diff --git a/app/crawler/gitlab.sh b/app/crawler/gitlab.sh
index 1f1b095..d125ec3 100644
--- a/app/crawler/gitlab.sh
+++ b/app/crawler/gitlab.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gitlab() (
       local root="${2:-"/"}"
 
       local b64_files=()
-      local b64_trees=("$root")
+      local b64_trees=("$(echo "$root" | base64)")
       local i=0
 
       find_each() {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gitlab() (
             | grep .
       }
       while [ "$i" -lt "${#b64_trees[@]}" ]; do
-         got="$(_list_tree "$project" "${b64_trees[i]}")"
+         got="$(_list_tree "$project" "$(echo "${b64_trees[i]}" | base64 --decode)")"
          for b64_tree in $(find_each "tree" "$got"); do
             if ! echo "${b64_trees[@]}" | grep -q "[ ^]$b64_tree[ $]"; then
                b64_trees+=("$b64_tree")
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ gitlab() (
 
    _list_tree() {
       local project="$(urlencode "$1")"
-      local path="/api/v4/projects/$project/repository/tree"
+      local path="api/v4/projects/$project/repository/tree"
       local query="recursive=true&path=$2"
       _gcurl "https://gitlab-app.eng.qops.net/$path?$query"
    }
diff --git a/app/crawler/gitlab_test.sh b/app/crawler/gitlab_test.sh
index 1f7db81..5d10c9c 100644
--- a/app/crawler/gitlab_test.sh
+++ b/app/crawler/gitlab_test.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-test_get() {
+test___expand() {
    gitlab eval "$(cat <<EOF
       _gcurl() {
-         echo "\$*" | grep -q api.v4.projects.my%20project.repository.files.my%20file.raw
+         case "\$1" in
+            'https://gitlab-app.eng.qops.net/api/v4/projects/project/repository/tree?recursive=true&path=dir' )
+               echo '[
+                  {"id": "a", "name": "dir2", "type": "tree", "path": "dir/dir2", "mode": "040000"},
+                  {"id": "b", "name": "blob", "type": "blob", "path": "dir/blob", "mode": "100644"}
+               ]'
+            ;;
+            'https://gitlab-app.eng.qops.net/api/v4/projects/project/repository/tree?recursive=true&path=dir/dir2' )
+               echo '[
+                  {"id": "c", "name": "blob2", "type": "blob", "path": "dir/dir2/blob2", "mode": "100644"}
+               ]'
+            ;;
+            * )
+               return 1
+            ;;
+         esac
       }
-      get "my project" "my file"
+      __expand project dir | grep -q ^$(echo project | base64)$
+      __expand project dir | grep -q ^$(echo dir/blob | base64)$
+      __expand project dir | grep -q ^$(echo dir/dir2/blob2 | base64)$
 EOF
 )"
 }