diff --git a/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/README.md b/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/README.md
index cd85238b7..ac537b133 100644
--- a/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/README.md
+++ b/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/README.md
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 ```
 find_inactive_members.rb - Find and output inactive members in an organization
     -c, --check                      Check connectivity and scope
-    -d, --date MANDATORY             Date from which to start looking for activity
+    -d, --date MANDATORY             Date from which to start looking for activity. The format is DD-MM-YYYY
     -e, --email                      Fetch the user email (can make the script take longer
     -o, --organization MANDATORY     Organization to scan for inactive users
     -v, --verbose                    More output to STDERR
+    -b, --branches                   Iterate through all branches instead of only checking the default branch
     -h, --help                       Display this help
 ```
 
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ This utility finds users inactive since a configured date, writes those users to
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Generate a token
+
+[Generate new GitHub token](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line) with scopes `repo` and `admin:org`
+
 ### Clone this repository
 
 ```shell
@@ -38,10 +43,14 @@ export OCTOKIT_API_ENDPOINT="https://<your_github_enterprise_instance>/api/v3" #
 
 ## Usage
 
+
 ```
-ruby find_inactive_members.rb [-cehv] -o ORGANIZATION -d DATE
+ruby find_inactive_members.rb [-bcehv] -o ORGANIZATION -d DATE
 ```
 
+
+
+
 ## How Inactivity is Defined
 
 Members are defined as inactive if they **have not performed** any of the following actions in any repository in the specified **ORGANIZATION** since the specified **DATE**: 
diff --git a/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/find_inactive_members.rb b/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/find_inactive_members.rb
index 4bc249f3e..da6b58226 100644
--- a/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/find_inactive_members.rb
+++ b/api/ruby/find-inactive-members/find_inactive_members.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def initialize(options={})
     @date = options[:date]
     @organization = options[:organization]
     @email = options[:email]
+    @branches = options[:branches]
     @unrecognized_authors = []
 
     organization_members
@@ -115,16 +116,33 @@ def commit_activity(repo)
     # get all commits after specified date and iterate
     info "...commits"
     begin
-      @client.commits_since(repo, @date).each do |commit|
-        # if commmitter is a member of the org and not active, make active
-        if commit["author"].nil?
-          add_unrecognized_author(commit[:commit][:author])
-          next
-        end
-        if t = @members.find {|member| member[:login] == commit["author"]["login"] && member[:active] == false }
-          make_active(t[:login])
-        end
-      end
+    	# Get all the branches so we can loop through them
+    	if @branches
+	      @client.branches(repo).each do |branch|
+					info "... branch = " + branch["name"]
+		      @client.commits_since(repo, @date, {:sha => branch["name"]}).each do |commit|
+		        # if commmitter is a member of the org and not active, make active
+		        if commit["author"].nil?
+		          add_unrecognized_author(commit[:commit][:author])
+		          next
+		        end
+		        if t = @members.find {|member| member[:login] == commit["author"]["login"] && member[:active] == false }
+		          make_active(t[:login])
+		        end
+		      end
+				end
+			else
+				@client.commits_since(repo, @date).each do |commit|
+					# if commmitter is a member of the org and not active, make active
+					if commit["author"].nil?
+						add_unrecognized_author(commit[:commit][:author])
+						next
+					end
+					if t = @members.find {|member| member[:login] == commit["author"]["login"] && member[:active] == false }
+						make_active(t[:login])
+					end
+				end
+			end
     rescue Octokit::Conflict
       info "...no commits"
     rescue Octokit::NotFound
@@ -261,6 +279,10 @@ def member_activity
     options[:verbose] = v
   end
 
+	opts.on('-b', '--branches', "Iterate through all branches instead of default") do |b|
+		options[:branches] = b
+	end
+
   opts.on('-h', '--help', "Display this help") do |h|
     puts opts
     exit 0