diff --git a/Git/Project.cs b/Git/Project.cs
index 1acda0c..0e9437e 100644
--- a/Git/Project.cs
+++ b/Git/Project.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public void Init(string repository)
             if (!Directory.Exists(GitPath)) Directory.CreateDirectory(GitPath);
             if (!File.Exists(Path.Join(GitPath, ".git", "config"))) RunCommand($"init");
 
-            RunCommand($"config remove-section remote.origin");
+            RunCommandIgnoreErrors($"config remove-section remote.origin");
             RunCommand($"remote add origin --mirror=fetch {repository}");
         }
 
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ public void SetBranchRef(string branch, string reference)
             RunCommand($"branch -f {branch} {reference}");
         }
 
+        void RunCommandIgnoreErrors(string arguments)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                RunCommand(arguments);
+            }
+            catch (ApplicationException)
+            {
+                // We are deliberately ignoring errors; RunCommand will have already printed them
+            }
+        }
+
         void RunCommand(string arguments)
         {
             foreach (var line in GetCommandOutput(arguments, true))