diff --git a/approval/approval.go b/approval/approval.go
index b673dfb..c1b8d85 100644
--- a/approval/approval.go
+++ b/approval/approval.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func Register(name string, f Func) error {
 
 func Lookup(name string) (Func, error) {
 	log.Debug("approvalMap has",approvalMap)
-	log.Debug("looking for '%s'\n",name)
+	log.Debugf("looking for '%s'\n",name)
 	f, ok := approvalMap[strings.ToLower(name)]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown Approval Algorithm %s", name)
diff --git a/remote/github/github.go b/remote/github/github.go
index d042b82..b317021 100644
--- a/remote/github/github.go
+++ b/remote/github/github.go
@@ -441,6 +441,17 @@ func (g *Github) GetPullRequestsForCommit(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, sha *str
 		log.Debug("current pr ==", *pr)
 		log.Debug("combined status ==",*status)
 
+		combinedState := *status.State
+		if combinedState == "success" {
+			log.Debug("overall status is success -- checking to see if all status checks returned success")
+			for _, v := range status.Statuses {
+				log.Debugf("status check %s returned %s",*v.Context, *v.State)
+				if *v.State != "success" {
+					log.Debugf("setting combined status check to %s",*v.State)
+					combinedState = *v.State
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		out[k] = model.PullRequest{
 			Issue: model.Issue{
 				Number: *v.Number,
@@ -449,7 +460,7 @@ func (g *Github) GetPullRequestsForCommit(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, sha *str
 			},
 			Branch:  model.Branch {
 				Name: *pr.Head.Ref,
-				BranchStatus: *status.State,
+				BranchStatus: combinedState,
 				Mergeable: mergeable,
 
 			},