diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+PREFIX=/usr
 BASEFLAGS=-Wall
 GHCFLAGS=-O2 $(BASEFLAGS)
 bins=github-backup
diff --git a/github-backup.cabal b/github-backup.cabal
--- a/github-backup.cabal
+++ b/github-backup.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: github-backup
-Version: 1.20120313
+Version: 1.20120314
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
 License: GPL
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
diff --git a/github-backup.hs b/github-backup.hs
--- a/github-backup.hs
+++ b/github-backup.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import qualified Github.Repos.Forks as Github
 import qualified Github.PullRequests as Github
 import qualified Github.Repos.Watching as Github
+import qualified Github.Data.Definitions as Github ()
 import qualified Github.Issues as Github
 import qualified Github.Issues.Comments
 import qualified Github.Issues.Milestones
@@ -88,13 +89,13 @@
 inRepo a = liftIO . a =<< getState gitRepo
 
 failedRequest :: Request -> Github.Error-> Backup ()
-failedRequest req e = unless (ignorable e) $ do
+failedRequest req e = unless ignorable $ do
 	set <- getState failedRequests
 	changeState $ \s -> s { failedRequests = S.insert req set }
 	where
-		ignorable (Github.JsonError m) =
-			"disabled for this repo" `isInfixOf` m
-		ignorable _ = False
+		-- "410 Gone" is used for repos that have issues etc
+		-- disabled.
+		ignorable = "410 Gone" `isInfixOf` show e
 
 runRequest :: Request -> Backup ()
 runRequest req = do