diff --git a/lib/core/subprocessng.py b/lib/core/subprocessng.py
index 097413b64..58491e790 100644
--- a/lib/core/subprocessng.py
+++ b/lib/core/subprocessng.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def setNonBlocking(fd):
         flags = flags | os.O_NONBLOCK
         fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_SETFL, flags)
 
-def pollProcess(process):
+def pollProcess(process, suppress_errors=False):
     while True:
         dataToStdout(".")
         time.sleep(1)
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ def pollProcess(process):
         returncode = process.poll()
 
         if returncode is not None:
-            if returncode == 0:
-                dataToStdout(" done\n")
-            elif returncode < 0:
-                dataToStdout(" process terminated by signal %d\n" % returncode)
-            elif returncode > 0:
-                dataToStdout(" quit unexpectedly with return code %d\n" % returncode)
+            if not suppress_errors:
+                if returncode == 0:
+                    dataToStdout(" done\n")
+                elif returncode < 0:
+                    dataToStdout(" process terminated by signal %d\n" % returncode)
+                elif returncode > 0:
+                    dataToStdout(" quit unexpectedly with return code %d\n" % returncode)
 
             break
diff --git a/lib/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index 0a40b9995..732d3b491 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -35,15 +35,21 @@ def update():
     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
     dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] update in progress " % time.strftime("%X"))
-    process = execute("git pull %s" % rootDir, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-    pollProcess(process)
-    stdout, _ = process.communicate()
+    process = execute("gita pull %s" % rootDir, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+    pollProcess(process, True)
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
 
     if not process.returncode:
         logger.info("%s the latest revision '%s'" % ("already at" if "Already" in stdout else "updated to", REVISION))
+    else:
+        logger.error("update could not be completed (%s)" % repr(stderr))
+
+        if IS_WIN:
+            infoMsg = "for Windows platform it's recommended "
+            infoMsg += "to use a GitHub for Windows client for updating "
+            infoMsg += "purposes (http://windows.github.com/)"
+        else:
+            infoMsg = "for Linux platform it's recommended "
+            infoMsg += "to use a standard 'git' package (e.g.: 'sudo apt-get install git')"
 
-    if IS_WIN:
-        infoMsg = "for Windows platform it's recommended "
-        infoMsg += "to use a GitHub for Windows client for updating "
-        infoMsg += "purposes (http://windows.github.com/)"
         logger.info(infoMsg)