diff --git a/doPatch.go b/doPatch.go
index 8d5b7d4..b13bd82 100644
--- a/doPatch.go
+++ b/doPatch.go
@@ -103,33 +103,28 @@ func doPatch() error {
 		var changed bool
 		newpatches := forgepb.NewPatches()
 		for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
-			log.Info(pset.Uuid)
+			pset.PrintTable()
 			for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-				if setNewCommitHash(patch) {
-					changed = true
+				if err := setNewCommitHash(patch); err != nil {
+					log.Infof("%s bad check on patch failure %v\n", patch.Filename, err)
+					return err
 				}
-				if patch.NewHash == "na" {
-					newpatches.Append(patch)
-					log.Info("apply this patch?")
-				}
-			}
-
-			/*
-				for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-					if repo, ok := me.forge.IsPatchApplied(patch); ok {
-						log.Info("\tfound patch in repo", repo.Namespace, patch.Filename)
+				changed = true
+				if patch.NewHash == "" {
+					if newpatches.AppendByPatchId(patch) {
+						log.Info("patchId added here", patch.PatchId)
 					} else {
-						log.Info("\tdid not find patch", patch.CommitHash, patch.NewHash, patch.Filename)
+						log.Info("patchId already here", patch.PatchId)
 					}
 				}
-			*/
+			}
 		}
 		if changed {
 			if err := me.forge.SavePatchsets(); err != nil {
 				log.Warn("savePatchsets() failed", err)
 			}
 		}
-		me.forge.Patchsets.PrintTable()
+		newpatches.PrintTable()
 		if newpatches.Len() != 0 {
 			for patch := range newpatches.IterAll() {
 				log.Info("new patch:", patch.CommitHash, patch.NewHash, patch.Filename)
diff --git a/helperPatches.go b/helperPatches.go
index bfc36f7..6bfd4c1 100644
--- a/helperPatches.go
+++ b/helperPatches.go
@@ -173,52 +173,35 @@ func findCommitBySubject(subject string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // returns true if PB changed
-func setNewCommitHash(patch *forgepb.Patch) bool {
-	// parts := strings.Fields(patch.Comment)
-
+func setNewCommitHash(patch *forgepb.Patch) error {
 	repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
 	if repo == nil {
-		log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
-		return false
+		return log.Errorf("could not find repo %s", patch.Namespace)
 	}
 
 	comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
 
-	if patch.NewHash == "" {
-		log.Info("init() new patch to 'na' ", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
-		patch.NewHash = "na"
-		return true
+	if patch.NewHash != "" {
+		return nil
 	}
 	os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
 	newhash, err := findCommitBySubject(comment)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment, newhash, err)
-		return false
+		return log.Errorf("patch: not found hash: %s %s %s %s %v", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment, newhash, err)
 	}
 	if patch.NewHash == newhash {
 		// patch was already set
-		return false
+		return nil
 	}
-	if patch.NewHash != "na" {
+	if patch.NewHash != "" {
 		log.Infof("patch: hash MISMATCH %s old=%s new=%s name=%s\n", patch.Namespace, patch.NewHash, newhash, comment)
-		return false
+		return nil
 	}
 	patch.NewHash = newhash
 	log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.CommitHash, newhash, patch.Namespace, comment)
-	return true
+	return nil
 }
 
-/*
-func setNewCommitHashLoop(p *forgepb.Set) bool {
-	var done bool = true
-	for patch := range p.Patches.IterAll() {
-		setNewCommitHashLoop(patch)
-	}
-
-	return done
-}
-*/
-
 func AddAllPatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Set, full bool) {
 	for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
 		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
@@ -251,7 +234,7 @@ func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Set, full bool) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if patch.NewHash != "na" {
+		if patch.NewHash != "" {
 			log.Info("already applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -301,7 +284,7 @@ func findExpired() *forgepb.Patches {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if patch.NewHash != "na" {
+		if patch.NewHash != "" {
 			log.Info("already applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
 			found.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
 			continue
diff --git a/windowPatches.go b/windowPatches.go
index a7d40b5..40f96de 100644
--- a/windowPatches.go
+++ b/windowPatches.go
@@ -117,11 +117,8 @@ func applyPatchLabel(p *forgepb.Patch) string {
 		// log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
 		return ""
 	}
-	if p.NewHash == "na" {
-		return "git am"
-	}
 	if p.NewHash == "" {
-		return "new"
+		return "git am"
 	}
 	return "done"
 }