diff --git a/lib/manage_gitlab_project.py b/lib/manage_gitlab_project.py
index edf1d5153360c8caaf0c05d1cc88b90c1cf8cc0d..43409061a009cc99bd8b9aa208a87c4cb0372b67 100755
--- a/lib/manage_gitlab_project.py
+++ b/lib/manage_gitlab_project.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ def createproject(pname):
   else:
     description=options.desc
   new_project=git.createProject(pname,description=description,issues_enabled=str(int(options.issues)),wall_enabled=str(int(options.wall)),merge_requests_enabled=str(int(options.merge)),wiki_enabled=str(int(options.wiki)),snippets_enabled=str(int(options.snippets)),public=str(int(options.public)))
-  new_project=findproject(gitlab_user,pname)
-  print new_project
-  new_project=git.moveProject(found_group['id'],new_project['id'])
+  if gitlab_user != gitlab_namespace:
+    new_project=findproject(gitlab_user,pname)
+    new_project=git.moveProject(found_group['id'],new_project['id'])
   if findproject(gitlab_namespace,pname):
     return findproject(gitlab_namespace,pname)
   else: