diff --git a/lib/boxen/reporter.rb b/lib/boxen/reporter.rb
index 46fb618..d290246 100644
--- a/lib/boxen/reporter.rb
+++ b/lib/boxen/reporter.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ module Boxen
 
     def issues?
       return unless config.reponame
+      return if config.reponame == 'boxen/our-boxen'
+
       config.api.repository(config.reponame).has_issues
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/boxen_reporter_test.rb b/test/boxen_reporter_test.rb
index e2b9d86..bbed771 100644
--- a/test/boxen_reporter_test.rb
+++ b/test/boxen_reporter_test.rb
@@ -234,5 +234,9 @@ class BoxenReporterTest < Boxen::Test
     @config.stubs(:reponame)  # to ensure the returned value is nil
     api.stubs(:repository).returns(RepoInfo.new(true))
     refute @reporter.issues?
+
+    @config.stubs(:reponame).returns('boxen/our-boxen') # our main public repo
+    api.stubs(:repository).returns(RepoInfo.new(true))
+    refute @reporter.issues?
   end
 end