diff --git a/command/pr_create.go b/command/pr_create.go
index 8f635e306..ec816658e 100644
--- a/command/pr_create.go
+++ b/command/pr_create.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func prCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if err = git.Push(remote, fmt.Sprintf("HEAD:%s", head)); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("was not able to push to remote '%s': %s", remote, err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	title, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("title")
diff --git a/git/git.go b/git/git.go
index 2f8764241..4dff19ed2 100644
--- a/git/git.go
+++ b/git/git.go
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ func UncommittedChangeCount() (int, error) {
 }
 
 func Push(remote string, ref string) error {
-	cmd := GitCommand("push", "--set-upstream", remote, ref)
-	return cmd.Run()
+	pushCmd := GitCommand("push", "--set-upstream", remote, ref)
+	return utils.PrepareCmd(pushCmd).Run()
 }
 
 type BranchConfig struct {