diff --git a/src/github.js b/src/github.js
index 431047a760ce0506003d0d08cebd5b7b00c60ff6..1d726856ba51e3610f8699986639f88e19ab283d 100644
--- a/src/github.js
+++ b/src/github.js
@@ -56,14 +56,9 @@ module.exports = {
       console.error('Error checking if PR already existed');
     });
   },
-  getFile: function(filePath, branchName) {
-    branchName = branchName || config.baseBranch;
-    return ghGot(`repos/${config.repoName}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branchName}`, {
-      token: config.token,
-    });
-  },
+  getFile: getFile,
   getFileContents: function(filePath, branchName) {
-    return this.getFile(filePath, branchName).then(res => {
+    return getFile(filePath, branchName).then(res => {
       return JSON.parse(new Buffer(res.body.content, 'base64').toString());
     });
   },
@@ -98,3 +93,10 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
 };
+
+function getFile(filePath, branchName) {
+  branchName = branchName || config.baseBranch;
+  return ghGot(`repos/${config.repoName}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branchName}`, {
+    token: config.token,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index e2dfe0f6509b8b3055cb2397eb0fdad1c7c69856..1dcc25649ff1bd4a828764609987f1632e302256 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -22,18 +22,25 @@ if (process.argv.length < 3 || process.argv.length > 4) {
 // Process command line arguments
 const repoName = process.argv[2];
 const userName = repoName.split('/')[0];
-const packageFile = process.argv[3] || 'package.json';
+const packageFile = process.argv[3] || 'package.json';;
 
 npm.init(config.verbose);
 
 let basePackageJson;
 
-github.init(token, repoName, config.baseBranch, config.verbose).then(() => {
-  // Get the base package.json
-  return github.getFileContents(packageFile);
-})
+github.init(token, repoName, config.baseBranch, config.verbose)
+.then(getPackageFile)
 .then(npm.getAllDependencyUpgrades)
-.then((upgrades) => {
+.then(processUpgradesSequentially)
+.catch(err => {
+  console.log('updateDependency error: ' + err);
+});
+
+function getPackageFile() {
+  return github.getFileContents(packageFile);
+}
+
+function processUpgradesSequentially(upgrades) {
   if (config.verbose) {
     console.log('All upgrades: ' + JSON.stringify(upgrades));
   }
@@ -45,9 +52,7 @@ github.init(token, repoName, config.baseBranch, config.verbose).then(() => {
       return updateDependency(upgrade.depType, upgrade.depName, upgrade.currentVersion, upgrade.nextVersion);
     });
   }, Promise.resolve());
-}).catch(err => {
-  console.log('updateDependency error: ' + err);
-});
+}
 
 function updateDependency(depType, depName, currentVersion, nextVersion) {
   const nextVersionMajor = semver.major(nextVersion);