diff --git a/mite/api.go b/mite/api.go
index 32ce6ef..a3f85fd 100644
--- a/mite/api.go
+++ b/mite/api.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package mite
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 )
 
 const userAgent = "mite-go/0.1 (+github.com/leanovate/mite-go)"
@@ -13,12 +16,38 @@ type MiteApi interface {
 	TimeEntries(params *TimeEntryParameters) ([]TimeEntry, error)
 }
 
-type defaultApi struct {
+type miteApi struct {
 	url    string
 	key    string
 	client *http.Client
 }
 
 func NewMiteApi(url string, key string) MiteApi {
-	return &defaultApi{url: url, key: key, client: &http.Client{}}
+	return &miteApi{url: url, key: key, client: &http.Client{}}
+}
+
+func (a *miteApi) get(resource string, result interface{}) error {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", a.url, resource), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.Header.Add("X-MiteApiKey", a.key)
+	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", userAgent)
+
+	res, err := a.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = res.Body.Close() }()
+
+	return json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(result)
+}
+
+func (a *miteApi) getParametrized(resource string, values url.Values, result interface{}) error {
+	u := &url.URL{}
+	u.Path = resource
+	u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
+
+	return a.get(u.String(), result)
 }
diff --git a/mite/project.go b/mite/project.go
index 45909cb..1983f1e 100644
--- a/mite/project.go
+++ b/mite/project.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package mite
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 )
 
 type Project struct {
@@ -12,22 +10,9 @@ type Project struct {
 	Note string
 }
 
-func (a *defaultApi) Projects() ([]Project, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", a.url, "projects.json"), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	req.Header.Add("X-MiteApiKey", a.key)
-	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", userAgent)
-
-	res, err := a.client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer func() { _ = res.Body.Close() }()
-
+func (a *miteApi) Projects() ([]Project, error) {
 	prs := []ProjectResponse{}
-	err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&prs)
+	err := a.get("projects.json", &prs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/mite/service.go b/mite/service.go
index 8b622bd..5841a2f 100644
--- a/mite/service.go
+++ b/mite/service.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package mite
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 )
 
 type Service struct {
@@ -12,22 +10,9 @@ type Service struct {
 	Note string
 }
 
-func (a *defaultApi) Services() ([]Service, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", a.url, "services.json"), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	req.Header.Add("X-MiteApiKey", a.key)
-	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", userAgent)
-
-	res, err := a.client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer func() { _ = res.Body.Close() }()
-
+func (a *miteApi) Services() ([]Service, error) {
 	srs := []ServiceResponse{}
-	err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&srs)
+	err := a.get("services.json", &srs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/mite/time_entry.go b/mite/time_entry.go
index b2eb75b..937f658 100644
--- a/mite/time_entry.go
+++ b/mite/time_entry.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package mite
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ type TimeEntryParameters struct {
 	Direction *Direction
 }
 
-func (a *defaultApi) TimeEntries(params *TimeEntryParameters) ([]TimeEntry, error) {
+func (a *miteApi) TimeEntries(params *TimeEntryParameters) ([]TimeEntry, error) {
 	values := url.Values{}
 	if params != nil {
 		if params.From != nil {
@@ -49,27 +47,8 @@ func (a *defaultApi) TimeEntries(params *TimeEntryParameters) ([]TimeEntry, erro
 		}
 	}
 
-	u, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", a.url, "time_entries.json"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	req.Header.Add("X-MiteApiKey", a.key)
-	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", userAgent)
-
-	res, err := a.client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer func() { _ = res.Body.Close() }()
-
 	ter := []TimeEntryResponse{}
-	err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&ter)
+	err := a.getParametrized("time_entries.json", values, &ter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}