diff --git a/lib/apis/githost.dart b/lib/apis/githost.dart
index 345ef91d..ff788526 100644
--- a/lib/apis/githost.dart
+++ b/lib/apis/githost.dart
@@ -108,3 +108,12 @@ class GitHostException implements Exception {
     return "GitHostException: " + cause;
   }
 }
+
+String toCurlCommand(Uri url, Map<String, String> headers) {
+  var headersStr = "";
+  headers.forEach((key, value) {
+    headersStr += ' -H "$key: $value" ';
+  });
+
+  return "curl -X GET '$url' $headersStr";
+}
diff --git a/lib/apis/github.dart b/lib/apis/github.dart
index 1535ba8d..009a0168 100644
--- a/lib/apis/github.dart
+++ b/lib/apis/github.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';
 
-import 'package:gitjournal/utils.dart';
 import 'package:gitjournal/utils/logger.dart';
 import 'githost.dart';
 
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ class GitHub implements GitHost {
       issues: parsedJson['open_issues_count'],
       language: parsedJson['language'],
       private: parsedJson['private'],
-      tags: parsedJson['topics'],
+      tags: parsedJson['topics'] ?? [],
       license: licenseMap != null ? licenseMap['spdx_id'] : null,
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/apis/gitlab.dart b/lib/apis/gitlab.dart
index ef8b5022..a7c2ea61 100644
--- a/lib/apis/gitlab.dart
+++ b/lib/apis/gitlab.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';
 
-import 'package:gitjournal/utils.dart';
 import 'package:gitjournal/utils/logger.dart';
 import 'githost.dart';
 
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ class GitLab implements GitHost {
       fullName: fullName,
       cloneUrl: parsedJson['ssh_url_to_repo'],
       updatedAt: updatedAt,
-      description: parsedJson['description'],
+      description: parsedJson['description'] ?? "",
       stars: parsedJson['star_count'],
       forks: parsedJson['forks_count'],
       issues: parsedJson['open_issues_count'],
diff --git a/lib/utils.dart b/lib/utils.dart
index 5cd7a894..311ed986 100644
--- a/lib/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/utils.dart
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ bool folderWithSpecExists(BuildContext context, String spec) {
   return rootFolder.getFolderWithSpec(spec) != null;
 }
 
-String toCurlCommand(Uri url, Map<String, String> headers) {
-  var headersStr = "";
-  headers.forEach((key, value) {
-    headersStr += ' -H "$key: $value" ';
-  });
-
-  return "curl -X GET '$url' $headersStr";
-}
-
 Future<void> shareNote(Note note) async {
   return Share.share(note.serialize());
 }