diff --git a/src/git/git_remote_parser.test.ts b/src/git/git_remote_parser.test.ts
index 33cba5a3530e32209b4cbe09937b347569cf5928..722eaa6e730e40e2692cc3ba80f53a69b98718bb 100644
--- a/src/git/git_remote_parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/git/git_remote_parser.test.ts
@@ -81,4 +81,17 @@ describe('git_remote_parser', () => {
       project: 'gitlab-vscode-extension',
     });
   });
+  // For more details see: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-vscode-extension/-/issues/103
+  it('should parse remote URLs without custom path even if the instance has custom path', () => {
+    expect(
+      parseGitRemote(
+        'git@example.com:fatihacet/gitlab-vscode-extension.git',
+        'https://example.com/gitlab',
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({
+      host: 'example.com',
+      namespace: 'fatihacet',
+      project: 'gitlab-vscode-extension',
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/git/git_remote_parser.ts b/src/git/git_remote_parser.ts
index 2503dfa0fc6bb45c3d0bf28bff7285039825d0be..d92403b05a1be31ef7dda8d52f47cb9cd81ec90a 100644
--- a/src/git/git_remote_parser.ts
+++ b/src/git/git_remote_parser.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ export function parseGitRemote(remote: string, instanceUrl?: string): GitRemote
   if (!host || !pathname) {
     return undefined;
   }
-
+  // The instance url might have a custom route, i.e. www.company.com/gitlab. This route is
+  // optional in the remote url. This regex extracts namespace and project from the remote
+  // url while ignoring any custom route, if present. For more information see:
+  // - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-vscode-extension/-/merge_requests/11
+  // - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-vscode-extension/-/issues/103
   const pathRegExp = instanceUrl ? escapeForRegExp(getInstancePath(instanceUrl)) : '';
-  const match = pathname.match(`${pathRegExp}/:?(.+)/([^/]+?)(?:.git)?/?$`);
+  const match = pathname.match(`(?:${pathRegExp})?/:?(.+)/([^/]+?)(?:.git)?/?$`);
   if (!match) {
     return undefined;
   }