diff --git a/modules/gitlab/display.go b/modules/gitlab/display.go
index 193bd5bf..17aee1df 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/display.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/display.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) content() (string, string, bool) {
 	str += " [red]Stats[white]\n"
 	str += widget.displayStats(project)
 	str += "\n"
-	str += " [red]Open Approval Requests[white]\n"
-	str += widget.displayMyApprovalRequests(project, widget.settings.username)
+	str += " [red]Open Assigned Merge Requests[white]\n"
+	str += widget.displayMyAssignedMergeRequests(project, widget.settings.username)
 	str += "\n"
 	str += " [red]My Merge Requests[white]\n"
 	str += widget.displayMyMergeRequests(project, widget.settings.username)
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) displayMyMergeRequests(project *GitlabProject, username st
 	return str
 }
 
-func (widget *Widget) displayMyApprovalRequests(project *GitlabProject, username string) string {
-	mrs := project.myApprovalRequests(username)
+func (widget *Widget) displayMyAssignedMergeRequests(project *GitlabProject, username string) string {
+	mrs := project.myAssignedMergeRequests(username)
 
 	if len(mrs) == 0 {
 		return " [grey]none[white]\n"
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/gitlab_project.go b/modules/gitlab/gitlab_project.go
index 9840c47e..09bfba4e 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/gitlab_project.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/gitlab_project.go
@@ -4,19 +4,49 @@ import (
 	glb "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 )
 
-type GitlabProject struct {
+type context struct {
 	client *glb.Client
-	path   string
-
-	MergeRequests []*glb.MergeRequest
-	Issues        []*glb.Issue
-	RemoteProject *glb.Project
+	user   *glb.User
 }
 
-func NewGitlabProject(projectPath string, client *glb.Client) *GitlabProject {
+func newContext(settings *Settings) (*context, error) {
+	baseURL := settings.domain
+	gitlabClient := glb.NewClient(nil, settings.apiKey)
+
+	if baseURL != "" {
+		gitlabClient.SetBaseURL(baseURL)
+	}
+
+	user, _, err := gitlabClient.Users.CurrentUser()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	context := context{
+		client: gitlabClient,
+		user:   user,
+	}
+
+	return &context, nil
+}
+
+type GitlabProject struct {
+	context *context
+	path    string
+
+	MergeRequests         []*glb.MergeRequest
+	AssignedMergeRequests []*glb.MergeRequest
+	AuthoredMergeRequests []*glb.MergeRequest
+	AssignedIssues        []*glb.Issue
+	AuthoredIssues        []*glb.Issue
+	RemoteProject         *glb.Project
+}
+
+func NewGitlabProject(context *context, projectPath string) *GitlabProject {
 	project := GitlabProject{
-		client: client,
-		path:   projectPath,
+		context: context,
+		path:    projectPath,
 	}
 
 	return &project
@@ -25,8 +55,11 @@ func NewGitlabProject(projectPath string, client *glb.Client) *GitlabProject {
 // Refresh reloads the gitlab data via the Gitlab API
 func (project *GitlabProject) Refresh() {
 	project.MergeRequests, _ = project.loadMergeRequests()
+	project.AssignedMergeRequests, _ = project.loadAssignedMergeRequests()
+	project.AuthoredMergeRequests, _ = project.loadAuthoredMergeRequests()
+	project.AssignedIssues, _ = project.loadAssignedIssues()
+	project.AuthoredIssues, _ = project.loadAuthoredIssues()
 	project.RemoteProject, _ = project.loadRemoteProject()
-	project.Issues, _ = project.loadIssues()
 }
 
 /* -------------------- Counts -------------------- */
@@ -55,63 +88,23 @@ func (project *GitlabProject) StarCount() int {
 
 // myMergeRequests returns a list of merge requests created by username on this project
 func (project *GitlabProject) myMergeRequests(username string) []*glb.MergeRequest {
-	mrs := []*glb.MergeRequest{}
-
-	for _, mr := range project.MergeRequests {
-		user := mr.Author
-
-		if user.Username == username {
-			mrs = append(mrs, mr)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return mrs
+	return project.AuthoredMergeRequests
 }
 
-// myApprovalRequests returns a list of merge requests for which username has been
-// requested to approve
-func (project *GitlabProject) myApprovalRequests(username string) []*glb.MergeRequest {
-	mrs := []*glb.MergeRequest{}
-
-	for _, mr := range project.MergeRequests {
-		approvers, _, err := project.client.MergeRequests.GetMergeRequestApprovals(project.path, mr.IID)
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		for _, approver := range approvers.Approvers {
-			if approver.User.Username == username {
-				mrs = append(mrs, mr)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return mrs
+// myAssignedMergeRequests returns a list of merge requests for which username has been
+// assigned
+func (project *GitlabProject) myAssignedMergeRequests(username string) []*glb.MergeRequest {
+	return project.AssignedMergeRequests
 }
 
 // myAssignedIssues returns a list of issues for which username has been assigned
 func (project *GitlabProject) myAssignedIssues(username string) []*glb.Issue {
-	issues := []*glb.Issue{}
-
-	for _, issue := range project.Issues {
-		if issue.Assignee != nil && issue.Assignee.Username == username {
-			issues = append(issues, issue)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return issues
+	return project.AssignedIssues
 }
 
 // myIssues returns a list of issues created by username on this project
 func (project *GitlabProject) myIssues(username string) []*glb.Issue {
-	issues := []*glb.Issue{}
-
-	for _, issue := range project.Issues {
-		if issue.Author.Username == username {
-			issues = append(issues, issue)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return issues
+	return project.AuthoredIssues
 }
 
 func (project *GitlabProject) loadMergeRequests() ([]*glb.MergeRequest, error) {
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ func (project *GitlabProject) loadMergeRequests() ([]*glb.MergeRequest, error) {
 		State: &state,
 	}
 
-	mrs, _, err := project.client.MergeRequests.ListProjectMergeRequests(project.path, &opts)
+	mrs, _, err := project.context.client.MergeRequests.ListProjectMergeRequests(project.path, &opts)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -129,13 +122,62 @@ func (project *GitlabProject) loadMergeRequests() ([]*glb.MergeRequest, error) {
 	return mrs, nil
 }
 
-func (project *GitlabProject) loadIssues() ([]*glb.Issue, error) {
+func (project *GitlabProject) loadAssignedMergeRequests() ([]*glb.MergeRequest, error) {
 	state := "opened"
-	opts := glb.ListProjectIssuesOptions{
-		State: &state,
+	opts := glb.ListProjectMergeRequestsOptions{
+		State:      &state,
+		AssigneeID: &project.context.user.ID,
 	}
 
-	issues, _, err := project.client.Issues.ListProjectIssues(project.path, &opts)
+	mrs, _, err := project.context.client.MergeRequests.ListProjectMergeRequests(project.path, &opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return mrs, nil
+}
+
+func (project *GitlabProject) loadAuthoredMergeRequests() ([]*glb.MergeRequest, error) {
+	state := "opened"
+	opts := glb.ListProjectMergeRequestsOptions{
+		State:    &state,
+		AuthorID: &project.context.user.ID,
+	}
+
+	mrs, _, err := project.context.client.MergeRequests.ListProjectMergeRequests(project.path, &opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return mrs, nil
+}
+
+func (project *GitlabProject) loadAssignedIssues() ([]*glb.Issue, error) {
+	state := "opened"
+	opts := glb.ListProjectIssuesOptions{
+		State:      &state,
+		AssigneeID: &project.context.user.ID,
+	}
+
+	issues, _, err := project.context.client.Issues.ListProjectIssues(project.path, &opts)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return issues, nil
+}
+
+func (project *GitlabProject) loadAuthoredIssues() ([]*glb.Issue, interface{}) {
+	state := "opened"
+	opts := glb.ListProjectIssuesOptions{
+		State:    &state,
+		AuthorID: &project.context.user.ID,
+	}
+
+	issues, _, err := project.context.client.Issues.ListProjectIssues(project.path, &opts)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -145,7 +187,7 @@ func (project *GitlabProject) loadIssues() ([]*glb.Issue, error) {
 }
 
 func (project *GitlabProject) loadRemoteProject() (*glb.Project, error) {
-	projectsitory, _, err := project.client.Projects.GetProject(project.path, nil)
+	projectsitory, _, err := project.context.client.Projects.GetProject(project.path, nil)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/modules/gitlab/widget.go b/modules/gitlab/widget.go
index 7ee659d7..2451bbef 100644
--- a/modules/gitlab/widget.go
+++ b/modules/gitlab/widget.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package gitlab
 import (
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/wtfutil/wtf/view"
-	glb "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 )
 
 type Widget struct {
@@ -13,28 +12,23 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 	GitlabProjects []*GitlabProject
 
-	gitlab   *glb.Client
+	context  *context
 	settings *Settings
 }
 
 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)
-	}
+	context, _ := newContext(settings)
 
 	widget := Widget{
 		KeyboardWidget:    view.NewKeyboardWidget(app, pages, settings.common),
 		MultiSourceWidget: view.NewMultiSourceWidget(settings.common, "repository", "repositories"),
 		TextWidget:        view.NewTextWidget(app, settings.common),
 
-		gitlab:   gitlab,
+		context:  context,
 		settings: settings,
 	}
 
-	widget.GitlabProjects = widget.buildProjectCollection(settings.projects)
+	widget.GitlabProjects = widget.buildProjectCollection(context, settings.projects)
 
 	widget.initializeKeyboardControls()
 	widget.View.SetInputCapture(widget.InputCapture)
@@ -61,11 +55,11 @@ func (widget *Widget) HelpText() string {
 
 /* -------------------- Unexported Functions -------------------- */
 
-func (widget *Widget) buildProjectCollection(projectData []string) []*GitlabProject {
+func (widget *Widget) buildProjectCollection(context *context, projectData []string) []*GitlabProject {
 	gitlabProjects := []*GitlabProject{}
 
 	for _, projectPath := range projectData {
-		project := NewGitlabProject(projectPath, widget.gitlab)
+		project := NewGitlabProject(context, projectPath)
 		gitlabProjects = append(gitlabProjects, project)
 	}