diff --git a/src/push.rs b/src/push.rs
index c2e355b..a1a2a79 100644
--- a/src/push.rs
+++ b/src/push.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,58 @@
-use std::process::Command;
+use std::process::{exit, Command};
 
 use chrono::Utc;
 
-use crate::{config::Config, utils::log_success};
+use crate::{
+	config::Config,
+	utils::{log_error, log_process, log_success},
+};
 
 pub fn main(message: Option<String>) {
 	let message = message.unwrap_or_else(|| Utc::now().format("pi - %d/%m/%Y %H:%M").to_string());
+	let timestamp = Utc::now().timestamp();
+	let suffix = format!("pi-{timestamp}");
+	let tag = Config::get_local()
+		.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+			log_error(
+				"no config file found.\nPlease initialize with 'pi init <path> <identifier>'",
+			);
+			exit(1)
+		})
+		.identifier()
+		.to_string()
+		+ &suffix;
 
 	// commit
+	log_process("committing changes");
 	Command::new("git")
 		.args(["commit", "-m", &message])
 		.status()
-		.unwrap();
+		.unwrap()
+		.success()
+		.then_some(())
+		.unwrap_or_else(|| exit(1));
 
 	// push
 	Command::new("git").arg("push").status().unwrap();
 
 	// tag
-	let timestamp = Utc::now().timestamp();
-	let suffix = format!("pi-{timestamp}");
-	let tag = Config::get_local().unwrap().identifier().to_string() + &suffix;
+	log_process("tagging");
 	Command::new("git")
 		.args(["tag", "-a", &tag, "-m", ""])
 		.status()
-		.unwrap();
+		.unwrap()
+		.success()
+		.then_some(())
+		.unwrap_or_else(|| exit(1));
 
 	// push tag
 	Command::new("git")
 		.args(["push", "--follow-tags"])
 		.status()
-		.unwrap();
+		.unwrap()
+		.success()
+		.then_some(())
+		.unwrap_or_else(|| exit(1));
 
 	log_success(&format!("pushed with tag '{tag}'"));
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index e93f060..c09bbe3 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@ fn format_variable(input: &str) -> String {
 		color::Fg(color::Reset),
 	)
 }
+
+pub fn log_error(input: impl AsRef<str>) {
+	let input = input.as_ref();
+	log_pi_prefix();
+	println!("error: {input}");
+}