diff --git a/cloud/cloud.go b/cloud/cloud.go
index 91400f72..d899c3b2 100644
--- a/cloud/cloud.go
+++ b/cloud/cloud.go
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 func getCloudBaseUrl() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", GetEnvWithDefault(QodanaEndpoint, DefaultEndpoint))
+	return GetEnvWithDefault(QodanaEndpoint, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", DefaultEndpoint))
 }
 
 func getCloudApiBaseUrl() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("https://api.%s", GetEnvWithDefault(QodanaEndpoint, DefaultEndpoint))
+	return GetEnvWithDefault(QodanaEndpoint, fmt.Sprintf("https://api.%s", DefaultEndpoint))
 }
 
 // GetCloudTeamsPageUrl returns the team page URL on Qodana Cloud
@@ -126,20 +126,23 @@ func (client *QdClient) doRequest(path, method string, headers map[string]string
 	if responseErr != nil {
 		return RequestError{Err: responseErr}
 	}
-	defer func(Body io.ReadCloser) {
-		err := Body.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}(resp.Body)
-
-	responseBody, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode < http.StatusMultipleChoices {
-		var data map[string]interface{}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &data); err != nil {
-			return RequestError{Err: err}
+	if resp != nil {
+		defer func(Body io.ReadCloser) {
+			err := Body.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}(resp.Body)
+
+		responseBody, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode < http.StatusMultipleChoices {
+			var data map[string]interface{}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &data); err != nil {
+				return RequestError{Err: err}
+			}
+			return Success{Data: data}
 		}
-		return Success{Data: data}
+		return APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: string(responseBody)}
 	}
-	return APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Message: string(responseBody)}
+	return APIError{StatusCode: 400, Message: "Wrong endpoint"}
 }
diff --git a/cloud/cloud_test.go b/cloud/cloud_test.go
index 8e2747c4..c2a91d6e 100644
--- a/cloud/cloud_test.go
+++ b/cloud/cloud_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ func TestGetProjectByBadToken(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetProjectByStaging(t *testing.T) {
+	err := os.Setenv(QodanaEndpoint, "https://cloud.sssa-stgn.aws.intellij.net")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	token := os.Getenv("QODANA_TOKEN")
+	if token == "" {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+	client := NewQdClient(token)
+	result := client.getProject()
+	switch v := result.(type) {
+	case APIError:
+		if v.StatusCode > http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("Expected status code %d, got %d", http.StatusBadRequest, v.StatusCode)
+		}
+	case RequestError:
+		t.Errorf("Did not expect request error: %v", v)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidateToken(t *testing.T) {
 	client := NewQdClient("kek")
 	if projectName := client.ValidateToken(); projectName != "" {