diff --git a/PHPCI/Controller/WebhookController.php b/PHPCI/Controller/WebhookController.php
index 550036b1..c424fd24 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Controller/WebhookController.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Controller/WebhookController.php
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ class WebhookController extends \PHPCI\Controller
      */
     public function gitlab($project)
     {
-        $payload    = json_decode($this->getParam('payload'), true);
+        $payloadString = file_get_contents("php://input");
+        $payload = json_decode($payloadString, true);
 
         try {
 
diff --git a/PHPCI/Model/Base/ProjectBase.php b/PHPCI/Model/Base/ProjectBase.php
index c16d3ee5..0ef016f7 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Model/Base/ProjectBase.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Model/Base/ProjectBase.php
@@ -221,10 +221,12 @@ class ProjectBase extends Model
     */
     public function getAccessInformation($key = null)
     {
+        $data = unserialize($this->data['access_information']);
+
         if (is_null($key)) {
-            $rtn = $this->data['access_information'];
-        } else if (isset($this->data['access_information'][$key])) {
-            $rtn = $this->data['access_information'][$key];
+            $rtn = $data;
+        } else if (isset($data[$key])) {
+            $rtn = $data[$key];
         } else {
             $rtn = null;
         }