diff --git a/lib/settings.js b/lib/settings.js
index 20e71167..c5b48ccd 100644
--- a/lib/settings.js
+++ b/lib/settings.js
@@ -488,17 +488,44 @@ ${this.results.reduce((x, y) => {
 
   async eachRepositoryRepos (github, log) {
     log.debug('Fetching repositories')
-    return github.paginate('GET /installation/repositories').then(repositories => {
-      return Promise.all(repositories.map(repository => {
-        if (this.isRestricted(repository.name)) {
-          return null
-        }
+    const processedRepos = new Set()
+    const results = []
+
+    // Process existing repositories
+    const existingRepoResults = await github.paginate('GET /installation/repositories')
+      .then(repositories => {
+        return Promise.all(repositories.map(repository => {
+          if (this.isRestricted(repository.name)) {
+            return null
+          }
+          const { owner, name } = repository
+          processedRepos.add(`${owner.login}/${name}`)
+          return this.updateRepos({ owner: owner.login, repo: name })
+        }))
+      })
 
-        const { owner, name } = repository
-        return this.updateRepos({ owner: owner.login, repo: name })
+    // Process missing repositories
+    const repoInConfigs = Object.values(this.repoConfigs)
+      .filter(config => config.repository?.name)
+      .map(config => {
+        return {
+          name: config.repository.name,
+          owner: config.repository.organization || this.repo.owner
+        }
       })
-      )
-    })
+    const missingRepoResults = await Promise.all(
+      repoInConfigs
+        .filter(repo => !this.isRestricted(repo.name))
+        .filter(repo => !processedRepos.has(`${repo.owner}/${repo.name}`))
+        .map(repo => {
+          processedRepos.add(`${repo.owner}/${repo.name}`)
+          return this.updateRepos({ owner: repo.owner, repo: repo.name })
+        })
+    )
+
+    return results
+      .concat(existingRepoResults || [], missingRepoResults || [])
+      .filter(result => result !== null)
   }
 
   /**