diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70b7d966..f432b08e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed issue with GitLab projects that are not owned but still visible by the provided `token` _not_ being synchronized. ([#51](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/51))
+
 ## [2.1.0] - 2024-10-22
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts b/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
index 18ffd8ba..23d7a9ac 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export const getGitLabReposFromConfig = async (config: GitLabConfig, ctx: AppCon
             logger.debug(`Fetching project info for group ${group}...`);
             const { durationMs, data } = await measure(() => api.Groups.allProjects(group, {
                 perPage: 100,
-                owned: true,
             }));
             logger.debug(`Found ${data.length} projects in group ${group} in ${durationMs}ms.`);
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ export const getGitLabReposFromConfig = async (config: GitLabConfig, ctx: AppCon
             logger.debug(`Fetching project info for user ${user}...`);
             const { durationMs, data } = await measure(() => api.Users.allProjects(user, {
                 perPage: 100,
-                owned: true,
             }));
             logger.debug(`Found ${data.length} projects owned by user ${user} in ${durationMs}ms.`);
             return data;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/schemas/v2.ts b/packages/backend/src/schemas/v2.ts
index a5dcd6f1..df6f943f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/schemas/v2.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/schemas/v2.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export interface GitLabConfig {
    */
   url?: string;
   /**
-   * List of users to sync with. All personal projects that the user owns will be synced, unless explicitly defined in the `exclude` property.
+   * List of users to sync with. All projects owned by the user and visible to the provided `token` (if any) will be synced, unless explicitly defined in the `exclude` property.
    */
   users?: string[];
   /**
diff --git a/schemas/v2/index.json b/schemas/v2/index.json
index ae02774f..42ec053c 100644
--- a/schemas/v2/index.json
+++ b/schemas/v2/index.json
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
                     "items": {
                         "type": "string"
                     },
-                    "description": "List of users to sync with. All personal projects that the user owns will be synced, unless explicitly defined in the `exclude` property."
+                    "description": "List of users to sync with. All projects owned by the user and visible to the provided `token` (if any) will be synced, unless explicitly defined in the `exclude` property."
                 },
                 "groups": {
                     "type": "array",