diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
index 08bef3e..3308de1 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository, error) {
+func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository) {
 
 	// default options
 	membership := "membership=true"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository, error) {
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
+		fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("PRIVATE-TOKEN", gitlabToken)
@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository, error) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
+		fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("API request failed with status: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		fmt.Errorf("API request failed with status: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	var repositories []Repository
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&repositories); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
+		fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if len(repositories) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no repositories found")
+		fmt.Errorf("no repositories found")
 	}
 
-	return repositories, nil
+	return repositories
 }
diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
index fcbf381..9b0cb2e 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"log"
-)
-
 // userdata
 var repoDestinationPre string
 var includeArchived string
 var gitlabToken string
 var gitlabHost string
 
-// count 🧛
+// keep count 🧛
 var clonedCount int
 var errorCount int
 var pulledCount int
 var pullErrorMsg []string
 
+// repository data
 type Repository struct {
 	Name              string `json:"name"`
 	PathWithNamespace string `json:"path_with_namespace"`
@@ -30,10 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	verifyGitAvailable()
 
 	// fetch repository information from gitlab
-	repositories, err := fetchRepositoriesGitlab()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error fetching repositories: %v", err)
-	}
+	repositories := fetchRepositoriesGitlab()
 
 	// manage found repositories
 	progressBar(repositories)