diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 247a6e16..82403fe1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ os:
   - linux
 
 go:
-  - 1.11.x
+  - 1.13.x
 
 # use containers which run faster and have cache
 sudo: false
diff --git a/cmd/project_create.go b/cmd/project_create.go
index 0651539e..afef6c08 100644
--- a/cmd/project_create.go
+++ b/cmd/project_create.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 	"github.com/zaquestion/lab/internal/git"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ lab project create -n "new proj"           # user/new-proj named "new proj"`,
 		}
 
 		// set the default visibility
-		visibility := gitlab.InternalVisibility
+		visibility := gitlab.PrivateVisibility
 
 		// now override the visibility if the user passed in relevant flags. if
 		// the user passes multiple flags, this will use the "most private"
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ lab project create -n "new proj"           # user/new-proj named "new proj"`,
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		spew.Dump(p)
 		if git.InsideGitRepo() {
 			err = git.RemoteAdd("origin", p.SSHURLToRepo, ".")
 			if err != nil {
@@ -97,6 +99,6 @@ func init() {
 	projectCreateCmd.Flags().StringP("description", "d", "", "description of the new project")
 	projectCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&private, "private", "p", false, "Make project private: visible only to project members")
 	projectCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&public, "public", false, "Make project public: visible without any authentication")
-	projectCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&internal,"internal", false, "Make project internal: visible to any authenticated user (default)")
+	projectCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&internal, "internal", false, "Make project internal: visible to any authenticated user (default)")
 	projectCmd.AddCommand(projectCreateCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/project_create_test.go b/cmd/project_create_test.go
index 63d2e418..6c10e6c5 100644
--- a/cmd/project_create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/project_create_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func Test_projectCreateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Remove(filepath.Join(repo, ".git/config"))
 
 	t.Run("create", func(t *testing.T) {
-		cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "project", "create")
+		cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "project", "create", "-p")
 		cmd.Dir = repo
 
 		b, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func Test_projectCreateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		require.Equal(t, "git@gitlab.com:lab-testing/"+expectedPath+".git\n", string(remote))
 	})
-
 	p, err := lab.FindProject(expectedPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to find project for cleanup"))
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a5ee72fc..7658eb62 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func Execute() {
 
 	if forkedFromRemote == "origin" {
 		// Check if the user fork exists
-		_, err = gitconfig.Local("remote." + lab.User() + ".url")
+		_, err := gitconfig.Local("remote." + lab.User() + ".url")
 		if err == nil {
 			forkRemote = lab.User()
 		}
@@ -287,17 +287,18 @@ func Execute() {
 	// allow flags to the root cmd to be passed through. Technically we'll drop any exit code info which isn't ideal.
 	// TODO: remove for 1.0 when we stop wrapping git
 	if cmd.Use == RootCmd.Use && len(os.Args) > 1 {
-		var hFlaged bool
+		var knownFlag bool
 		for _, v := range os.Args {
-			if v == "--help" {
-				hFlaged = true
+			if v == "--help" || v == "--version" {
+				knownFlag = true
 			}
 		}
-		if !hFlaged {
+		if !knownFlag {
 			git.New(os.Args[1:]...).Run()
 			return
 		}
 	}
+
 	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		// Execute has already logged the error
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/snippet_create.go b/cmd/snippet_create.go
index 03af7fb0..c600b659 100644
--- a/cmd/snippet_create.go
+++ b/cmd/snippet_create.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Optionally add a title & description with -m`,
 			log.Fatal("aborting snippet due to empty msg")
 		}
 
-		visibility := gitlab.InternalVisibility
+		visibility := gitlab.PrivateVisibility
 		switch {
 		case private:
 			visibility = gitlab.PrivateVisibility
diff --git a/cmd/snippet_create_test.go b/cmd/snippet_create_test.go
index 62a3d7b2..a9acf5e6 100644
--- a/cmd/snippet_create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/snippet_create_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func Test_snippetCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	repo := copyTestRepo(t)
-	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "create", "lab-testing",
+	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "create", "-p", "lab-testing",
 		"-m", "snippet title",
 		"-m", "snippet description")
 	cmd.Dir = repo
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func Test_snippetCreate_file(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "lab-testing", "testfile",
+	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "-p", "lab-testing", "testfile",
 		"-m", "snippet title",
 		"-m", "snippet description")
 	cmd.Dir = repo
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func Test_snippetCreate_Global(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	repo := copyTestRepo(t)
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "create", "-g",
+	cmd := exec.Command(labBinaryPath, "snippet", "create", "-p", "-g",
 		"-m", "personal snippet title",
 		"-m", "personal snippet description")
 
diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
index 0e0eebab..3386c26f 100644
--- a/internal/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func New(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 func GitDir() (string, error) {
 	cmd := New("rev-parse", "-q", "--git-dir")
 	cmd.Stdout = nil
+	cmd.Stderr = nil
 	d, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cc57ab5f..a253a0ab 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ func loadConfig() (string, string, string) {
 	viper.AddConfigPath(".")
 	viper.AddConfigPath(confpath)
 	gitDir, err := git.GitDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	if err == nil {
+		viper.AddConfigPath(gitDir)
 	}
-	viper.AddConfigPath(gitDir)
 
 	viper.SetEnvPrefix("LAB")
 	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))