diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..3ea76c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
+.serverless
+serverless.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7303b78..93ed7d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint \"src/*.js\"",
     "prettier:fix": "prettier --write \"{src,spec}/**/*.js\"",
     "serverless": "serverless",
-    "serverless-setup-credentials": "serverless config credentials --provider aws"
+    "serverless-setup-credentials": "serverless config credentials --provider aws",
+    "deploy": "serverless deploy"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/committerFinder.js b/src/committerFinder.js
index 5e54b94..f767ab7 100644
--- a/src/committerFinder.js
+++ b/src/committerFinder.js
@@ -7,13 +7,27 @@ const getUniqueCommitters = arr =>
       self.findIndex(c => c.email == value.email) === index
   );
 
+const getUserPayload = userData => {
+  let ghId = undefined;
+  if (userData.length > 0) {
+    if (userData[0].identities) {
+      ghIdentity = userData[0].identities.filter(identity => identity.provider == 'github');
+      if (ghIdentity.length > 0) {
+        ghId = ghIdentity[0].extern_uid;
+      }
+    }
+    return {
+      ...userData[0],
+      login: userData[0].username,
+      gitHubId: ghId
+    }
+  } else return undefined;
+}
+
 const hydrateGitlabUserInfo = async (usersToVerify, token) =>
   Promise.all(
     usersToVerify.map(user =>
-      gitlabRequest(getUserInfo(user.email), token).then(response => ({
-        ...user,
-        login: response.length > 0 ? response[0].username : undefined
-      }))
+      gitlabRequest(getUserInfo(user.email), token).then(response => getUserPayload(response))
     )
   );
 
diff --git a/src/contributionVerifier.js b/src/contributionVerifier.js
index bc060db..1d3566a 100644
--- a/src/contributionVerifier.js
+++ b/src/contributionVerifier.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function partition(array, isValid) {
 
 const domainFromEmail = email => "@" + email.split("@")[1];
 
-const contributorArrayVerifier = contributors => committers => {
+const contributorArrayVerifier = (contributors, useGitHubIDs) => committers => {
   const lowerCaseContributors = contributors.map(c => c.toLowerCase());
   const [
     emailVerification,
@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ const contributorArrayVerifier = contributors => committers => {
         return true;
       }
     }
-    if (usernameVerification.includes(c.login.toLowerCase())) {
-      return true;
+    if (useGitHubIDs) {
+      if (usernameVerification.includes(c.gitHubId)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (usernameVerification.includes(c.login.toLowerCase())) {
+        return true;
+      }
     }
     return false;
   };
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ const configFileFromUrlVerifier = contributorListUrl => committers =>
   requestp({
     url: contributorListUrl,
     json: true
-  }).then(contributors => contributorArrayVerifier(contributors)(committers));
+  }).then(contributors => contributorArrayVerifier(contributors, false)(committers));
 
 const webhookVerifier = webhookUrl => committers =>
   Promise.all(
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ const webhookVerifier = webhookUrl => committers =>
     const contributors = responses
       .filter(r => r.isContributor)
       .map(r => r.username);
-    return contributorArrayVerifier(contributors)(committers);
+    return contributorArrayVerifier(contributors, false)(committers);
   });
 
 module.exports = config => {
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = config => {
       logger.info(
         "Checking contributors against the list supplied in the .clabot file"
       );
-      return contributorArrayVerifier(configCopy.contributors);
+      return contributorArrayVerifier(configCopy.contributors, configCopy.useGitHubIDs);
     } else if (
       is.url(configCopy.contributors) &&
       configCopy.contributors.indexOf("?") !== -1
diff --git a/src/gitlabApi.js b/src/gitlabApi.js
index 048277c..581a0e1 100644
--- a/src/gitlabApi.js
+++ b/src/gitlabApi.js
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ exports.getUserInfo = emailAddress => ({
   method: "GET"
 });
 
+exports.searchNamespaceByName = nsName => ({
+  // This assumes master branch, might need to rework this at some point
+  url: `https://${process.env.GITLAB_INSTANCE_DOMAIN}/api/v4/namespaces?search=${nsName}`,
+  method: "GET"
+});
+
+exports.getOrgConfigProject = nsId => ({
+  // This assumes master branch, might need to rework this at some point
+  url: `https://${process.env.GITLAB_INSTANCE_DOMAIN}/api/v4/groups/${nsId}/search?scope=projects&search=clabot-config`,
+  method: "GET"
+});
+
 exports.getProjectClaFile = projectId => ({
   // This assumes master branch, might need to rework this at some point
   url: `https://${process.env.GITLAB_INSTANCE_DOMAIN}/api/v4/projects/${projectId}/repository/files/%2Eclabot/raw?ref=master`,
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9b049ce..4835115 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ const gitLabInfo = webhook =>
   webhook.object_kind === "note"
     ? {
         projectId: webhook.project.id,
+        namespace: webhook.project.path_with_namespace.split("/")[0],
         mergeRequestId: webhook.merge_request.iid,
         projectUrl: webhook.project.web_url
       }
     : {
         projectId: webhook.project.id,
+        namespace: webhook.project.path_with_namespace.split("/")[0],
         mergeRequestId: webhook.object_attributes.iid,
         projectUrl: webhook.project.web_url
       };
@@ -87,12 +89,14 @@ exports.Handler = constructHandler(async webhook => {
 
     logger.info("The cla-bot has been summoned by a comment");
   }
-
+  
   const token = obtainToken(webhook);
   const {
     addComment,
     getMergeRequest,
     getProjectClaFile,
+    searchNamespaceByName,
+    getOrgConfigProject,
     setCommitStatus,
     getProjectLabels,
     createProjectLabel,
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ exports.Handler = constructHandler(async webhook => {
 
   const {
     projectId: projectId,
+    namespace: namespace,
     mergeRequestId: mergeRequestId,
     projectUrl: projectUrl
   } = gitLabInfo(webhook);
@@ -115,8 +120,22 @@ exports.Handler = constructHandler(async webhook => {
   const MRInfo = await getMergeRequest(projectId, mergeRequestId);
   const headSha = MRInfo.sha;
 
-  // TODO : Investigate group level .clabot file.
-  let claConfig = await getProjectClaFile(projectId);
+  // Try to load project clabot-config, from 
+  // the same project namespace (aka GitLab Group)
+  let ns = await searchNamespaceByName(namespace);
+  let nsId = ns[0].id;
+  logger.info(`Namespace is ${namespace}, ID ${nsId}`);
+  let orgConfigProject = await getOrgConfigProject(nsId);
+  let claConfig = null;
+  if (orgConfigProject) {
+    logger.info(`Found clabot-config project, ID is ${orgConfigProject[0].id}`);
+    claConfig = await getProjectClaFile(orgConfigProject[0].id);
+  }
+
+  if (!is.json(claConfig)) {
+    claConfig = await getProjectClaFile(projectId);
+  }
+
   if (!is.json(claConfig)) {
     logger.error("The .clabot file is not valid JSON");
     await setCommitStatus(projectId, headSha, "failed", botName);