diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13d4eb8..def1638 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ include:
     file: 'lib/gitlab-ci.yml'
 ```
 
-The including CI configuration has to provide a `CI_ACCESS_TOKEN` that can push to the repo.
+The project including the CI configuration has to provide the variable `CI_ACCESS_TOKEN`. It must contain  a project access token that can push to the repo.
diff --git a/update b/update
index 056fdab..e9eb3b8 100755
--- a/update
+++ b/update
@@ -8,20 +8,24 @@ update() {
   
   curl --silent -k -o "${dst}" "${url}/export/txt"
   status="$?"
-  
   if [ ${status} -ne 0 ]; then
-  	echo "Failed to get pad at ${url}"
-  else
-  	git -C "${gitdir}" add "${dst}"
-  	changes=$(git -C "${gitdir}" diff --cached | wc -l)
-  	if [ "$changes" -gt 0 ]; then
-  		git -C "${gitdir}" commit -m "Updated: ${dst} from ${url}"
-  	else
-  		echo "Nothing changed for ${url}"
-  	fi
+    echo "Failed to get pad at ${url}"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  newlength="$(wc -l ${dst})"
+  if [ "$newlength" -lt 3 ]
+  then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  git -C "${gitdir}" add "${dst}"
+  changes=$(git -C "${gitdir}" diff --cached | wc -l)
+  if [ "$changes" -gt 0 ]; then
+    git -C "${gitdir}" commit -m "Updated: ${dst} from ${url}"
+  else
+    echo "Nothing changed for ${url}"
   fi
-  
-  git -C "${gitdir}" reset --hard HEAD
 }
 
 if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
@@ -33,4 +37,5 @@ fi
 while read -r pad
 do
   update "$pad"
+  git -C "${gitdir}" reset --hard HEAD
 done