diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Util.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Util.java
index eb10ca5ca1..b9f57b90db 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Util.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Util.java
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.util;
 
 import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.application.SSLConfig;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -152,4 +149,17 @@ public class Util {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String fromStream(InputStream in) throws IOException
+    {
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
+        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
+        String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+        String line;
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            out.append(line);
+            out.append(newLine);
+        }
+        return out.toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
index 9f1deba36e..526b1a608a 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.test.server.MockSnapshotServer;
 import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.test.state.SnapshotAPIState;
 import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.test.state.SnapshotAPIStateBuilder;
 import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.test.util.FileUtil;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.util.Util;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 /**
  * Created by Winston on 11/01/15.
@@ -62,8 +60,9 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
         Process git = runtime.exec("git clone http://127.0.0.1:33857/testproj.git", null, dir);
         int exitCode = git.waitFor();
         wlgb.stop();
+        File testprojDir = new File(dir, "testproj");
         assertEquals(0, exitCode);
-        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneARepository/state/testproj"), new File(dir, "testproj").toPath()));
+        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneARepository/state/testproj"), testprojDir.toPath()));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -81,14 +80,16 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
         Process git2 = runtime.exec("git clone http://127.0.0.1:33858/testproj2.git", null, dir);
         int exitCode2 = git2.waitFor();
         wlgb.stop();
+        File testproj1Dir = new File(dir, "testproj1");
+        File testproj2Dir = new File(dir, "testproj2");
         assertEquals(0, exitCode1);
-        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneMultipleRepositories/state/testproj1"), new File(dir, "testproj1").toPath()));
+        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneMultipleRepositories/state/testproj1"), testproj1Dir.toPath()));
         assertEquals(0, exitCode2);
-        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneMultipleRepositories/state/testproj2"), new File(dir, "testproj2").toPath()));
+        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canCloneMultipleRepositories/state/testproj2"), testproj2Dir.toPath()));
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void canPullADeletedTexFile() throws IOException, GitAPIException {
+    public void canPullADeletedTexFile() throws IOException, GitAPIException, InterruptedException {
         MockSnapshotServer server = new MockSnapshotServer(3860, getResource("/canPullADeletedTexFile").toFile());
         server.start();
         server.setState(states.get("canPullADeletedTexFile").get("base"));
@@ -96,22 +97,26 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
                 makeConfigFile(33860, 3860)
         });
         wlgb.run();
-        folder.create();
-        File git = folder.newFolder();
-        Git base = Git.cloneRepository()
-                .setURI("http://127.0.0.1:33860/testproj.git")
-                .setDirectory(git)
-                .call();
-        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canPullADeletedTexFile/base/testproj"), git.toPath()));
+        File dir = folder.newFolder();
+        Process gitBase = runtime.exec("git clone http://127.0.0.1:33860/testproj.git", null, dir);
+        int exitCodeBase = gitBase.waitFor();
+        File testprojDir = new File(dir, "testproj");
+        assertEquals(0, exitCodeBase);
+        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canPullADeletedTexFile/base/testproj"), testprojDir.toPath()));
         server.setState(states.get("canPullADeletedTexFile").get("withDeletedTexFile"));
-        base.pull().call();
-        base.close();
+        Process gitWithDeletedTexFile = runtime.exec("git pull", null, testprojDir);
+        int exitCodeWithDeletedTexFile = gitWithDeletedTexFile.waitFor();
         wlgb.stop();
-        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canPullADeletedTexFile/withDeletedTexFile/testproj"), git.toPath()));
+        assertEquals(0, exitCodeWithDeletedTexFile);
+        assertTrue(FileUtil.gitDirectoriesAreEqual(getResource("/canPullADeletedTexFile/withDeletedTexFile/testproj"), testprojDir.toPath()));
     }
 
+
+    private static final String EXPECTED_OUT_PROTECTED =
+            "Cloning into 'protected'...\n" +
+            "fatal: remote error: Your project is protected, and can't be cloned (yet).\n";
     @Test
-    public void cannotCloneAProtectedProject() throws IOException, GitAPIException {
+    public void cannotCloneAProtectedProject() throws IOException, GitAPIException, InterruptedException {
         MockSnapshotServer server = new MockSnapshotServer(3861, getResource("/cannotCloneAProtectedProject").toFile());
         server.start();
         server.setState(states.get("cannotCloneAProtectedProject").get("state"));
@@ -119,21 +124,13 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
                 makeConfigFile(33861, 3861)
         });
         wlgb.run();
-        folder.create();
-        File git = folder.newFolder();
-        try {
-            Git.cloneRepository()
-                    .setURI("http://127.0.0.1:33861/protected.git")
-                    .setDirectory(git)
-                    .call()
-                    .close();
-        } catch (TransportException e) {
-            assertEquals("http://127.0.0.1:33861/protected.git: Your project is protected, and can't be cloned (yet).", e.getMessage());
-            return;
-        } finally {
-            wlgb.stop();
-        }
-        fail();
+        File dir = folder.newFolder();
+        Process git = runtime.exec("git clone http://127.0.0.1:33861/protected.git", null, dir);
+        String output = Util.fromStream(git.getErrorStream());
+        int exitCode = git.waitFor();
+        assertEquals(128, exitCode);
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_OUT_PROTECTED, output);
+        wlgb.stop();
     }
 
     private String makeConfigFile(int port, int apiPort) throws IOException {