diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
index 45efb77..aaa4f8e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@
 FROM ubuntu
 
 COPY ["scm-engine", "/usr/local/bin/scm-engine"]
-
-CMD []
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/scm-engine"]
diff --git a/pkg/scm/gitlab/client_helpers.go b/pkg/scm/gitlab/client_helpers.go
index 340610f..503fceb 100644
--- a/pkg/scm/gitlab/client_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/scm/gitlab/client_helpers.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func ParseID(id interface{}) (string, error) { //nolint:varnamelen
 
 // Convert a GitLab native response to a SCM agnostic one
 func convertResponse(upstream *go_gitlab.Response) *scm.Response {
+	if upstream == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return &scm.Response{
 		Response: upstream.Response,
 		// Fields used for offset-based pagination.