diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cdd1ab3d3..5c9645ca4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -736,7 +736,6 @@
       "version": "3.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-VT0ZI6kZRdTh8YyJw3SMbYm/u+NqfsAxEpWO0Pf9sq8/e94WxxOpPKx9FR1FlyCtOVDNOQ+8ntlqFxiRc+r5qA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "color-convert": "^1.9.0"
       }
@@ -1178,10 +1177,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "chalk": {
-      "version": "2.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ObN6h1v2fTJSmUXoS3nMQ92LbDK9be4TV+6G+omQlGJFdcUX5heKi1LZ1YnRMIgwTLEj3E24bT6tYni50rlCfQ==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "2.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Mti+f9lpJNcwF4tWV8/OrTTtF1gZi+f8FqlyAdouralcFWFQWF2+NgCHShjkCb+IFBLq9buZwE1xckQU4peSuQ==",
       "requires": {
         "ansi-styles": "^3.2.1",
         "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
@@ -1274,7 +1272,6 @@
       "version": "1.9.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-1.9.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-mjGanIiwQJskCC18rPR6OmrZ6fm2Lc7PeGFYwCmy5J34wC6F1PzdGL6xeMfmgicfYcNLGuVFA3WzXtIDCQSZxQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "color-name": "^1.1.1"
       }
@@ -1282,8 +1279,7 @@
     "color-name": {
       "version": "1.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-p9BVi9icQveV3UIyj3QIMcpTvCU=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-p9BVi9icQveV3UIyj3QIMcpTvCU="
     },
     "combined-stream": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
@@ -1637,8 +1633,7 @@
     "escape-string-regexp": {
       "version": "1.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ="
     },
     "escodegen": {
       "version": "1.11.1",
@@ -2911,8 +2906,7 @@
     "has-flag": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0="
     },
     "has-symbols": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -4420,7 +4414,7 @@
     },
     "mkdirp": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
@@ -6163,7 +6157,6 @@
       "version": "5.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-zjaXglF5nnWpsq470jSv6P9DwPvgLkuapYmfDm3JWOm0vkNTVF2tI4UrN2r6jH1qM/uc/WtxYY1hYoA2dOKj5w==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "has-flag": "^3.0.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b73ed46e8..7466083bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/typicode/husky#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "cosmiconfig": "^5.2.1",
     "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "get-stdin": "^7.0.0",
     "is-ci": "^2.0.0",
+    "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.2",
     "pkg-dir": "^4.2.0",
     "please-upgrade-node": "^3.1.1",
     "read-pkg": "^5.1.1",
     "run-node": "^1.0.0",
-    "slash": "^3.0.0",
-    "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.2"
+    "slash": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/cosmiconfig": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/src/installer/bin.ts b/src/installer/bin.ts
index bf3f189f5..d0da0092d 100644
--- a/src/installer/bin.ts
+++ b/src/installer/bin.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import isCI from 'is-ci'
 import path from 'path'
 import debug from '../debug'
@@ -34,6 +35,6 @@ try {
     uninstall(absoluteGitDir, huskyDir)
   }
 } catch (error) {
-  console.log(error.message.trim())
-  console.log(`husky > Failed to ${action}`)
+  console.log(chalk.red(error.message.trim()))
+  console.log(chalk.red(`husky > Failed to ${action}`))
 }
diff --git a/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts b/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
index edf35b953..91689620c 100644
--- a/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
+++ b/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ export default function(): {
   topLevel: string
   absoluteGitDir: string
 } {
-  let result
-  try {
-    result = execa.sync('git', [
-      'rev-parse',
-      '--show-toplevel',
-      '--absolute-git-dir'
-    ])
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw new Error(error.stderr)
-  }
+  const result = execa.sync('git', [
+    'rev-parse',
+    '--show-toplevel',
+    '--absolute-git-dir'
+  ])
 
   const [topLevel, absoluteGitDir] = result.stdout
     .trim()