diff --git a/bots-common/gitea_utils.go b/bots-common/gitea_utils.go
index 2b392e2..aca4026 100644
--- a/bots-common/gitea_utils.go
+++ b/bots-common/gitea_utils.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func (gitea *GiteaTransport) GetOrganizationRepositories(orgName string) ([]*mod
 		}
 
 		repos = append(repos, ret.Payload...)
+		page++
 	}
 
 	return repos, nil
diff --git a/prjgit-updater/main.go b/prjgit-updater/main.go
index c675110..19267d5 100644
--- a/prjgit-updater/main.go
+++ b/prjgit-updater/main.go
@@ -251,19 +251,41 @@ func verifyProjectState(git *common.GitHandler, orgName string, config *common.A
 	}
 
 	// find all missing repositories, and add them
+	if debugMode {
+		log.Println("checking for missing repositories...")
+	}
 	repos, err := gitea.GetOrganizationRepositories(orgName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-next_repo:
+	if debugMode {
+		log.Println("  nRepos:", len(repos))
+	}
+
+	next_repo:
 	for _, r := range repos {
+		if debugMode {
+			log.Println(" -- checking", r.Name)
+		}
+
 		for _, c := range configs {
 			if c.Organization == orgName && c.GitProjectName == r.Name {
-				break next_repo
+				// ignore project gits
+				break
 			}
 		}
 
+		for repo := range sub {
+			if repo == r.Name {
+				continue next_repo
+			}
+		}
+
+		if debugMode {
+			log.Println(" -- checking repository:", r.Name)
+		}
+
 		if _, err := gitea.GetRecentCommits(orgName, r.Name, config.Branch, 10); err != nil {
 			// assumption that package does not exist, so not part of project
 			// https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/31976
@@ -296,6 +318,10 @@ next_repo:
 		}
 	}
 
+	if debugMode {
+		log.Println("Verification finished for ", orgName, ", config", config.GitProjectName)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }