diff --git a/passport/case.py b/passport/case.py
index e7f779e..0270c19 100644
--- a/passport/case.py
+++ b/passport/case.py
@@ -76,7 +76,16 @@ def gen_candidates(ids, url):
                 yield (key, value)
 
     local_passports = config["git_passports"]
-    netloc = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)[1]
+
+    # For a lot of SSH git clones the scheme is implicit in the URLs provided to
+    # copy-paste from the website (ie. git@github.com:project/name.git) -
+    # without the explicit ssh:// on the front urllib doesn't play nice with
+    # the URL
+    parsedurl = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+    if parsedurl.hostname == None:
+        parsedurl = urllib.parse.urlparse("ssh://" + url)
+
+    netloc = parsedurl.hostname
 
     candidates = dict(gen_candidates(local_passports, netloc))
 
diff --git a/passport/git.py b/passport/git.py
index 9a1a4b3..5c482ff 100644
--- a/passport/git.py
+++ b/passport/git.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def config_set(config, value, property):
             Exception: If subprocess.Popen() fails
     """
     try:
-        subprocess.Popen([
+        git_process = subprocess.Popen([
             "git",
             "config",
             "--local",
@@ -94,11 +94,17 @@ def config_set(config, value, property):
             value
         ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
-    except Exception:
-        raise
+        # Captures the git return code
+        exit_status = git_process.wait()
 
-    return True
 
+        if exit_status == 0:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    except Exception:
+        raise
 
 def config_remove(verbose=True):
     """ Remove an existing Git identity.