diff --git a/tasks/hpublish b/tasks/hpublish
index fdf7f5cd6..eb645add8 100755
--- a/tasks/hpublish
+++ b/tasks/hpublish
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 if [[ $HOST = "YiMac.local" ]]; then
     cd $HOME/Sites/webroot
-    git pull
+    git co master
+    [[ ! $? ]] && { exit 1 }
+    git pull 
+    [[ ! $? ]] && { exit 1 }
     ./tasks/recompile
     if git status | grep 'nothing to commit'>/dev/null 2>&1; then 
     else