diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 7970508d4..3791f55b5 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ parts:
     - qttools5-dev
     override-pull: |
       craftctl default
-      if [ ! -f latest-subsurface-buildnumber ]; then
-        git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/subsurface/nightly-builds.git branch-for-$( git rev-parse HEAD )
+      if [ ! -f latest-subsurface-buildnumber ] \
+         && git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/subsurface/nightly-builds.git branch-for-$( git rev-parse HEAD ); then
         git checkout FETCH_HEAD latest-subsurface-buildnumber
         # We succeeded getting the release version, allow publishing above `beta`
         craftctl set grade=stable