diff --git a/src/libhacktree/hacktree-repo.c b/src/libhacktree/hacktree-repo.c
index ad8cc463..ae72545d 100644
--- a/src/libhacktree/hacktree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libhacktree/hacktree-repo.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ load_commit_and_trees (HacktreeRepo   *self,
       *out_commit = ret_commit;
       *out_tree_data = ret_tree_data;
     }
-  return FALSE;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 static GVariant *
diff --git a/tests/t0003-commit-multiple.sh b/tests/t0003-commit-multiple.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9036fba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/t0003-commit-multiple.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# Author: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+
+set -e
+
+. libtest.sh
+
+echo '1..4'
+
+mkdir files
+cd files
+echo first > firstfile
+echo second > secondfile
+
+mkdir ../repo
+repo="--repo=../repo"
+hacktree init $repo
+echo 'ok init'
+hacktree commit $repo -s "Test Commit 1" -b "Commit body first" --add=firstfile
+echo 'ok commit 1'
+hacktree commit $repo -s "Test Commit 2" -b "Commit body first" --add=secondfile
+echo 'ok commit 2'
+hacktree fsck -q $repo
+echo 'ok fsck'