diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index 3224b7bff418b45f889aff49d3fe25a4d27e6ea1..f16791dca2a7ba227a1d1821a094e754e90c9035 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         elif log_errors:
             if exit_status in (127, 128) or 'fatal:' in output:
-                logger.log("{0} returned : ({1}) {2}".format(cmd, exit_status, str(output) or str(err)), logger.WARNING)
+                logger.log("{0} returned : ({1}) {2}".format(cmd, exit_status, str(output or err)), logger.WARNING)
             else:
                 logger.log("{0} returned code {1}, treating as error : {2}"
-                           .format(cmd, exit_status, str(output) or str(err)), logger.ERROR)
+                           .format(cmd, exit_status, str(output or err)), logger.ERROR)
                 exit_status = 1
 
         return output, err, exit_status