diff --git a/updater.js b/updater.js
index 5932fbb..570bae6 100644
--- a/updater.js
+++ b/updater.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ util.inherits(Updater, events.EventEmitter);
 Updater.prototype.getVersion = function(callback) {
     require('./util').doshell_promise("git describe --dirty=! --match='v*.*.*'", {cwd : __dirname, silent: true})
         .then(function(data) {
-            parts = data.split('-');
+	    parts = data.split('-');
             if(parts.length === 1) {
 		var versionString = parts[0].trim();
 	    } else {
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Updater.prototype.getVersion = function(callback) {
             callback(null, this.version);
         }.bind(this))
         .catch(function(e) {
-            log.error(e);
             fs.readFile('version.json', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
                 if(err) {
                     return callback(null, this.version);
diff --git a/util.js b/util.js
index 30a30d0..f41c32b 100644
--- a/util.js
+++ b/util.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function doshell(command, callback){
  * If the command fails (nonzero error code) the promise rejects with all the stderr data from the process.
  */
 function doshell_promise(command, options) {
-    deferred = Q.defer();
+    var deferred = Q.defer();
     options = options || {};
 
     if(!options.silent) {