diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9b3b180e..60f7d85e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ if (window.location.host.endsWith('8bitworkshop.com')) {
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css">
 <script src="bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
 <script src="bootstrap/js/bootbox.all.min.js"></script>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap-tourist/bootstrap-tourist.min.css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap-tourist/bootstrap-tourist.css">
 <script src="bootstrap-tourist/bootstrap-tourist.js"></script>
 
 <script src="src/codemirror/codemirror.js"></script>
diff --git a/src/services.ts b/src/services.ts
index 0c42543c..568326a9 100644
--- a/src/services.ts
+++ b/src/services.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface GHSession extends GHRepoMetadata {
   repo : any;		// [repo object]
   tree? : any;		// [tree object]
   head? : any;		// [head ref]
+  commit?: any;		// after commit()
   paths? : string[];
 }
 
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ export class GithubService {
     });
   }
   
-  commitPush( ghurl:string, message:string, files:{path:string,data:FileData}[] ) : Promise<GHSession> {
+  commit( ghurl:string, message:string, files:{path:string,data:FileData}[] ) : Promise<GHSession> {
     var sess : GHSession;
     return this.getGithubHEADTree(ghurl).then( (session) => {
       sess = session;
@@ -303,10 +304,17 @@ export class GithubService {
           sess.head.object.sha
         ]
       });
+    }).then( (commit1) => {
+      return sess.repo.commits(commit1.sha).fetch();
     }).then( (commit) => {
-      return sess.head.update({
-        sha: commit.sha
-      });
+      sess.commit = commit;
+      return sess;
+    });
+  }
+
+  push(sess:GHSession) : Promise<GHSession> {
+    return sess.head.update({
+      sha: sess.commit.sha
     }).then( (update) => {
       return sess;
     });
diff --git a/src/ui.ts b/src/ui.ts
index d1f2ab51..e6277f27 100644
--- a/src/ui.ts
+++ b/src/ui.ts
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ function getGithubService() {
 function getBoundGithubURL() : string {
   var toks = (repo_id||'').split('/');
   if (toks.length != 2) {
-    alertError("You are not in a GitHub repository. Choose Import or Publish first.");
+    alertError("You are not in a GitHub repository. Choose one from the pulldown, or Import or Publish one.");
     return null;
   }
   return 'https://github.com/' + toks[0] + '/' + toks[1];
@@ -525,7 +525,9 @@ function pushChangesToGithub(message:string) {
   setWaitDialog(true);
   return getGithubService().login().then( () => {
     setWaitProgress(0.5);
-    return getGithubService().commitPush(ghurl, message, files);
+    return getGithubService().commit(ghurl, message, files);
+  }).then( (sess) => {
+    return getGithubService().push(sess);
   }).then( (sess) => {
     setWaitDialog(false);
     alertInfo("Pushed files to " + ghurl);
@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@ function populateRepos(sel) {
 }
 
 function populateFiles(sel:JQuery, category:string, prefix:string, callback:() => void) {
-  store.keys(function(err, keys : string[]) {
+  store.keys().then( (keys:string[]) => {
     var foundSelected = false;
     var numFound = 0;
     if (!keys) keys = [];
@@ -804,10 +806,10 @@ function populateFiles(sel:JQuery, category:string, prefix:string, callback:() =
 function updateSelector() {
   var sel = $("#preset_select").empty();
   if (!repo_id) {
+    populateRepos(sel);
     // normal: populate local and shared files
     populateFiles(sel, "Local Files", "local/", () => {
       populateFiles(sel, "Shared", "shared/", () => {
-        populateRepos(sel);
         populateExamples(sel);
         sel.css('visibility','visible');
       });
diff --git a/test/cli/testgithub.js b/test/cli/testgithub.js
index 416cf265..3c254468 100644
--- a/test/cli/testgithub.js
+++ b/test/cli/testgithub.js
@@ -107,10 +107,13 @@ describe('Store', function() {
       for (var i=0; i<256; i++)
         binfile[i] = i;
       var files = [
-        {path:'text.txt', data:'hello world'},
+        {path:'text.txt', data:'hello world ' + Math.random()},
         {path:'data.bin', data:binfile}
       ];
-      gh.commitPush('https://github.com/pzpinfo/testrepo3', 'test commit', files).then( (sess) => {
+      gh.commit('https://github.com/pzpinfo/testrepo3', 'test commit', files).then( (sess) => {
+        return gh.push(sess);
+      }).then( (sess) => {
+        console.log(sess.commit);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Store', function() {
       var files = [
         {path:'text.txt', data:'hello world'}
       ];
-      gh.commitPush('https://github.com/brovador/NESnake/tree/master/src', 'test commit', files)
+      gh.commit('https://github.com/brovador/NESnake/tree/master/src', 'test commit', files)
       .catch( (e) => {
         console.log(e);
         assert.equal(e, 'Sorry, right now you can only commit files to the root directory of a repository.');