diff --git a/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs b/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
index c0da2f26..c0c06fb4 100644
--- a/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
+++ b/cargo-near/src/commands/new/mod.rs
@@ -96,17 +96,28 @@ impl NewContext {
             ));
         }
 
-        let status = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        // let status = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        let child = std::process::Command::new("git")
             .arg("commit")
             .arg("-m")
             .arg("init")
             .current_dir(project_dir)
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .status()?;
-        if !status.success() {
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            // .stdout(Stdio::null())
+            // .stderr(Stdio::null())
+            // .status()?;
+            .spawn()?;
+        // if !status.success() {
+        //     return Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!(
+        //         "Failed to execute process: `git commit -m init`"
+        //     ));
+        // }
+        let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
             return Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!(
-                "Failed to execute process: `git commit -m init`"
+                "Failed to execute process: `cargo update`"
             ));
         }