diff --git a/lib/settings.js b/lib/settings.js
index e5b9f56b..284279c6 100644
--- a/lib/settings.js
+++ b/lib/settings.js
@@ -424,12 +424,51 @@ ${this.results.reduce((x, y) => {
   async getRepoConfigMap () {
     try {
       this.log.debug(` In getRepoConfigMap ${JSON.stringify(this.repo)}`)
+      // GitHub getContent api has a hard limit of returning 1000 entries without
+      // any pagination. They suggest to use Tree api.
+      // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#get-repository-content
+
+      // get .github/repos directory sha to use in the getTree api
       const repo = { owner: this.repo.owner, repo: 'admin' }
-      const CONFIG_PATH = '.github'
-      const params = Object.assign(repo, { path: path.posix.join(CONFIG_PATH, 'repos'), ref: this.ref })
+      const params = Object.assign(repo, { path: path.posix.join(CONFIG_PATH), ref: this.ref })
+      const githubDirectoryContentResponse = await this.github.repos.getContent(params).catch(e => {
+        this.log.debug(`Error getting settings ${JSON.stringify(params)} ${e}`)
+      })
 
-      const response = await this.loadConfigMap(params)
-      return response
+      if (!githubDirectoryContentResponse) {
+        throw new Error('Error reading .github directory')
+      }
+
+      const githubDirContent = githubDirectoryContentResponse.data
+      const repoDirInfo = githubDirContent.filter(dir => dir.name === 'repos')[0]
+      if (!repoDirInfo) {
+        this.log.debug('No repos directory in the admin/.github')
+        return []
+      }
+
+      // read the repo contents using tree
+      this.log.debug(`repos directory info ${JSON.stringify(repoDirInfo)}`)
+      const endpoint = `/repos/${this.repo.owner}/${repo.repo}/git/trees/${repoDirInfo.sha}`
+      this.log.debug(`endpoint: ${endpoint}`)
+      const response = await this.github.request(`GET ${endpoint}`).catch(e => {
+        this.log.debug(`Error getting settings ${JSON.stringify(endpoint)} ${e}`)
+      })
+
+      if (!response || !response.data) {
+        this.log.debug('repos directory exist but reading the tree failed')
+        throw new Error('exception while reading the repos directory')
+      }
+      // throw error if truncated is true.
+      if (response.data.truncated) {
+        this.log.debug('not all repo files in  directory are read')
+        throw new Error('not all repo files in  directory are read')
+      }
+      const treeInfo = response.data.tree
+      // we emulated the existing loadConfigMap function as is by returning the
+      // the same overrides list. This way the overall changes are minimal
+      const overrides = treeInfo.map(d => { return { name: d.path, path: path.posix.join(CONFIG_PATH, 'repos', d.path) } })
+      this.log.debug('Total overrides found in getRepoConfigMap are ' + overrides.length)
+      return overrides
     } catch (e) {
       if (this.nop) {
         const nopcommand = new NopCommand('getRepoConfigMap', this.repo, null, e, 'ERROR')
@@ -657,4 +696,4 @@ Settings.PLUGINS = {
   validator: require('./plugins/validator')
 }
 
-module.exports = Settings
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = Settings