diff --git a/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/shared/data-services/scm/gitlab-scm.ts b/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/shared/data-services/scm/gitlab-scm.ts
index 0d6b210764..943a674f9f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/shared/data-services/scm/gitlab-scm.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/shared/data-services/scm/gitlab-scm.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { combineLatest, Observable, of as observableOf, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Md5 } from 'ts-md5/dist/md5';
 
 import { GitBranch, GitCommit, GitRepo } from '../../../store/types/git.types';
@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@ export class GitLabSCM implements GitSCM {
   getRepository(httpClient: HttpClient, projectName: string): Observable<GitRepo> {
     const parts = projectName.split('/');
 
-    let obs$ = httpClient.get(`${gitLabAPIUrl}/users/${parts[0]}/projects?search=${parts[1]}`);
-    if (parts.length !== 2) {
-      obs$ = observableOf(null);
-    }
+    const obs$ = parts.length !== 2 ?
+      observableOf(null) :
+      httpClient.get(`${gitLabAPIUrl}/projects/${parts.join('%2F')}`);
 
     return obs$.pipe(
       map((data: any) => {
-        if (data.length !== 1) {
+        if (!data) {
           throw new HttpErrorResponse({
             status: 404
           });
         }
-        return this.convertProject(data[0]);
+        return this.convertProject(data);
       })
     );
   }
@@ -110,17 +109,25 @@ export class GitLabSCM implements GitSCM {
 
   getMatchingRepositories(httpClient: HttpClient, projectName: string): Observable<string[]> {
     const prjParts = projectName.split('/');
-    let url = `${gitLabAPIUrl}/projects?search=${projectName}`;
-    if (prjParts.length > 1) {
-      url = `${gitLabAPIUrl}/users/${prjParts[0]}/projects?search=${prjParts[1]}`;
-    }
-    return httpClient.get(url).pipe(
-      map((repos: any) => {
-        return repos.map(item => item.path_with_namespace);
-      })
+
+    const obs$ = prjParts.length > 1 ?
+      this.getMatchingUserGroupRepositories(httpClient, prjParts) :
+      httpClient.get(`${gitLabAPIUrl}/projects?search=${projectName}`);
+
+    return obs$.pipe(
+      map((repos: any[]) => repos.map(item => item.path_with_namespace)),
     );
   }
 
+  private getMatchingUserGroupRepositories(httpClient: HttpClient, prjParts: string[]): Observable<any[]> {
+    return combineLatest([
+      httpClient.get<[]>(`${gitLabAPIUrl}/users/${prjParts[0]}/projects/?search=${prjParts[1]}`).pipe(catchError(() => of([]))),
+      httpClient.get<[]>(`${gitLabAPIUrl}/groups/${prjParts[0]}/projects?search=${prjParts[1]}`).pipe(catchError(() => of([]))),
+    ]).pipe(
+      map(([a, b]: [any[], any[]]) => a.concat(b)),
+    )
+  }
+
   private convertProject(prj: any): GitRepo {
     return {
       ...prj,
diff --git a/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/store/effects/deploy-app.effects.ts b/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/store/effects/deploy-app.effects.ts
index 11a4310bf8..58a30bbace 100644
--- a/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/store/effects/deploy-app.effects.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/packages/cloud-foundry/src/store/effects/deploy-app.effects.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export function createFailedGithubRequestMessage(error: any, logger: LoggerServi
   const response = parseHttpPipeError(error, logger);
   const message = response.message || '';
   return error.status === 403 && message.startsWith('API rate limit exceeded for') ?
-    'Github ' + message.substring(0, message.indexOf('(')) :
-    'Github request failed';
+    'Git ' + message.substring(0, message.indexOf('(')) :
+    'Git request failed';
 }
 
 @Injectable()