diff --git a/PHPCI/Controller/ProjectController.php b/PHPCI/Controller/ProjectController.php
index 7c336eca..95f8c2cd 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Controller/ProjectController.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Controller/ProjectController.php
@@ -189,11 +189,21 @@ class ProjectController extends \PHPCI\Controller
 
         if ($values['type'] == "gitlab") {
             preg_match('`^(.*)@(.*):(.*)/(.*)\.git`', $values['reference'], $matches);
+
             $info = array();
-            $info["user"] = $matches[1];
-            $info["domain"] = $matches[2];
+            if (isset($matches[1])) {
+                $info["user"] = $matches[1];
+            }
+
+            if (isset($matches[2])) {
+                $info["domain"] = $matches[2];
+            }
+
             $values['access_information'] = serialize($info);
-            $values['reference'] = $matches[3]."/".$matches[4];
+
+            if (isset($matches[3]) && isset($matches[4])) {
+                $values['reference'] = $matches[3]."/".$matches[4];
+            }
         }
 
         $values['git_key']  = $values['key'];