diff --git a/bin/merge b/bin/merge
index 86104beb5586fe39b274c89bb80707801873da80..6053e317763f5ae216310c65f8b463b186c7ff1a 100755
--- a/bin/merge
+++ b/bin/merge
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ if [[ "$1" == "major" ]]; then
 fi
 
 sleep 2
-rm /tmp/glab.log || true
+rm /tmp/glab.log >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 glab mr create --fill --yes --source-branch ${SOURCEBRANCH} --target-branch ${TARGETBRANCH} --title "$TITLE" > /tmp/glab.log
 EC=0
 grep "Failed to create merge request." /tmp/glab.log || EC=$?
-if [[ $EC -eq 0 ]]; then glab mr create --recover; fi
+if [[ $EC -eq 0 ]]; then glab mr create --recover > /tmp/glab.log; fi
+EC=0
+grep "Failed to create merge request." /tmp/glab.log || EC=$?
+if [[ $EC -eq 0 ]]; then exit 1; fi
 sleep 5
 glab mr merge --yes ${SOURCEBRANCH}