diff --git a/gertty/sync.py b/gertty/sync.py
index 0c91998..dcc86f4 100644
--- a/gertty/sync.py
+++ b/gertty/sync.py
@@ -474,11 +474,7 @@ class SyncChangeTask(Task):
             for remote_commit, remote_revision in remote_change.get('revisions', {}).items():
                 revision = session.getRevisionByCommit(remote_commit)
                 # TODO: handle multiple parents
-                if 'git' in remote_revision['fetch']:
-                    ref = remote_revision['fetch']['git']['ref']
-                    url = remote_revision['fetch']['git']['url']
-                    auth = False
-                elif 'anonymous http' in remote_revision['fetch']:
+                if 'anonymous http' in remote_revision['fetch']:
                     ref = remote_revision['fetch']['anonymous http']['ref']
                     url = remote_revision['fetch']['anonymous http']['url']
                     auth = False
@@ -494,14 +490,16 @@ class SyncChangeTask(Task):
                     ref = remote_revision['fetch']['ssh']['ref']
                     url = remote_revision['fetch']['ssh']['url']
                     auth = False
+                elif 'git' in remote_revision['fetch']:
+                    ref = remote_revision['fetch']['git']['ref']
+                    url = remote_revision['fetch']['git']['url']
+                    auth = False
                 else:
                     if len(remote_revision['fetch']):
-                        errMessage = 'Don\'t know how to download changes. ' \
-                        'Server offered these schemes, but Gertty doesn\'t support any of them: %s' \
-                                % ', '.join(remote_revision['fetch'].keys())
+                        errMessage = "No supported fetch method found.  Server offers: %s" % (
+                            ', '.join(remote_revision['fetch'].keys()))
                     else:
-                        errMessage = 'The server is missing the download-commands plugin. ' \
-                                'Don\'t know how to download revisions.'
+                        errMessage = "The server is missing the download-commands plugin."
                     raise Exception(errMessage)
                 if (not revision) or self.force_fetch:
                     fetches[url].append('+%(ref)s:%(ref)s' % dict(ref=ref))