diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index bbb396169..f3c697b0d 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ int parse_file(const char *filename)
 	int ret;
 
 	git = is_git_repository(filename, &branch, NULL);
+	if (strstr(filename, "https://cloud.subsurface-divelog.org/git")
+	    && git == dummy_git_repository)
+		/* opening the cloud storage repository failed for some reason
+		 * give up here and don't send errors about git repositories */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (git && !git_load_dives(git, branch))
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/git-access.h b/git-access.h
index c0ff93d40..e1b72d100 100644
--- a/git-access.h
+++ b/git-access.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef GITACCESS_H
 #define GITACCESS_H
 
+#include "git2.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #else