diff --git a/bin/merge b/bin/merge
index 9050cef002ce068688cedd9cc6e43c401cd6b1ce..3dffa23a7950aadb93fdc7e00c948268c44663d5 100755
--- a/bin/merge
+++ b/bin/merge
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ function gitlab() {
   METHOD=$2
   REQUEST=$3
   shift 3
+  if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "yes" ]]; then
+    echo curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@"
+  fi
   output="$(curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@")"
   result="$(echo "$output" | grep "{")"
   code="$(echo "$output" | grep -m 1 "HTTP-Code:" | cut -d: -f2)"
@@ -50,11 +53,8 @@ elif [[ "$SOURCEBRANCH" == "develop" ]]; then
 else
   TARGETBRANCH=develop
 fi
-if [[ -n ${CI_SERVER_URL} ]]; then
-  GITLAB_URL=$CI_SERVER_URL
-fi
-if [[ -n ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN} ]]; then
-  GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN=$GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN
+if [[ -n ${CI_SERVER_HOST} ]]; then
+  GITLAB_URL=https://$CI_SERVER_HOST
 fi
 if [[ "x${GITLAB_URL}" == "x" ]]; then
   echo "Missing GITLAB_URL environment variable, should be set to e.g. https://gitlab.lakedrops.com"