diff --git a/ansible_taskrunner/libs/providers/ansible.py b/ansible_taskrunner/libs/providers/ansible.py
index 7c6cada..9e94d79 100644
--- a/ansible_taskrunner/libs/providers/ansible.py
+++ b/ansible_taskrunner/libs/providers/ansible.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def invoke_bastion_mode(self, bastion_settings, invocation, remote_command, kwar
                 sys.exit(1)                
         logger.info('Checking for locally changed files ...')
         if loc_is_git:
-            cmd = 'git diff-index --name-only HEAD -- && git ls-files --others --exclude-standard'
+            cmd = '''(git diff-index HEAD --name-status | awk '$1 != "D" {print $2}') && git ls-files --others --exclude-standard'''
             local_changed = os.popen(cmd).readlines()
         else:
             # If local path is not a git repo then
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def invoke_bastion_mode(self, bastion_settings, invocation, remote_command, kwar
                 sys.exit(1)
         else:
             to_sync = list(set(local_changed))
+        logger.debug('Files to sync: %s' % ' '.join(to_sync))
         if len(to_sync) > 0:
             logger.info("Performing sync to %s ..." % remote_dir)
         for path in to_sync:
diff --git a/ansible_taskrunner/libs/sshutil/sync.py b/ansible_taskrunner/libs/sshutil/sync.py
index 73b6fcc..dce665f 100644
--- a/ansible_taskrunner/libs/sshutil/sync.py
+++ b/ansible_taskrunner/libs/sshutil/sync.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 try:
     import paramiko
     from paramiko import SSHClient, ssh_exception
+    from libs.sshutil.scp import SCPException
 except ImportError as e:
     print('Error in %s ' % os.path.basename(self_file_name))
     print('Failed to import at least one required module')
@@ -49,12 +50,15 @@ def create_parent_dirs(self, remote_path):
                 self.sftp_obj.stat(directory)
 
     def to_remote(self, local_path, remote_path):
-        logger.debug("Lcl Sync Target {}".format(local_path))
-        logger.debug("Rmt Sync Target {}".format(remote_path))
+        logger.debug("Loc Sync Target {}".format(local_path))
+        logger.debug("Rem Sync Target {}".format(remote_path))
         if os.path.exists(local_path):
-            self.create_parent_dirs(remote_path)
-            self.scp.put(local_path, remote_path=remote_path, preserve_times=True, recursive=True)
-            logger.debug("Successfully copied to remote.")
+            try:
+                self.create_parent_dirs(remote_path)
+                self.scp.put(local_path, remote_path=remote_path, preserve_times=True, recursive=True)
+                logger.debug('Sync ok for %s' % local_path)
+            except SCPException as e:
+                logger.error('Failed to sync {} to remote {} - error was {}'.format(local_path, remote_path, e))                
         else:
             logger.warning("Skipping %s as it does not exist" % local_path.strip())
         return