diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0145bd43a4..91de4208c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "discord-vscode",
 	"displayName": "Discord Presence",
-	"version": "5.8.0",
+	"version": "5.8.1",
 	"description": "Update your discord status with a rich presence.",
 	"private": true,
 	"author": {
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@
 						"type": "number",
 						"default": 0,
 						"description": "Time (in seconds) to clear the presence when idling. 0 (the default) means no clearing"
+					},
+					"discord.gitHubButtonURL": {
+						"type": "string",
+						"default": "https://github.com/",
+						"description": "Custom string URL for the github button"
+					},
+					"discord.gitHubButton": {
+						"type": "string",
+						"default": "GitHub",
+						"description": "Custom string for the github button name"
+					},
+					"discord.removeGitHubButton": {
+						"type": "boolean",
+						"default": false,
+						"description": "Adds a button to the rich presence that opens your github"
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -186,6 +201,7 @@
 		"bufferutil": "^4.0.6",
 		"dayjs": "^1.11.3",
 		"discord-rpc": "^4.0.1",
+		"generator-code": "^1.7.3",
 		"lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
 		"tslib": "^2.4.0",
 		"utf-8-validate": "^5.0.9"
diff --git a/src/activity.ts b/src/activity.ts
index a3544565ec..3f5e651bf3 100644
--- a/src/activity.ts
+++ b/src/activity.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ export async function activity(previous: ActivityPayload = {}) {
 	const removeDetails = config[CONFIG_KEYS.RemoveDetails];
 	const removeLowerDetails = config[CONFIG_KEYS.RemoveLowerDetails];
 	const removeRemoteRepository = config[CONFIG_KEYS.RemoveRemoteRepository];
+	const gitHubButtonURL = config[CONFIG_KEYS.GitHubButtonURL];
+	const gitHubButton = config[CONFIG_KEYS.GitHubButton];
+	const removeGitHubButton = config[CONFIG_KEYS.RemoveGitHubButton];
 
 	const git = await getGit();
 
@@ -212,6 +215,15 @@ export async function activity(previous: ActivityPayload = {}) {
 		}
 	}
 
+// enable or disable GitHub button
+	if(!removeGitHubButton){
+		state = {
+			...state,
+			buttons: [{ label: gitHubButton, url: gitHubButtonURL }],
+		};
+	}
+
+
 	if (window.activeTextEditor) {
 		const largeImageKey = resolveFileIcon(window.activeTextEditor.document);
 		const largeImageText = config[CONFIG_KEYS.LargeImage]
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 84ddb8b0ff..7156a47099 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@ export const enum CONFIG_KEYS {
 	RemoveTimestamp = 'removeTimestamp',
 	RemoveRemoteRepository = 'removeRemoteRepository',
 	IdleTimeout = 'idleTimeout',
+	GitHubButtonURL = 'gitHubButtonURL',
+	GitHubButton = 'gitHubButton',
+	RemoveGitHubButton = 'removeGitHubButton',
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 9bd24dfd22..e881dad692 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ type WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration = WorkspaceConfiguration & {
 	removeTimestamp: boolean;
 	removeRemoteRepository: boolean;
 	idleTimeout: number;
+	gitHubButtonURL: string;
+	gitHubButton: string;
+	removeGitHubButton: boolean;
 };
 
 export function getConfig() {