diff --git a/services/git-monitor b/services/git-monitor
index 7b37016..40d0047 100755
--- a/services/git-monitor
+++ b/services/git-monitor
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ run_after() {
 initialize_repos() {
   while read -r REPO_NAME REPO_URL; do
     if [ ! -d "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME" ]; then
-      log_message "INFO" "Repository directory does not exist. Cloning..."
-      mkdir -p "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH"
+      log_message "INFO" "Repository directory $REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REOP_NAME does not exist. Cloning..."
+      mkdir -p "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME"
       git clone --depth 1 "$REPO_URL" "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME"
       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         log_message "ERROR" "Failed to clone repository. Exiting."
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ create_lock
 
 log_message "INFO" "Git monitor started."
 
-initialize_repo
+initialize_repos
 
 while true; do
   while read -r $REPO_NAME $REPO_URL; do
     check_for_updates $REPO_NAME
-    run_after "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME/.git-monitor_after.sh"
+    if [ -f "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME/.git-monitor_after.sh" ]; then
+      run_after "$REPO_LOCAL_PATH/$REPO_NAME/.git-monitor_after.sh"
+    fi
   done < $REPO_URLS
   sleep "$POLL_INTERVAL"
 done