diff --git a/currentVersions.go b/currentVersions.go
index 20d9aee..682d582 100644
--- a/currentVersions.go
+++ b/currentVersions.go
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitDescribeByHash(hash string) (string, error) {
 	if hash == "" {
 		return "", errors.New("hash was blank")
 	}
-	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", hash})
+	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", hash})
 	out := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("not in a git repo or bad hash?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
-		return out, err
+		// log.Warn("not in a git repo or bad hash?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
+		return "gitpb err", err
 	}
 	return out, err
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitVersionByName(name string) (string, error) {
 
 	if name == "" {
 		// git will return the current tag
-		r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always"})
+		r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags"})
 		output := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Log(WARN, "gitDescribeByName() output might have worked anyway:", output)
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitVersionByName(name string) (string, error) {
 		// log.Log(WARN, "LocalTagExists()", name, "did not exist")
 		return "", errors.New("gitDescribeByName() git fatal: Not a valid object name: " + name)
 	}
-	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", name}
+	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", name}
 	result, err := repo.RunQuiet(cmd)
 	output := strings.Join(result.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "cmd =", cmd)
-		log.Log(WARN, "err =", err)
-		log.Log(WARN, "output (might have worked with error?) =", output)
-		log.Log(WARN, "not in a git repo or bad tag?", repo.GetGoPath())
+		//log.Log(WARN, "cmd =", cmd)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "err =", err)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "output (might have worked with error?) =", output)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "not in a git repo or bad tag?", repo.GetGoPath())
 		return "", result.Error
 	}
 
diff --git a/reload.go b/reload.go
index 12786f4..5613f6c 100644
--- a/reload.go
+++ b/reload.go
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ func (repo *Repo) ReloadCheck() error {
 	if !repo.DidRepoChange() {
 		return nil
 	}
-	// f.configSave = true
 	err := repo.Reload()
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return log.Errorf("gitpb.ReloadCheck() detected a change in the repo")
 }
 
 // TODO: clean this up more, but it is working now more or less
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(bname string) bool {
 		// log.Info(r.FullPath, "local devel == remote devel", lh, rh)
 		return true
 	} else {
-		log.Info(repo.FullPath, bname, "local != remote", lh, rh)
+		log.Info(lh, rh, "local != remote", repo.FullPath, bname)
 	}
 	return false
 }
@@ -109,11 +111,13 @@ func (repo *Repo) setCurrentBranchVersion() {
 		log.Info("repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion() repo == nil")
 		return
 	}
-	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always"})
+	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags"})
 	output := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() not in a git repo?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
-		log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() output might have worked anyway:", output)
+		// log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() not in a git repo?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
+		// log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() output might have worked anyway:", output)
+		repo.CurrentBranchVersion = "gitpb err"
+		return
 	}
 	repo.CurrentBranchVersion = strings.TrimSpace(output)
 }