diff --git a/bots-common/listen.go b/bots-common/listen.go
index f87bd2a..571cc70 100644
--- a/bots-common/listen.go
+++ b/bots-common/listen.go
@@ -230,15 +230,14 @@ func ProcessRabbitMQEvents(listenDefs ListenDefinitions, orgs []string) error {
 
 			log.Println("org:", org, "type:", reqType)
 			if handler, found := listenDefs.Handlers[reqType]; found {
-				log.Println("handler found", handler)
 				h, err := CreateRequestHandler()
 				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("Cannot create request handler: %v\n", err)
+					log.Println("Cannot create request handler", err)
 					continue
 				}
 				req, err := ParseRequestJSON(reqType, msg.Body)
 				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("Error parsing request JSON: %v\n", err)
+					log.Println("Error parsing request JSON:", err)
 					continue
 				} else {
 					log.Println("processing req", req.Type)
diff --git a/prjgit-updater/main.go b/prjgit-updater/main.go
index c6c79c2..16004e0 100644
--- a/prjgit-updater/main.go
+++ b/prjgit-updater/main.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func processRepositoryAction(h *common.RequestHandler) error {
 	for _, config := range configs {
 		if config.GitProjectName == action.Repository.Name {
 			h.StdLogger.Println("+ ignoring repo event for PrjGit repository", config.GitProjectName)
+			return nil
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ func processPushAction(h *common.RequestHandler) error {
 	for _, config := range configs {
 		if config.GitProjectName == action.Repository.Name {
 			h.StdLogger.Println("+ ignoring push to PrjGit repository", config.GitProjectName)
+			return nil
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ func processConfiguredPushAction(h *common.RequestHandler, action *common.PushWe
 		}
 	}
 
-	h.StdLogger.Println("push of refs not on the main branch. ignoring.")
+	h.StdLogger.Println("push of refs the configured branch", config.Branch, ". ignoring.")
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -268,12 +270,13 @@ next_repo:
 		for _, c := range configs {
 			if c.Organization == orgName && c.GitProjectName == r.Name {
 				// ignore project gits
-				break
+				continue next_repo
 			}
 		}
 
 		for repo := range sub {
 			if repo == r.Name {
+				// not missing
 				continue next_repo
 			}
 		}
@@ -282,17 +285,17 @@ next_repo:
 			log.Println(" -- checking repository:", r.Name)
 		}
 
-		if _, err := gitea.GetRecentCommits(orgName, r.Name, config.Branch, 10); err != nil {
+		if _, err := gitea.GetRecentCommits(orgName, r.Name, config.Branch, 1); err != nil {
 			// assumption that package does not exist, so not part of project
 			// https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/31976
-			break
+			continue
 		}
 
 		// add repository to git project
-		common.PanicOnError(git.GitExec(config.GitProjectName, "submodule", "--quiet", "add", "--depth", "1", r.SSHURL))
+		common.PanicOnError(git.GitExec(config.GitProjectName, "submodule", "--quiet", "add", "--depth", "1", r.SSHURL, r.Name))
 
 		if len(config.Branch) > 0 {
-			common.PanicOnError(git.GitExec(path.Join(config.GitProjectName, r.Name), "fetch", "--depth", "1", "origin", config.Branch))
+			common.PanicOnError(git.GitExec(path.Join(config.GitProjectName, r.Name), "fetch", "--depth", "1", "origin", config.Branch+":"+config.Branch))
 			common.PanicOnError(git.GitExec(path.Join(config.GitProjectName, r.Name), "checkout", config.Branch))
 		}