diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46dcc89a..fcbfbb5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added saving settings as system default for new namespaces (#535)
 - Added filtering through branch names in UI (#615)
 - FullLoad pull event handler allows deploying changes with a full import of the repository (#619)
+- Pull and Sync options no longer log a fatal error if remote branch does not exist (#562)
 
 ## [2.7.1] - 2024-11-13
 
diff --git a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
index aafa49c4..3760af50 100644
--- a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
+++ b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
@@ -634,10 +634,15 @@ ClassMethod Pull(remote As %String = "origin", pTerminateOnError As %Boolean = 0
     New %gitSCOutputFlag
     Set %gitSCOutputFlag = 1
     #define Force 1
-    do ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).RunGitCommandWithInput("branch",,.errStream,.outStream,"--show-current")
-    set branchName = outStream.ReadLine(outStream.Size)
+    set branchName = ..GetCurrentBranch()
     write !, "Pulling from branch: ", branchName
     kill errStream, outStream
+    do ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).RunGitCommandWithInput("ls-remote",,.errStream, .outStream, remote, branchName)
+    if (outStream.Read() = "") {
+        write !, "Skipping pull because remote branch does not exist."
+        quit $$$OK
+    } 
+    kill errStream, outStream
     set returnCode = ..RunGitWithArgs(.errStream, .outStream, "pull", remote, branchName)
     write !
     do outStream.OutputToDevice()