diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9402047..0d6fd20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ This is a fork of [wirgen/portainer-stack-redeploy-action](https://github.com/wi
 
 ID of endpoint (environment). Required if your stack is not in local environment
 
+### `repositoryAuthentication`
+
+Use stored credentials to pull docker-compose.yaml from git repository. When credentials are stored, but this is not set to `true`, the action will fail
+
 ### `environment`
 
 Environment variables to set on the stack. When omitted, all existing variables will be cleared from the stack. Must be input as a JSON String; one array of objects each with the keys `name` and `value`
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f21e78f..da3fd6d 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Endpoint ID'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  repositoryAuthentication:
+    description: 'Use stored credentials to pull docker-compose.yaml from git repository'
+    required: false
+    default: false
   environment:
     description: 'Environment variables'
     required: false
 
 runs:
-  using: 'node16'
+  using: 'node20'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
 
 branding:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a01500e..147bf1f 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -2819,10 +2819,13 @@ var __webpack_exports__ = {};
 (() => {
 const core = __nccwpck_require__(186)
 
+console.log('Preparing stack deployment')
+
 let portainerUrl = core.getInput("portainerUrl")
 const accessToken = core.getInput("accessToken")
 const stackId = parseInt(core.getInput("stackId"))
 const endpointId = parseInt(core.getInput("endpointId"))
+const repositoryAuthentication = core.getInput("repositoryAuthentication")
 const environmentVariables = core.getInput("environment")
 
 if (isNaN(stackId)) {
@@ -2853,14 +2856,17 @@ const postDataObject = {
   pullImage: true,
 }
 
-console.dir(environmentVariables)
+if (repositoryAuthentication === true || repositoryAuthentication === 'true') {
+  postDataObject.repositoryAuthentication = true
+}
+
 if (environmentVariables !== undefined && environmentVariables !== "") {
   postDataObject.env = JSON.parse(environmentVariables)
 }
 
 const postData = JSON.stringify(postDataObject)
 
-console.dir(postData)
+console.log(`Deploying stack ${stackId} on portainer host ${portainerUrl} ${postDataObject.env ? 'With environment variables ' + JSON.stringify(postDataObject.env) : 'clearing all environment variables.'}`)
 
 const req = client.request(`${portainerUrl}/api/stacks/${stackId}/git/redeploy` + (isNaN(endpointId) ? "" : `?endpointId=${endpointId}`), {
   method: "PUT",
@@ -2874,6 +2880,7 @@ const req = client.request(`${portainerUrl}/api/stacks/${stackId}/git/redeploy`
     core.setFailed(res.statusMessage)
     process.exit(2)
   }
+  console.log('Stack deployed successfully')
 })
   .on("error", (error) => {
     core.setFailed(error.message)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 84a70a7..19d693a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 const core = require("@actions/core")
 
+console.log('Preparing stack deployment')
+
 let portainerUrl = core.getInput("portainerUrl")
 const accessToken = core.getInput("accessToken")
 const stackId = parseInt(core.getInput("stackId"))
 const endpointId = parseInt(core.getInput("endpointId"))
+const repositoryAuthentication = core.getInput("repositoryAuthentication")
 const environmentVariables = core.getInput("environment")
 
 if (isNaN(stackId)) {
@@ -34,14 +37,17 @@ const postDataObject = {
   pullImage: true,
 }
 
-console.dir(environmentVariables)
+if (repositoryAuthentication === true || repositoryAuthentication === 'true') {
+  postDataObject.repositoryAuthentication = true
+}
+
 if (environmentVariables !== undefined && environmentVariables !== "") {
   postDataObject.env = JSON.parse(environmentVariables)
 }
 
 const postData = JSON.stringify(postDataObject)
 
-console.dir(postData)
+console.log(`Deploying stack ${stackId} on portainer host ${portainerUrl} ${postDataObject.env ? 'With environment variables ' + JSON.stringify(postDataObject.env) : 'clearing all environment variables.'}`)
 
 const req = client.request(`${portainerUrl}/api/stacks/${stackId}/git/redeploy` + (isNaN(endpointId) ? "" : `?endpointId=${endpointId}`), {
   method: "PUT",
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ const req = client.request(`${portainerUrl}/api/stacks/${stackId}/git/redeploy`
     core.setFailed(res.statusMessage)
     process.exit(2)
   }
+  console.log('Stack deployed successfully')
 })
   .on("error", (error) => {
     core.setFailed(error.message)