diff --git a/git/git.go b/git/git.go
index 748678f98c315d5e0b7cb09ad74268805867a490..074cbf83b8c94abcf7ed14886f96d62ffe463616 100644
--- a/git/git.go
+++ b/git/git.go
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ func (r *Repo) LatestFile(path string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	f, err := c.File(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", err
 	}
 	content, err := f.Contents()
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", err
 	}
 	return content, nil
 }
diff --git a/tui/session.go b/tui/session.go
index 648307358c4cefc8a2cd9ffe512d08780be8eaa0..78ed852cddbea2cceee98d2015aac07b18c58e52 100644
--- a/tui/session.go
+++ b/tui/session.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ func SessionHandler(reposPath string, repoPoll time.Duration) func(ssh.Session)
 	}
 	appCfg, err := loadConfig(rs)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("cannot load config: %s", err)
-		}
+		log.Printf("cannot load config: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	return func(s ssh.Session) (tea.Model, []tea.ProgramOption) {
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@ func SessionHandler(reposPath string, repoPoll time.Duration) func(ssh.Session)
 			}
 			cfg, err := loadConfig(rs)
 			if err != nil {
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("cannot load config: %s", err)
-				}
+				log.Printf("cannot load config: %s", err)
 			}
 			appCfg = cfg
 			log.Printf("Repo bubble loaded in %s", time.Since(ct))
@@ -70,11 +66,11 @@ func loadConfig(rs *git.RepoSource) (*Config, error) {
 	cfg.RepoSource = rs
 	cr, err := rs.GetRepo("config")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot load config repo: %s", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	cs, err := cr.LatestFile("config.json")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot load config.json: %s", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(cs), cfg)
 	if err != nil {