diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 93df2e4..aef2b96 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ static int commit(int argc, char** argv) {
         for (size_t idx = 0; idx < files->len; idx++) {
             BaseFileInfo* base_file = base_file_buffer_search(base_files, files->items[idx]);
             if (!base_file) {
+                printf("this is a basefile as it should be\n");
                 BaseFileInfo info = (BaseFileInfo){.base_num = 0, .diff_num = 0, .name = strdup(files->items[idx])};
                 base_file_buffer_push(base_files, info);
                 // Compress the files content and put it into the object database
@@ -604,8 +605,8 @@ static int commit(int argc, char** argv) {
         }
 
         for (size_t idx = 0; idx < tree->len; idx++) {
-            ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->hash = strdup(flat_map_get(file_hash_map, ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->name));
-            printf("%s: %s\n", ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->name, ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->hash);
+            char* hash = flat_map_get(file_hash_map, ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->name);
+            if (hash) ((FileInfo*)tree->items + idx)->hash = strdup(hash);
         }
 
         char tree_hash[41];