diff --git a/modules/gitlabtodo/settings.go b/modules/gitlabtodo/settings.go
index 1d8af5c2..33cb1eaf 100644
--- a/modules/gitlabtodo/settings.go
+++ b/modules/gitlabtodo/settings.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func NewSettingsFromYAML(name string, ymlConfig *config.Config, globalConfig *co
 
 		numberOfTodos: ymlConfig.UInt("numberOfTodos", 10),
 		apiKey:        ymlConfig.UString("apiKey", os.Getenv("WTF_GITLAB_TOKEN")),
-		domain:        ymlConfig.UString("domain"),
+		domain:        ymlConfig.UString("domain", "https://gitlab.com"),
 		showProject:   ymlConfig.UBool("showProject", true),
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/gitlabtodo/widget.go b/modules/gitlabtodo/widget.go
index e4ef1990..0b98500e 100644
--- a/modules/gitlabtodo/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gitlabtodo/widget.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages, settings *Settings) *
 		settings: settings,
 	}
 
-	widget.gitlabClient, _ = gitlab.NewClient(settings.apiKey)
+	widget.gitlabClient, _ = gitlab.NewClient(settings.apiKey, gitlab.WithBaseURL(settings.domain))
 
 	widget.SetRenderFunction(widget.Render)
 	widget.initializeKeyboardControls()
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	todos, _ := widget.getTodos(widget.settings.apiKey)
+	todos, err := widget.getTodos(widget.settings.apiKey)
 	widget.todos = todos
+	widget.err = err
 	widget.SetItemCount(len(todos))
 
 	widget.Render()