diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d7088082..6c3ea1fe 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ func makeWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, widgetName string) w
 		settings := github.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
 		widget = github.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "gitlab":
-		widget = gitlab.NewWidget(app, pages)
+		settings := gitlab.NewSettingsFromYAML(wtf.Config)
+		widget = gitlab.NewWidget(app, pages, settings)
 	case "gitter":
 		widget = gitter.NewWidget(app, pages)
 	case "gspreadsheets":
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/display.go b/modules/gitlab/display.go
index 3899d7f2..51cdfcc9 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/display.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/display.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 	str = str + widget.displayStats(project)
 	str = str + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Open Approval Requests[white]\n"
-	str = str + widget.displayMyApprovalRequests(project, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitlab.username"))
+	str = str + widget.displayMyApprovalRequests(project, widget.settings.username)
 	str = str + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]My Merge Requests[white]\n"
-	str = str + widget.displayMyMergeRequests(project, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitlab.username"))
+	str = str + widget.displayMyMergeRequests(project, widget.settings.username)
 
 	widget.View.SetText(str)
 }
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/settings.go b/modules/gitlab/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51ca388a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gitlab/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package gitlab
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/cfg"
+)
+
+type Settings struct {
+	common *cfg.Common
+
+	apiKey   string
+	domain   string
+	projects map[string]interface{}
+	username string
+}
+
+func NewSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig *config.Config) *Settings {
+	localConfig, _ := ymlConfig.Get("wtf.mods.gitlab")
+
+	settings := Settings{
+		common: cfg.NewCommonSettingsFromYAML(ymlConfig),
+
+		apiKey:   localConfig.UString("apiKey", os.Getenv("WTF_GITLAB_TOKEN")),
+		domain:   localConfig.UString("domain"),
+		projects: localConfig.UMap("projects"),
+		username: localConfig.UString("username"),
+	}
+
+	return &settings
+}
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/widget.go b/modules/gitlab/widget.go
index 8001e84f..a0d3f00f 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/widget.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package gitlab
 
 import (
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/wtf"
@@ -25,15 +23,15 @@ type Widget struct {
 	wtf.HelpfulWidget
 	wtf.TextWidget
 
-	gitlab *glb.Client
-
 	GitlabProjects []*GitlabProject
 	Idx            int
+	gitlab         *glb.Client
+	settings       *Settings
 }
 
-func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
-	baseURL := wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.gitlab.domain")
-	gitlab := glb.NewClient(nil, apiKey())
+func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, settings *Settings) *Widget {
+	baseURL := settings.domain
+	gitlab := glb.NewClient(nil, settings.apiKey)
 
 	if baseURL != "" {
 		gitlab.SetBaseURL(baseURL)
@@ -43,12 +41,12 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 		HelpfulWidget: wtf.NewHelpfulWidget(app, pages, HelpText),
 		TextWidget:    wtf.NewTextWidget(app, "Gitlab", "gitlab", true),
 
-		gitlab: gitlab,
-
-		Idx: 0,
+		Idx:      0,
+		gitlab:   gitlab,
+		settings: settings,
 	}
 
-	widget.GitlabProjects = widget.buildProjectCollection(wtf.Config.UMap("wtf.mods.gitlab.projects"))
+	widget.GitlabProjects = widget.buildProjectCollection(settings.projects)
 
 	widget.HelpfulWidget.SetView(widget.View)
 	widget.View.SetInputCapture(widget.keyboardIntercept)
@@ -86,13 +84,6 @@ func (widget *Widget) Prev() {
 
 /* -------------------- Unexported Functions -------------------- */
 
-func apiKey() string {
-	return wtf.Config.UString(
-		"wtf.mods.gitlab.apiKey",
-		os.Getenv("WTF_GITLAB_TOKEN"),
-	)
-}
-
 func (widget *Widget) buildProjectCollection(projectData map[string]interface{}) []*GitlabProject {
 	gitlabProjects := []*GitlabProject{}