diff --git a/app/jobs/commit_job.rb b/app/jobs/commit_job.rb
index b48dae88..ed44425a 100644
--- a/app/jobs/commit_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/commit_job.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ def fetch_commits(repo, user, round, duration)
     rescue Github::Error::NotFound
       # repository moved or deleted means we no longer care about this repos.
       repo.destroy
+    rescue Github::Error::UnavailableForLegalReasons
+      # repository permission invoked.
+      repo.destroy
     rescue Github::Error::Unauthorized
       # Auth token issue or Access has been denied OR Rate limit hit.
 
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 64901b56..7949753e 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def score_commits(round = nil)
     engine = ScoringEngine.new(self)
 
     _commits = self.commits.where(auto_score: nil)
-    _commite = _commits.where(round: round) if round
+    _commits = _commits.where(round: round) if round
 
     _commits.each do |commit|
       if commit.message =~ PULL_REQ_MERGE_REGX
diff --git a/app/models/scoring_engine.rb b/app/models/scoring_engine.rb
index 5ea8abed..3ae0856d 100644
--- a/app/models/scoring_engine.rb
+++ b/app/models/scoring_engine.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ def fetch_repo
       # Default git pull will pull 'origin/master'. We need to handle the case 
       # that repository has no master!
       # Rollbar#14 
-      self.git = Git.open(repo_dir).tap do |g| 
-        branch = g.branches.local.first.name # usually 'master'
-        remote = g.config["branch.#{branch}.remote"] # usually just 'origin'
-        g.pull(remote, branch)
-      end
+      self.git = Git.open(repo_dir) 
+      branch = self.git.branches.local.first.name # usually 'master'
+      remote = self.git.config["branch.#{branch}.remote"] # usually just 'origin'
+      self.git.pull(remote, branch)
     else
       self.git = Git.clone(repo.ssh_url, repo.id, path: Rails.root.join(config[:repositories]).to_s)
     end
+    self.git
   end
 
   def comments_score(commit)