diff --git a/src/forge/gitlab.rs b/src/forge/gitlab.rs
index 56bd9f30..db1f37df 100644
--- a/src/forge/gitlab.rs
+++ b/src/forge/gitlab.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use colored::Colorize;
 
-use super::rest::RestClient;
+use super::rest::paginate;
 use super::{Forge, MergeRequestResult, ReleaseResult};
 use crate::error_code::{self, ErrorCodeExt};
 
@@ -52,13 +52,17 @@ impl GitLabForge {
     }
 
     fn paginated_json_array(&self, base_url: &str, what: &str) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>> {
-        RestClient::gitlab(
-            &self.agent,
-            format!("{}/projects/{}", self.api_base, self.encoded_project_id()),
-            self.token_kind.header(),
-            &self.token,
+        paginate(
+            || {
+                self.agent
+                    .get(base_url)
+                    .header(self.token_kind.header(), &self.token)
+                    .header("User-Agent", "ferrflow")
+            },
+            "per_page",
+            100,
+            what,
         )
-        .paginated_json_array(base_url, what)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/forge/rest.rs b/src/forge/rest.rs
index 3b660ca9..e09debe5 100644
--- a/src/forge/rest.rs
+++ b/src/forge/rest.rs
@@ -41,22 +41,6 @@ impl<'a> RestClient<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn gitlab(
-        agent: &'a ureq::Agent,
-        project_url: String,
-        token_header: &'static str,
-        token: &str,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            agent,
-            repo_url: project_url,
-            auth: (token_header, token.to_string()),
-            extra_headers: &[],
-            page_size_param: "per_page",
-            page_size: 100,
-        }
-    }
-
     fn headers<B>(&self, mut request: RequestBuilder<B>) -> RequestBuilder<B> {
         request = request
             .header(self.auth.0, &self.auth.1)
@@ -84,28 +68,12 @@ impl<'a> RestClient<'a> {
         base_url: &str,
         what: &str,
     ) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>> {
-        let mut all = Vec::new();
-        for page in 1..=MAX_PAGES {
-            let body: serde_json::Value = self
-                .get(base_url)
-                .query(self.page_size_param, self.page_size.to_string())
-                .query("page", page.to_string())
-                .call()
-                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to list {what}"))?
-                .body_mut()
-                .read_json()
-                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to parse {what} response"))?;
-            let page_items = match body.as_array() {
-                Some(arr) if !arr.is_empty() => arr.clone(),
-                _ => return Ok(all),
-            };
-            let len = page_items.len();
-            all.extend(page_items);
-            if (len as u32) < self.page_size {
-                return Ok(all);
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(all)
+        paginate(
+            || self.get(base_url),
+            self.page_size_param,
+            self.page_size,
+            what,
+        )
     }
 
     pub fn create_release(
@@ -172,3 +140,32 @@ impl<'a> RestClient<'a> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+pub(super) fn paginate(
+    request: impl Fn() -> RequestBuilder<WithoutBody>,
+    page_size_param: &str,
+    page_size: u32,
+    what: &str,
+) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>> {
+    let mut all = Vec::new();
+    for page in 1..=MAX_PAGES {
+        let body: serde_json::Value = request()
+            .query(page_size_param, page_size.to_string())
+            .query("page", page.to_string())
+            .call()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to list {what}"))?
+            .body_mut()
+            .read_json()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to parse {what} response"))?;
+        let page_items = match body.as_array() {
+            Some(arr) if !arr.is_empty() => arr.clone(),
+            _ => return Ok(all),
+        };
+        let len = page_items.len();
+        all.extend(page_items);
+        if (len as u32) < page_size {
+            return Ok(all);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(all)
+}