diff --git a/bashrc_add b/bashrc_add
index a53a366..5f403f3 100755
--- a/bashrc_add
+++ b/bashrc_add
@@ -85,19 +85,25 @@ EOF
 
     ckrepo () {
         # check if remote repo is reachable
-        if [ ${MSC_GIT_SYNC-$MSC_GIT_REPO_UPDATE} -a $(stat --printf %Y ${MSC_GIT_UPD_REPO_STATFILE}  2>/dev/null || echo 0 ) \
+        if ${MSC_GIT_SYNC-$MSC_GIT_REPO_UPDATE}; then
+
+            if [ $(stat --printf %Y ${MSC_GIT_UPD_REPO_STATFILE}  2>/dev/null || echo 0 ) \
                 -lt $(date --date="${MSC_GIT_REPO_UPDATE_INTERVALL-${MSC_GIT_REPO_UPDATE_INTERVALL_DEFAULT}} hours ago" "+%s") ]; then
-            logwarn "check if reachable"
-            if $( timeout --foreground "${MSC_GIT_TIMEOUT-$MSC_GIT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT}"  $SGIT ls-remote >/dev/null  2>&1) ;then 
-                logwarn "reachable"
-                return 0
-            else 
-                logwarn "not reachable"
-                return 1
+                logwarn "check if reachable"
+                if $( timeout --foreground "${MSC_GIT_TIMEOUT-$MSC_GIT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT}"  $SGIT ls-remote >/dev/null  2>&1) ;then 
+                    logwarn "reachable"
+                    return 0
+                else 
+                    logwarn "not reachable"
+                    return 3
+                fi
+            else
+                logwarn "sync-intervall not reached"
+                return 2
             fi
         else
             logwarn "no sync allowed from config" >&2
-            return 0
+            return 1
         fi
 
     }