diff --git a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
index ed24376d06..fff793ec96 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@
     repo: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/fedora_openqa.git # noqa 401
     dest: /root/fedora_openqa
   register: gittools
-  when: "(toolsbranch.stderr.find('Not a git repository') != -1) or (toolsbranch.stdout.find('On branch master') != -1)"
+  # case of the 'n' seems inconstant, so intentionally omitted
+  when: "(toolsbranch.stderr.find('ot a git repository') != -1) or (toolsbranch.stdout.find('On branch master') != -1)"
 
 - name: Check if fedora_openqa is installed for current Python
   command: "pip show fedora_openqa"
diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 9935d96b1c..291d5c89f7 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
   become: true
   become_user: geekotest
   when: >
-    (testsbranch.stderr.find('Not a git repository') != -1) or
+    (testsbranch.stderr.find('ot a git repository') != -1) or
     (testsbranch.stdout.find('On branch master') != -1 and
     testsbranch.stdout.find('Changes not staged') == -1)