diff --git a/public/gitea_webhook.php b/public/gitea_webhook.php
index 9e2b40f2..df220816 100644
--- a/public/gitea_webhook.php
+++ b/public/gitea_webhook.php
@@ -6,32 +6,28 @@ try {
 
     // check for POST request
     if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
-        error_log('FAILED - not POST - '. $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - not POST - '. $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
     }
     
     // get content type
     $content_type = isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE']) ? strtolower(trim($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'])) : '';
     
     if ($content_type != 'application/json') {
-        error_log('FAILED - not application/json - '. $content_type);
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - not application/json - '. $content_type);
     }
     
     // get payload
     $payload = trim(file_get_contents("php://input"));
     
     if (empty($payload)) {
-        error_log('FAILED - no payload');
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - no payload');
     }
     
     // get header signature
     $header_signature = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_GITEA_SIGNATURE']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_X_GITEA_SIGNATURE'] : '';
     
     if (empty($header_signature)) {
-        error_log('FAILED - header signature missing');
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - header signature missing');
     }
     
     // calculate payload signature
@@ -39,8 +35,7 @@ try {
     
     // check payload signature against header signature
     if ($header_signature !== $payload_signature) {
-        error_log('FAILED - payload signature');
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - payload signature');
     }
     
     // convert json to array
@@ -48,8 +43,7 @@ try {
     
     // check for json decode errors
     if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
-        error_log('FAILED - json decode - '. json_last_error());
-        exit();
+        throw new \Exception('FAILED - json decode - '. json_last_error());
     }
     
     exec('sudo git pull origin dev --rebase 2>&1', $result);