diff --git a/history/revision.go b/history/revision.go
index 74759c3..c5a6041 100644
--- a/history/revision.go
+++ b/history/revision.go
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ func (stream *recentChangesStream) next(n int) []Revision {
 		// currHash is the last revision from the last call, so skip it
 		args = append(args, "--skip=1", stream.currHash)
 	}
-	// I don't think this can fail, so ignore the error
-	res, _ := gitLog(args...)
+	res, err := gitLog(args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	if len(res) != 0 {
 		stream.currHash = res[len(res)-1].Hash
 	}