diff --git a/prowler/providers/github/github_provider.py b/prowler/providers/github/github_provider.py
index c9e84b1208..88ecd896f8 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/github/github_provider.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/github/github_provider.py
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ class GithubProvider(Provider):
 
             elif github_app_id and github_app_key:
                 app_id = github_app_id
-                app_key = github_app_key
+                with open(github_app_key, "r") as rsa_key:
+                    app_key = rsa_key.read()
+
                 self._auth_method = "GitHub App Token"
 
             else:
diff --git a/prowler/providers/github/lib/arguments/arguments.py b/prowler/providers/github/lib/arguments/arguments.py
index 5c3bc049c8..6e7598c8d7 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/github/lib/arguments/arguments.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/github/lib/arguments/arguments.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ def init_parser(self):
     github_auth_subparser.add_argument(
         "--github-app-key",
         nargs="?",
-        help="GitHub App Key to log in against GitHub",
+        help="GitHub App Key Path to log in against GitHub",
         default=None,
     )