diff --git a/src/tasks/report.ts b/src/tasks/report.ts
index ad21d12f..8493ca87 100644
--- a/src/tasks/report.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/report.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function issueToString(issue: any,
     issue: issue,
     // take the first URL from the merge request urls array (usually if there are URLs, then there is that only one)
     mergeRequestUrl: getMergeRequestUrls(projectMergeRequests, issue.project_id, issue.iid)[0],
-    project: Api.getProjectPath(issue),
+    project: issue.web_url.replace('https://gitlab.com/', '').split('/issues/')[0],
     weeksOpen: moment().diff(moment(issue.created_at), 'weeks'),
   });
   /* tslint:enable */