diff --git a/R/GitHost.R b/R/GitHost.R
index 4717d5d..9d7015e 100644
--- a/R/GitHost.R
+++ b/R/GitHost.R
@@ -720,16 +720,29 @@ GitHost <- R6::R6Class(
           information = "Pulling repositories"
         )
       }
-      repos_response <- private$get_repos_response_with_code(
-        code     = code,
-        in_files = in_files,
-        in_path  = in_path,
-        output   = output,
-        verbose  = verbose,
-        progress = progress
-      )
+      rest_engine <- private$engines$rest
+      if (is.null(in_files)) {
+        repos_response <- rest_engine$get_repos_by_code(
+          code     = code,
+          in_path  = in_path,
+          output   = output,
+          verbose  = verbose,
+          progress = progress
+        )
+      } else {
+        repos_response <- purrr::map(in_files, function(filename) {
+          rest_engine$get_repos_by_code(
+            code     = code,
+            filename = filename,
+            in_path  = in_path,
+            output   = output,
+            verbose  = verbose,
+            progress = progress
+          )
+        }) %>%
+          purrr::list_flatten()
+      }
       if (output != "raw") {
-        rest_engine <- private$engines$rest
         repos_table <- repos_response %>%
           rest_engine$tailor_repos_response(
             output = output
@@ -792,7 +805,6 @@ GitHost <- R6::R6Class(
             purrr::list_flatten()
         }
         if (output != "raw") {
-          rest_engine <- private$engines$rest
           repos_table <- repos_response %>%
             rest_engine$tailor_repos_response(
               output = output
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-01-get_repos-GitHub.R b/tests/testthat/test-01-get_repos-GitHub.R
index 4e1856a..6111ee3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-01-get_repos-GitHub.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-01-get_repos-GitHub.R
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ test_that("`get_repos_with_code_from_orgs()` pulls raw response", {
   )
   repos_with_code_from_orgs_raw <- github_testhost_priv$get_repos_with_code_from_orgs(
     code = "shiny",
+    in_files = c("DESCRIPTION", "NAMESPACE"),
     output = "raw",
     verbose = FALSE
   )
@@ -331,6 +332,22 @@ test_that("`get_repos_with_code_from_orgs()` pulls raw response", {
   expect_gt(length(repos_with_code_from_orgs_raw), 0)
 })
 
+test_that("`get_repos_with_code_from_host()` pulls raw response", {
+  mockery::stub(
+    github_testhost_priv$get_repos_with_code_from_host,
+    "rest_engine$get_repos_by_code",
+    test_mocker$use("gh_repos_by_code_raw")
+  )
+  repos_with_code_from_host_raw <- github_testhost_priv$get_repos_with_code_from_host(
+    code = "shiny",
+    in_files = c("DESCRIPTION", "NAMESPACE"),
+    output = "raw",
+    verbose = FALSE
+  )
+  expect_type(repos_with_code_from_host_raw, "list")
+  expect_gt(length(repos_with_code_from_host_raw), 0)
+})
+
 test_that("get_repos_with_code() works", {
   mockery::stub(
     github_testhost_priv$get_repos_with_code,