diff --git a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-overwrite.go b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-overwrite.go
index fa6b4f59..e2df86df 100644
--- a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-overwrite.go
+++ b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-overwrite.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func bumpVersionOverwrite(targetRepo string, targetFile string, file string, git
 	ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger = log.WithFields(log.Fields{}) // TODO what fields should be here?
 
 	defaultBranch, _ := ghPrClientDetails.GetDefaultBranch()
-	initialFileContent, err, statusCode := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
+	initialFileContent, statusCode, err := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
 	if statusCode == 404 {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Infof("File %s was not found\n", targetFile)
 	} else if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-regex.go b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-regex.go
index 0e9fa25e..fc3d50f1 100644
--- a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-regex.go
+++ b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-regex.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func bumpVersionRegex(targetRepo string, targetFile string, regex string, replac
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(regex)
 	defaultBranch, _ := ghPrClientDetails.GetDefaultBranch()
 
-	initialFileContent, err, _ := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
+	initialFileContent, _, err := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Errorf("Fail to fetch file content:%s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-yaml.go b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-yaml.go
index 7642662c..c130b775 100644
--- a/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-yaml.go
+++ b/cmd/telefonistka/bump-version-yaml.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func bumpVersionYaml(targetRepo string, targetFile string, address string, value
 
 	defaultBranch, _ := ghPrClientDetails.GetDefaultBranch()
 
-	initialFileContent, err, _ := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
+	initialFileContent, _, err := githubapi.GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, targetFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Errorf("Fail to fetch file content:%s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
index 4a0929bc..bf75c41c 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/githubapi/github.go
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ func ApprovePr(approverClient *github.Client, ghPrClientDetails GhPrClientDetail
 }
 
 func GetInRepoConfig(ghPrClientDetails GhPrClientDetails, defaultBranch string) (*cfg.Config, error) {
-	inRepoConfigFileContentString, err, _ := GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, "telefonistka.yaml")
+	inRepoConfigFileContentString, _, err := GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails, defaultBranch, "telefonistka.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Errorf("Could not get in-repo configuration: err=%s\n", err)
 		return nil, err
@@ -1020,18 +1020,23 @@ func GetInRepoConfig(ghPrClientDetails GhPrClientDetails, defaultBranch string)
 	return c, err
 }
 
-func GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails GhPrClientDetails, branch string, filePath string) (string, error, int) {
+func GetFileContent(ghPrClientDetails GhPrClientDetails, branch string, filePath string) (string, int, error) {
 	rGetContentOps := github.RepositoryContentGetOptions{Ref: branch}
 	fileContent, _, resp, err := ghPrClientDetails.GhClientPair.v3Client.Repositories.GetContents(ghPrClientDetails.Ctx, ghPrClientDetails.Owner, ghPrClientDetails.Repo, filePath, &rGetContentOps)
-	prom.InstrumentGhCall(resp)
 	if err != nil {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Errorf("Fail to get file:%s\n%v\n", err, resp)
-		return "", err, resp.StatusCode
+		if resp == nil {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		prom.InstrumentGhCall(resp)
+		return "", resp.StatusCode, err
+	} else {
+		prom.InstrumentGhCall(resp)
 	}
 	fileContentString, err := fileContent.GetContent()
 	if err != nil {
 		ghPrClientDetails.PrLogger.Errorf("Fail to serlize file:%s\n", err)
-		return "", err, resp.StatusCode
+		return "", resp.StatusCode, err
 	}
-	return fileContentString, nil, resp.StatusCode
+	return fileContentString, resp.StatusCode, nil
 }