diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.idea/compiler.xml b/services/git-bridge/.idea/compiler.xml
index ca4e0c0cae..13e26ea226 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       </profile>
     </annotationProcessing>
     <bytecodeTargetLevel>
-      <module name="writelatex-git-bridge" target="1.7" />
+      <module name="writelatex-git-bridge" target="1.8" />
     </bytecodeTargetLevel>
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.idea/encodings.xml b/services/git-bridge/.idea/encodings.xml
index b26911bd02..c0bce70846 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/.idea/encodings.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/.idea/encodings.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="Encoding">
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="PROJECT" charset="UTF-8" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/.idea/misc.xml b/services/git-bridge/.idea/misc.xml
index e04d97a9fa..dfca8c47e5 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -10,5 +10,33 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="false" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK" />
+  <component name="ProjectLevelVcsManager" settingsEditedManually="false">
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Add" />
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Remove" />
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Checkout" />
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Update" />
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Status" />
+    <OptionsSetting value="true" id="Edit" />
+    <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
+    <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="masterDetails">
+    <states>
+      <state key="ProjectJDKs.UI">
+        <settings>
+          <last-edited>1.8</last-edited>
+          <splitter-proportions>
+            <option name="proportions">
+              <list>
+                <option value="0.2" />
+              </list>
+            </option>
+          </splitter-proportions>
+        </settings>
+      </state>
+    </states>
+  </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
index 0c09457bdc..c90de0062a 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <compilerArgument></compilerArgument>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/WLBridgedProject.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/WLBridgedProject.java
index cf56ca6082..9fc2b694c4 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/WLBridgedProject.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/WLBridgedProject.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class WLBridgedProject {
         } catch (InvalidProjectException e) {
             throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(name);
         } catch (SnapshotPostException e) {
-            throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(name);
+            throw new ServiceMayNotContinueException(e.getDescriptionLines().get(0), e);
         } catch (GitAPIException e) {
             throw new ServiceMayNotContinueException(e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
index 9c08c80468..5df4b78884 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_7" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/resources" type="java-test-resource" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
     </content>
-    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="1.8" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.7" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.7" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2" level="project" />