diff --git a/redoGoMod.go b/redoGoMod.go
index 4593b2f..ca9b536 100644
--- a/redoGoMod.go
+++ b/redoGoMod.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 // recreates the go.mod and go.sum files
 
 import (
-	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ func redoGoMod(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		log.Warn("go mod init failed", err)
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// check to see if this is primitive
+	repo.ParseGoSum()
+	if repo.GetGoPrimitive() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if result, err := goTidy(repo.FullPath); err != nil {
 		if tinyFixer(result) {
 			if _, err := goTidy(repo.FullPath); err != nil {
@@ -64,40 +71,13 @@ func redoGoMod(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	repo.GoDeps = nil
-	repo.SetGoPrimitive(false)
-
-	// if there is not a go.sum file, it better be a primitive golang project
-	if !repo.Exists("go.sum") {
-		// todo. fix this logic
-		err := repo.SetPrimitive()
-		if err != nil {
-			// this means this repo does not depend on any other package
-			log.Info("PRIMATIVE repo error:", repo.GetGoPath(), "err =", err)
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// now check if GoPrimitive is true
-	if repo.GetGoPrimitive() {
-		// perfect!
+	// parse the go.mod and go.sum files
+	if repo.ParseGoSum() {
+		// this is primitive
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// well, it's not a primitive and we are still missing the go.sum file
-	if !repo.Exists("go.sum") {
-		// this means something else went wrong!
-		// display the go.mod file and try to figure out what happened
-		// maybe the format of go.mod changed in some future version of golang
-		data, _ := repo.ReadFile("go.mod")
-		log.Info(string(data))
-		return errors.New("missing go.sum file on non-primitive go.mod")
-	}
-
-	repo.GoDeps = new(gitpb.GoDeps)
-	// return the attempt to parse go.sum
-	_, err := repo.ParseGoSum()
-	return err
+	return fmt.Errorf("check.ParseGoSum() failed")
 }
 
 func tinyFixer(result cmd.Status) bool {