diff --git a/check_update.py b/check_update.py
index 176e7592a..bb108c978 100644
--- a/check_update.py
+++ b/check_update.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from get_general_settings import *
 
 import git
-
-g = git.cmd.Git(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-g.pull('origin ' + branch + ' --dry-run')
-
-print g
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+import subprocess
+print subprocess.check_output(["git", "pull", '--dry-run', '--quiet', 'origin', branch], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)