diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHook.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHook.java
index 24979f8ec3..4137a9240d 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHook.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHook.java
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ public class WriteLatexPutHook implements PreReceiveHook {
       } catch (OutOfDateException e) {
         Log.error("OutOfDateException on pre receive", e);
         receiveCommand.setResult(Result.REJECTED_NONFASTFORWARD);
+      } catch (WrongBranchException | ForcedPushException e) {
+        Log.warn("User push rejected on pre receive: {}", e.getMessage());
+        handleSnapshotPostException(receivePack, receiveCommand, e);
       } catch (GitUserException e) {
         Log.error("GitUserException on pre receive", e);
         handleSnapshotPostException(receivePack, receiveCommand, e);
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHookTest.java b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHookTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71746e06bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/git/handler/hook/WriteLatexPutHookTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.git.handler.hook;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+import ch.qos.logback.core.read.ListAppender;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceiveCommand;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceiveCommand.Result;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.application.GitBridgeApp;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.Bridge;
+import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.bridge.repo.RepoStore;
+
+public class WriteLatexPutHookTest {
+
+  private WriteLatexPutHook hook;
+  private ReceivePack receivePack;
+  private ReceiveCommand receiveCommand;
+  private Bridge bridge;
+  private RepoStore repoStore;
+  private ListAppender<ILoggingEvent> listAppender;
+  private Logger logger;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    bridge = mock(Bridge.class);
+    repoStore = mock(RepoStore.class);
+    hook = new WriteLatexPutHook(repoStore, bridge, "localhost", Optional.empty());
+
+    receivePack = mock(ReceivePack.class);
+    receiveCommand = mock(ReceiveCommand.class);
+    Repository repository = mock(Repository.class);
+    when(receivePack.getRepository()).thenReturn(repository);
+    when(repository.getDirectory()).thenReturn(new File("/tmp/test-repo/.git"));
+
+    logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitBridgeApp.class);
+    listAppender = new ListAppender<>();
+    listAppender.start();
+    logger.addAppender(listAppender);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void teardown() {
+    logger.detachAppender(listAppender);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void wrongBranchIsRejected() {
+    when(receiveCommand.getRefName()).thenReturn("refs/heads/feature-branch");
+
+    hook.onPreReceive(receivePack, Collections.singletonList(receiveCommand));
+
+    verify(receiveCommand).setResult(eq(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON), anyString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void wrongBranchIsLoggedAtWarnNotError() {
+    when(receiveCommand.getRefName()).thenReturn("refs/heads/feature-branch");
+
+    hook.onPreReceive(receivePack, Collections.singletonList(receiveCommand));
+
+    List<ILoggingEvent> events = listAppender.list;
+    boolean hasWarnLog =
+        events.stream()
+            .anyMatch(
+                e ->
+                    e.getLevel() == Level.WARN && e.getFormattedMessage().contains("wrong branch"));
+    boolean hasErrorLog =
+        events.stream()
+            .anyMatch(
+                e ->
+                    e.getLevel() == Level.ERROR
+                        && e.getFormattedMessage().contains("GitUserException"));
+    assertTrue("Expected a WARN log for WrongBranchException", hasWarnLog);
+    assertFalse("Expected no ERROR log for WrongBranchException", hasErrorLog);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void forcedPushIsRejected() {
+    when(receiveCommand.getRefName()).thenReturn("refs/heads/master");
+    when(receiveCommand.getType()).thenReturn(ReceiveCommand.Type.UPDATE_NONFASTFORWARD);
+
+    hook.onPreReceive(receivePack, Collections.singletonList(receiveCommand));
+
+    verify(receiveCommand).setResult(eq(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON), anyString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void forcedPushIsLoggedAtWarnNotError() {
+    when(receiveCommand.getRefName()).thenReturn("refs/heads/master");
+    when(receiveCommand.getType()).thenReturn(ReceiveCommand.Type.UPDATE_NONFASTFORWARD);
+
+    hook.onPreReceive(receivePack, Collections.singletonList(receiveCommand));
+
+    List<ILoggingEvent> events = listAppender.list;
+    boolean hasWarnLog =
+        events.stream()
+            .anyMatch(
+                e ->
+                    e.getLevel() == Level.WARN
+                        && e.getFormattedMessage().contains("forced push prohibited"));
+    boolean hasErrorLog =
+        events.stream()
+            .anyMatch(
+                e ->
+                    e.getLevel() == Level.ERROR
+                        && e.getFormattedMessage().contains("GitUserException"));
+    assertTrue("Expected a WARN log for ForcedPushException", hasWarnLog);
+    assertFalse("Expected no ERROR log for ForcedPushException", hasErrorLog);
+  }
+}