diff --git a/controller/action/ContentActions.class.php b/controller/action/ContentActions.class.php
index 26c0ee9e..da9541f9 100644
--- a/controller/action/ContentActions.class.php
+++ b/controller/action/ContentActions.class.php
@@ -234,21 +234,26 @@ class ContentActions extends Actions
     public static function executeRoadmap()
     {
         $cache = !Request::getParam('nocache');
-        $githubItems = Github::listRoadmapChangesets($cache);
-        $projectMaxVersions = [];
-        foreach ($githubItems as $group => $items) {
-            if ($items) {
-                $firstItem = reset($items);
-                $project = $firstItem['project'];
-                if (!isset($projectMaxVersions[$project]) || $firstItem['sort_key'] > $projectMaxVersions[$project]) {
-                    $projectMaxVersions[$project] = $firstItem['sort_key'];
-                }
-            }
-        }
 
-        $items = array_merge(['2019' => Github::listRoadmapItems($cache)], $githubItems);
+        /*
+         * below will include past changes on the roadmap, considering dropping entirely
+         */
+
+//        $githubItems = Github::listRoadmapChangesets($cache);
+//        $projectMaxVersions = [];
+//        foreach ($githubItems as $group => $items) {
+//            if ($items) {
+//                $firstItem = reset($items);
+//                $project = $firstItem['project'];
+//                if (!isset($projectMaxVersions[$project]) || $firstItem['sort_key'] > $projectMaxVersions[$project]) {
+//                    $projectMaxVersions[$project] = $firstItem['sort_key'];
+//                }
+//            }
+//        }
+
+        $items = ['2019' => Github::listRoadmapItems($cache)]; // + $githubItems;
         return ['content/roadmap', [
-          'projectMaxVersions' => $projectMaxVersions,
+          'projectMaxVersions' => [],
           'items' => $items
         ]];
     }
diff --git a/lib/thirdparty/Github.class.php b/lib/thirdparty/Github.class.php
index 614eb3fe..2b279d6b 100644
--- a/lib/thirdparty/Github.class.php
+++ b/lib/thirdparty/Github.class.php
@@ -80,30 +80,46 @@ class Github
     public static function get($endpoint, array $params = [], $cache = true)
     {
         $twoHoursInSeconds = 7200;
-        if (Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID) && Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET))
+        $headers = ['Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.html+json'];
+//        if (Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID) && Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET))
+//        {
+//            $params['client_id'] = Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID);
+//            $params['client_secret'] = Config::Get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET);
+//        }
+        if (Config::get(Config::GITHUB_PERSONAL_AUTH_TOKEN))
         {
-            $params['client_id'] = Config::get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID);
-            $params['client_secret'] = Config::Get(Config::GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET);
+            $headers[] =  'Authorization: token ' . Config::get(Config::GITHUB_PERSONAL_AUTH_TOKEN);
         }
+
         return CurlWithCache::get(
         'https://api.github.com' . $endpoint . '?' . http_build_query($params),
         [],
-      ['headers' => ['Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.html+json'],'user_agent' => 'LBRY', 'json_response' => true, 'cache' => $cache === true ? $twoHoursInSeconds : $cache]
+      ['headers' => $headers, 'user_agent' => 'LBRY', 'json_response' => true, 'cache' => $cache === true ? $twoHoursInSeconds : $cache]
     );
     }
 
     public static function listRoadmapItems($cache = true)
     {
-        //below should be replaced with internal-issues and 2019 once it works
-        return array_reduce(static::get('/repos/lbryio/lbry.io/issues?label=consider%20soon'), function($issues, $issue) {
+//        echo '<pre>';
+//        print_r(static::get('/repos/lbryio/internal-issues/issues?labels=2019&filter=all'));
+//        die('a');
+        $issues = array_reduce(static::get('/repos/lbryio/internal-issues/issues?labels=2019&filter=all'), function($issues, $issue) {
             return array_merge($issues, [[
                 'name' => $issue['title'],
-                'badge' => 'foo', //fix
-                'date' => '2019-12-31', //fix
-                'quarter_date' => 'Q2 2019', //fix
+                'quarter_date' => array_reduce($issue['labels'], function($carry, $label) {
+                    if ($carry) { return $carry; }
+                    return $label['name'][0] === 'Q' ? $label['name'] . ' 2019' : '';
+                }, ''),
                 'body' => $issue['body_html']
             ]]);
         }, []);
+        usort($issues, function($a, $b) {
+            if ($a['quarter_date'] === $b['quarter_date']) {
+                return $a['name'] < $b['name'] ? -1 : 1;
+            }
+           return $a['quarter_date'] < $b['quarter_date'] ? -1 : 1;
+        });
+        return $issues;
     }
 
     public static function listRoadmapChangesets($cache = true)
diff --git a/lib/tools/Config.class.php b/lib/tools/Config.class.php
index 9d65cce1..028a1e35 100644
--- a/lib/tools/Config.class.php
+++ b/lib/tools/Config.class.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Config
     const GITHUB_KEY = "github_key";
     const GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID = "github_app_client_id";
     const GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_SECRET = "github_app_client_secret";
+    const GITHUB_PERSONAL_AUTH_TOKEN = 'github_personal_auth_token';
     const LBRY_API_SERVER = "lbry_api_server";
     const MAILCHIMP_KEY = "mailchimp_key";
     const AWS_LOG_ACCESS_KEY = "aws_log_access_key";
diff --git a/view/template/content/roadmap.php b/view/template/content/roadmap.php
index b38fdf05..48daac3c 100644
--- a/view/template/content/roadmap.php
+++ b/view/template/content/roadmap.php
@@ -10,20 +10,22 @@
     <div class="hero-content-wrapper">
       <div class="hero-content text-center">
         <h1 class="cover-title">{{roadmap.title}}</h1>
-        <h2 class="cover-subtitle">Past successes and future plans for the journey into the land of dragons.</h2>
+        <h2 class="cover-subtitle">Future plans for the journey into the land of dragons.</h2>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
   <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto">
+    <p>Our top priorities, definitions of success, and target completion dates for key initiatives in <?php echo date('Y') ?> are outlined below.</p>
     <div class="roadmap-container" id="project-roadmap">
       <?php foreach ($items as $group => $groupItems): ?>
         <?php $firstItem = reset($groupItems) ?>
         <?php $isOpen = !isset($firstItem['project']) || !isset($firstItem['sort_key']) || $firstItem['sort_key'] === $projectMaxVersions[$firstItem['project']] ?>
+      <?php /*
         <h2 class="roadmap-group-title" <?php echo !$isOpen ? 'style="display: none"' : '' ?>">
           <span class="roadmap-group-title-label">
             <?php echo $group ?> <?php echo isset($firstItem['sort_key']) && $firstItem['sort_key'] === $projectMaxVersions[$firstItem['project']] ? '(latest)' : '' ?>
           </span>
-        </h2>
+        </h2> */ ?>
         <div class="roadmap-group <?php echo !$isOpen ? 'roadmap-group-closed' : '' ?>">
           <?php $maxItems = isset($firstItem['sort_key']) ? 1 : count($groupItems) ?>
           <?php $index = 0 ?>
@@ -60,14 +62,16 @@
                 <?php echo $item['date'] ? date('m-d-Y', strtotime($item['date'])) : '' ?>
                   <?php endif ?>
               </div>
-              <div class="roadmap-item-content markdown">
+              <div class="roadmap-item-content content markdown">
                 <?php echo $item['body'] ?: '<em class="no-results">No description</em>' ?>
               </div>
             </div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
         </div>
       <?php endforeach ?>
+        <?php /*
       <div class="text-center"><a href="javascript:;" class="link-primary show-all-roadmap-groups">Show Earlier Releases</a></div>
+ */ ?>
     </div>
   </div>
   <?php echo View::render('nav/_learnFooter') ?>
diff --git a/web/scss/_roadmap.scss b/web/scss/_roadmap.scss
index e2824772..2040c0b3 100644
--- a/web/scss/_roadmap.scss
+++ b/web/scss/_roadmap.scss
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ $title-spur: 8 * $width-roadmap;
 {
   font-size: 0.9em;
   margin: 10px;
+  /* Paul, when you rebase on master and see this, these are temp rules I added to help the roadmap look only like lukewarm garbage rather than hot garbage*/
+  h3 {
+    font-size: $font-size-h4 !important;
+    margin-top: $spacing-vertical * 0.5 !important;
+  }
+  ul {
+    margin-left: 30px !important;
+  }
+  ul > li + li {
+    margin-top: $spacing-vertical * 0.25;
+  }
 }
 .roadmap-item-content a{@include anchor($color-primary);}
 .roadmap-item-assignee