diff --git a/src/helpers/git_functions.py b/src/helpers/git_functions.py
index d1bf406..1abccf3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/git_functions.py
+++ b/src/helpers/git_functions.py
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ def get_default_branch(url: str, token: str, logger: logging.Logger) -> str:
         handle_success(f"Repo {url} info was retrieved successfully", logger)
         # Parse the HTML content
         soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
-        if not soup.find('span', {'class': 'css-truncate-target'}).text:
-            handle_error("not able to determine repo default branch - html parser could not find it", logger)
-        return soup.find('span', {'class': 'css-truncate-target'}).text
+        # Debugging print output
+        try:
+            if not soup.find('span', {'class': 'css-truncate-target'}).text:
+                handle_error("not able to determine repo default branch - html parser could not find it", logger)
+            return soup.find('span', {'class': 'css-truncate-target'}).text
+        except AttributeError:  # If unable to parse, just return main as default
+            return "main"
     else:
         handle_error(f"default branch for {url} was not retrieved successfully: HTTP {response.status_code}", logger)