diff --git a/.env b/.env
index dedcf29d302cc3adde55c2357e76c1627e1bd809..58dc2ccd5514f2a6604eb54dfbddd1a03db67ac4 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+GITLAB_API_BASE_URL=https://gitlab.com/api/v4
 GITLAB_API_TOKEN=12345123142234
 CONFIG_DIR=/config
 REDIS_URL=db:6379
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 777691cc5f6ab2eef6b76824aa3475ecbfb74593..25a021969263f61fefd821c926ffefebce5acef2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ services:
       - --
       - /app/rss_sync
   db:
-    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
+    image: 'redis:latest'
     environment:
       - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3b0cc3dcdfc935f41ee7292b98eca0d2b1bc8fbc..7058a2b437e87b36f7fb5bdc6a9df5bec7f69a3c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ type Feed struct {
 }
 
 type EnvValues struct {
-	RedisURL      string
-	RedisPassword string
-	ConfDir       string
-	GitlabAPIKey  string
-	UseSentinel   bool
+	RedisURL         string
+	RedisPassword    string
+	ConfDir          string
+	GitlabAPIKey     string
+	GitlabAPIBaseUrl string
+	UseSentinel      bool
 }
 
 func hasExistingGitlabIssue(guid string, projectID int, gitlabClient *gitlab.Client) bool {
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ func initialise(env EnvValues) (redisClient *redis.Client, client *gitlab.Client
 	prometheus.MustRegister(issuesCreatedCounter)
 
 	client = gitlab.NewClient(nil, env.GitlabAPIKey)
+	client.SetBaseURL(env.GitlabAPIBaseUrl)
 	config = readConfig(path.Join(env.ConfDir, "config.yaml"))
 
 	if !env.UseSentinel {
@@ -233,13 +235,18 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func readEnv() EnvValues {
-	var gitlabPAToken, configDir, redisURL, redisPassword string
+	var gitlabAPIBaseUrl, gitlabAPIToken, configDir, redisURL, redisPassword string
 	useSentinel := false
 
+	if envGitlabAPIBaseUrl := os.Getenv("GITLAB_API_BASE_URL"); envGitlabAPIBaseUrl == "https://gitlab.com/api/v4" {
+		panic("Could not find GITLAB_API_BASE_URL specified as an environment variable")
+	} else {
+		gitlabAPIBaseUrl = envGitlabAPIBaseUrl
+	}
 	if envGitlabAPIToken := os.Getenv("GITLAB_API_TOKEN"); envGitlabAPIToken == "" {
 		panic("Could not find GITLAB_API_TOKEN specified as an environment variable")
 	} else {
-		gitlabPAToken = envGitlabAPIToken
+		gitlabAPIToken = envGitlabAPIToken
 	}
 	if envConfigDir := os.Getenv("CONFIG_DIR"); envConfigDir == "" {
 		panic("Could not find CONFIG_DIR specified as an environment variable")
@@ -266,11 +273,12 @@ func readEnv() EnvValues {
 	}
 
 	return EnvValues{
-		RedisURL:      redisURL,
-		RedisPassword: redisPassword,
-		ConfDir:       configDir,
-		GitlabAPIKey:  gitlabPAToken,
-		UseSentinel:   useSentinel,
+		RedisURL:         redisURL,
+		RedisPassword:    redisPassword,
+		ConfDir:          configDir,
+		GitlabAPIKey:     gitlabAPIToken,
+		GitlabAPIBaseUrl: gitlabAPIBaseUrl,
+		UseSentinel:      useSentinel,
 	}
 }