diff --git a/app/controllers/api/vcs.php b/app/controllers/api/vcs.php
index f6484ae157..d4055e4860 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/vcs.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/vcs.php
@@ -783,15 +783,14 @@ App::post('/v1/vcs/github/events')
     ->inject('getProjectDB')
     ->action(
         function (GitHub $github, Request $request, Response $response, Database $dbForConsole, callable $getProjectDB) use ($createGitDeployments) {
-            $signature = $request->getHeader('x-hub-signature-256', '');
             $payload = $request->getRawPayload();
+            $signatureRemote = $request->getHeader('x-hub-signature-256', '');
+            $signatureLocal = App::getEnv('_APP_VCS_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET', '');
 
-            $signatureKey = App::getEnv('_APP_VCS_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET', '');
-
-            $valid = !empty($signatureKey) ? $github->validateWebhookEvent($payload, $signature, $signatureKey) : true;
+            $valid = empty($signatureRemote) ? true : $github->validateWebhookEvent($payload, $signatureRemote, $signatureLocal);
 
             if (!$valid) {
-                throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_ACCESS_FORBIDDEN, "Invalid webhook signature.");
+                throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_ACCESS_FORBIDDEN, "Payload is not signed properly. Please make sure webhook secret has same value in GitHub app and in _APP_VCS_GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variable");
             }
 
             $event = $request->getHeader('x-github-event', '');