diff --git a/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/aws-platform.ts b/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/aws-platform.ts
index e613d607..410502dd 100644
--- a/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/aws-platform.ts
+++ b/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/aws-platform.ts
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ export class AwsAppsPlatformApi {
 
     if (this.gitProvider===GitProviders.GITLAB)
       {
-        resultBody = await result.value.json();
+        resultBody = result.value;
       }
       else if (this.gitProvider===GitProviders.GITHUB) 
       {
diff --git a/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/gitlab-api.ts b/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/gitlab-api.ts
index 98031283..dabb7de6 100644
--- a/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/gitlab-api.ts
+++ b/backstage-plugins/plugins/aws-apps-backend/src/api/gitlab-api.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class GitLabAPI implements ISCMBackendAPI {
         }
         else
         {
-            groupName=""
+            groupName=gitProjectGroup
             repoName = gitRepoName;
         }
         const url = `https://${gitHost}/api/v4/projects?search=${repoName}`;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export class GitLabAPI implements ISCMBackendAPI {
                 isSuccuess: true,
                 message: `Retrieved file content successfully`,            
                 httpResponse : result.status,
-                value:resultBody.content
+                value: Buffer.from(resultBody.content, 'base64').toString()
             };
         }
     }