diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 354a430..ae8d3b7 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^README\.Rmd$
+^.github$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0cdf77d..fcc88a6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: ghqc.app
 Title: Create QC Checklists in Github Issues
-Version: 0.1.4
+Version: 0.1.5
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jenna", "Johnson", email = "jenna@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Anne", "Zheng", email = "anne@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut")),
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Devin", "Pastoor", email = "devin@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut")),
     person("Wes", "Cummings", email = "wes@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut")))
 Description: A QC tool with 3 major functions: creation and management of QC log, creation and management of QC record, perform semi-automated QC tasks.
-License: GPL (>= 3)
+License: GPL (>= 3) + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 381dcb7..02ccf0d 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ importFrom(fs,dir_ls)
 importFrom(fs,is_dir)
 importFrom(fs,is_file)
 importFrom(gert,git_ahead_behind)
+importFrom(gert,git_fetch)
 importFrom(gert,git_status)
 importFrom(glue,glue)
 importFrom(jsTreeR,jstree)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7b971e8..29ba988 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# ghqc.app 0.1.5
 
-# ghqc.app (beta version)
+- Fixes bug in assign and resolve apps - error checking did not catch remote changes to the directory because checks did not git fetch first
 
 # ghqc.app 0.1.4
 
@@ -16,25 +17,16 @@
 
 # ghqc.app 0.1.1
 
-# Minor bug fixes
-
 - In the case when someone sets the standard gh environment variable GITHUB_API_URL, each app checks if this URL matches the actual set remote URL. The function that gets the GITHUB_API_URL did not explicitly return a value.
 
 - Small grammar fix in error message from apps in the case that the checklists directory isn't in the cloned info repo.
 
-
-# ghqc.app (development version)
-
 # ghqc.app 0.0.0.9011
 
-## Minor improvements
-
 - rename ghqc to ghqc.app and ghqc.launcher to ghqc
 
 # ghqc 0.0.0.9010
 
-## Minor improvements
-
 - terminology changed to match GitHub terminology like "Issue" and "Milestone"
 
 - git commit terminology changed from "reference" and "comparator" to "previous" and "current", respectively
diff --git a/R/app_01_assign_server.R b/R/app_01_assign_server.R
index 78b5aae..eae7465 100644
--- a/R/app_01_assign_server.R
+++ b/R/app_01_assign_server.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #' @importFrom log4r warn error info debug
 #' @importFrom shinyjs enable disable addClass removeClass delay
 #' @importFrom waiter Waiter spin_1 spin_2 waiter_hide
-#' @importFrom gert git_ahead_behind git_status
+#' @importFrom gert git_status
 #' @importFrom rprojroot find_rstudio_root_file
 NULL
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ return "<div><strong>" + escape(item.username) + "</div>"
         {
           file_names <- sapply(qc_items(), function(x) x$name)
           uncommitted_git_files <- git_status()$file
-          git_sync_status <- git_ahead_behind()
+          git_sync_status <- check_ahead_behind()
           untracked_selected_files <- Filter(function(file) check_if_qc_file_untracked(file), file_names)
 
           issues_in_milestone <- tryCatch(
diff --git a/R/app_02_resolve_server.R b/R/app_02_resolve_server.R
index 6f7e2ea..925c906 100644
--- a/R/app_02_resolve_server.R
+++ b/R/app_02_resolve_server.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' @importFrom dplyr %>%
 #' @importFrom log4r warn error info debug
 #' @importFrom purrr map_df
-#' @importFrom gert git_status git_ahead_behind
+#' @importFrom gert git_status
 NULL
 
 ghqc_resolve_server <- function(id, remote, org, repo, milestone_list) {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ ghqc_resolve_server <- function(id, remote, org, repo, milestone_list) {
         {
           req(issue_parts()$issue_title)
           uncommitted_git_files <- git_status()$file
-          git_sync_status <- git_ahead_behind()
+          git_sync_status <- check_ahead_behind()
           untracked_selected_files <- Filter(function(file) check_if_qc_file_untracked(file), issue_parts()$issue_title)
           commit_update_status <- check_if_updates_since_init(all_commits())
         },
diff --git a/R/app_03_record_server.R b/R/app_03_record_server.R
index 0fe25bf..1567dd6 100644
--- a/R/app_03_record_server.R
+++ b/R/app_03_record_server.R
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 #' @importFrom shinyjs enable disable addClass removeClass
 #' @importFrom log4r warn error info debug
 #' @importFrom purrr map_df
-#' @importFrom gert git_status git_ahead_behind
 #' @importFrom shinyjs enable disable addClass removeClass delay
 #' @importFrom waiter Waiter spin_1 spin_2 waiter_hide
-#' @importFrom gert git_ahead_behind git_status
 #' @importFrom rprojroot find_rstudio_root_file
 NULL
 
diff --git a/R/error.R b/R/error.R
index dba8e83..6383898 100644
--- a/R/error.R
+++ b/R/error.R
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ check_if_updates_since_init <- function(commits_df) {
     rlang::abort(e$message)
   })
 }
+
+#' @importFrom gert git_ahead_behind git_fetch
+check_ahead_behind <- function() {
+  fetch <- git_fetch(prune = TRUE) # need to fetch first to see if there are changes to be pulled (behind = 0)
+  git_ahead_behind()
+}