diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cf2aed0..4944f77 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Imports:
     glue,
     gh,
     httr,
-    pipfun (>=  0.0.1.9001),
+    pipfun (>=  0.0.2),
     lifecycle,
     joyn,
     dm,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Imports:
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Remotes: 
     github::PIP-Technical-Team/pipload@ongoing,
-    github::PIP-Technical-Team/pipfun@ongoing
+    github::PIP-Technical-Team/pipfun@DEV
 URL: https://pip-technical-team.github.io/pipaux/
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 ByteCompile: true
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 81d0936..d7302fe 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # pipaux (development version)
 
+- Save data to GitHub for GDP data. 
+
 # pipaux 0.1.2
 
 - Added a dummy `pip_sna()` function to make it compatible with `auto_aux_update()` 
diff --git a/R/auto_aux_update.R b/R/auto_aux_update.R
index 17e2625..e359ae6 100644
--- a/R/auto_aux_update.R
+++ b/R/auto_aux_update.R
@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ return_value <- function(aux, dependencies) {
   return(unique(c(val, aux)))
 }
 
+#' Function to write dataframe to GitHub
+#'
+#' @param df A dataframe
+#'
+#' @return base64 encoded dataframe
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun {
+#' convert_df_to_base64(mtcars)
+#' }
 convert_df_to_base64 <- function(df) {
   df |>
     write.table(quote = FALSE,
diff --git a/R/pip_gdp_update.R b/R/pip_gdp_update.R
index 52d9d5f..cdb9fc6 100644
--- a/R/pip_gdp_update.R
+++ b/R/pip_gdp_update.R
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@ pip_gdp_update <- function(maindir = gls$PIP_DATA_DIR,
     msrdir  = msrdir,
     force   = force
   )
-
+  # Push data (gdp) to GitHub as gdp.csv
+  pipfun::save_to_gh(gdp, measure = measure, branch = branch)
+  # All aux files that depend on gdp will be loaded from Github
   return(invisible(saved))
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-auto_aux_update.R b/tests/testthat/test-auto_aux_update.R
index 37289fd..8fb2fdd 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-auto_aux_update.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-auto_aux_update.R
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ dependencies <- list(ppp = "country_list",
                      missing_data = c("country_list", "pce", "gdp", "pop", "pfw")
 )
 
+
+base64_value_mtcars <- "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"
+
 test_that("return_value works as expected", {
   expect_equal(return_value("pce", dependencies), c("country_list", "wdi", "pce"))
   expect_equal(return_value("wdi", dependencies), "wdi")
   expect_equal(return_value("gdp", dependencies), c("country_list", "wdi", "maddison", "pfw", "pop", "weo", "gdp"))
 })
+
+test_that("convert_df_to_base64 works as expected", {
+  expect_equal(convert_df_to_base64(mtcars), base64_value_mtcars)
+})