diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e387fb6b8..5c22f0640d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - support adding annotations to tags ([#747](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/747))
 - support inspecting annotation of tag ([#1076](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1076))
 - support deleting tag on remote ([#1074](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1074))
+- support git credentials helper (https) ([#800](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/800))
 
 ### Fixed
 - Keep commit message when pre-commit hook fails ([#1035](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1035))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 751a3cc68e..e83173f62f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ These are the high level goals before calling out `1.0`:
 
 - no support for GPG signing (see [#97](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/97))
 - no git-lfs support (see [#1089](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/discussions/1089))
+- *credential.helper* for https needs to be **explicitly** configured (see [#800](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/800)
 
 Currently, this tool does not fully substitute the _git shell_, however both tools work well in tandem.
 
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/cred.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/cred.rs
index 57d375eece..4a46c44494 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/cred.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/cred.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use super::{
 	remotes::get_default_remote_in_repo, repository::repo, RepoPath,
 };
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use git2::{Config, CredentialHelper};
+use git2::CredentialHelper;
 
 /// basic Authentication Credentials
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ pub fn extract_username_password(
 	//if the username is in the url we need to set it here,
 	//I dont think `config` will pick it up
 
-	if let Ok(config) = Config::open_default() {
+	if let Ok(config) = repo.config() {
 		helper.config(&config);
 	}
+
 	Ok(match helper.execute() {
 		Some((username, password)) => {
 			BasicAuthCredential::new(Some(username), Some(password))