parser = new Parser(parserSeparator, parserMarkerStart, parserMarkerEnd)
       ;
 
-    const issueBody = await issueUtil.getIssueBody(issueId);
+    const issueBody = await issueUtil.getIssueBody(issueId, repository);
     
     const parsed = parser.parse(issueBody);
     if (parsed !== undefined) {
@@ -5885,9 +5886,11 @@ module.exports = class IssueUtil {
     this.octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
   }
 
-  getIssueBody(id) {
+  getIssueBody(id, repository) {
+    const [owner, repo] = repository.split('/');
+
     return this.octokit.issues.get({
-      ...github.context.repo,
+      ...{owner, repo},
       issue_number: id
     }).then(result => {
       if (result.status !== 200) {
@@ -5900,6 +5903,7 @@ module.exports = class IssueUtil {
   }
 }
 
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 657:
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1e6a95b..e490a16 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ async function run() {
       , parserSeparator = getRequiredInputValue('separator')
       , parserMarkerStart = getRequiredInputValue('label_marker_start')
       , parserMarkerEnd = getRequiredInputValue('label_marker_end')
+      , repository = getRequiredInputValue('repository')
       ;
 
     const issueUtil = new IssueUtil(githubToken)
       , parser = new Parser(parserSeparator, parserMarkerStart, parserMarkerEnd)
       ;
 
-    const issueBody = await issueUtil.getIssueBody(issueId);
+    const issueBody = await issueUtil.getIssueBody(issueId, repository);
     
     const parsed = parser.parse(issueBody);
     if (parsed !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/IssueUtil.js b/src/IssueUtil.js
index c2dff90..c4338c6 100644
--- a/src/IssueUtil.js
+++ b/src/IssueUtil.js
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ module.exports = class IssueUtil {
     this.octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
   }
 
-  getIssueBody(id) {
+  getIssueBody(id, repository) {
+    const [owner, repo] = repository.split('/');
+
     return this.octokit.issues.get({
-      ...github.context.repo,
+      ...{owner, repo},
       issue_number: id
     }).then(result => {
       if (result.status !== 200) {
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ module.exports = class IssueUtil {
       throw err;
     });
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}