diff --git a/lib/functions.sh b/lib/functions.sh
index 6c81d7b..bceb34a 100755
--- a/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/lib/functions.sh
@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@ fixPermissions() {
 
 source lib/monitoring.sh
 
-fail_and_report() {
+report_error() {
 	log ERROR "$2"
 	hc_send $1 "$2"
+}
+
+fail_and_report() {
+	report_error $@
 	exit $1
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/update-bridgehead.sh b/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
index 7212d13..636c585 100755
--- a/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
+++ b/lib/update-bridgehead.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ for DIR in /etc/bridgehead $(pwd); do
   old_git_hash="$(git -C $DIR rev-parse --verify HEAD)"
   if [ -z "$HTTP_PROXY_URL" ]; then
     log "INFO" "Git is using no proxy!"
-    git -C $DIR fetch 2>&1
-    git -C $DIR pull 2>&1
+    OUT=$(git -C $DIR fetch 2>&1 && git -C $DIR pull 2>&1)
   else
     log "INFO" "Git is using proxy ${HTTP_PROXY_URL} from ${CONFFILE}"
-    git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR fetch 2>&1
-    git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR pull 2>&1
+    OUT=$(git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR fetch 2>&1 && git -c http.proxy=$HTTP_PROXY_URL -c https.proxy=$HTTPS_PROXY_URL -C $DIR pull 2>&1)
+  fi
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    report_error 1 "Unable to update git $DIR: $OUT"
   fi
   new_git_hash="$(git -C $DIR rev-parse --verify HEAD)"
   if [ "$old_git_hash" != "$new_git_hash" ]; then