diff --git a/newRepo.go b/newRepo.go
index 5933f11..7f0a953 100644
--- a/newRepo.go
+++ b/newRepo.go
@@ -111,20 +111,26 @@ func (r *RepoList) AddRepo(pb *gitpb.Repo) (*RepoRow, error) {
 	})
 
 	newRepo.endBox.NewButton("commit all", func() {
-		if !newRepo.pb.IsUserBranch() {
+		pb := newRepo.pb
+		if pb == nil {
+			log.Info("the protobuf is nil. something went wrong in the forge/gitpb mappings")
+			return
+		}
+		if !pb.IsUserBranch() {
 			log.Log(REPOWARN, "can not commit on non user branch")
 			return
 		}
 		r.reposbox.Disable()
+
 		// restore anything staged so everything can be reviewed
-		newRepo.Status.Run([]string{"git", "restore", "--staged", "."})
+		pb.RunRealtimeVerbose([]string{"git", "restore", "--staged", "."})
 		newRepo.Status.XtermWait("git diff")
 		newRepo.Status.XtermWait("git add --all")
 		newRepo.Status.XtermWait("git commit -a")
 		newRepo.Status.XtermWait("git push")
 		if newRepo.Status.CheckDirty() {
 			// commit was not done, restore diff
-			newRepo.Status.Run([]string{"git", "restore", "--staged", "."})
+			pb.RunRealtimeVerbose([]string{"git", "restore", "--staged", "."})
 		} else {
 			newRepo.NewScan()
 		}