diff --git a/bin/github-backup b/bin/github-backup
index 63098cd..a33565d 100755
--- a/bin/github-backup
+++ b/bin/github-backup
@@ -703,12 +703,12 @@ def fetch_repository(name, remote_url, local_dir, skip_existing=False):
 
     masked_remote_url = mask_password(remote_url)
 
-    initalized = subprocess.call('git ls-remote ' + remote_url,
+    initialized = subprocess.call('git ls-remote ' + remote_url,
                                  stdout=FNULL,
                                  stderr=FNULL,
                                  shell=True)
-    if initalized == 128:
-        log_info("Skipping {0} ({1}) since it's not initalized".format(name, masked_remote_url))
+    if initialized == 128:
+        log_info("Skipping {0} ({1}) since it's not initialized".format(name, masked_remote_url))
         return
 
     if clone_exists: