diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index c37ca9b47..24dcc6894 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -499,12 +499,8 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Ignore(filename string) error {
 }
 
 // Show shows the diff of a commit
-func (c *GitCommand) Show(sha string) string {
-	result, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git show --color " + sha)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return result
+func (c *GitCommand) Show(sha string) (string, error) {
+	return c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(fmt.Sprintf("git show --color %s", sha))
 }
 
 // Diff returns the diff of a file
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index ba2696e5d..eb17103fc 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -1421,6 +1421,19 @@ func TestGitCommandRemoveFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGitCommandShow(t *testing.T) {
+	gitCmd := newDummyGitCommand()
+	gitCmd.OSCommand.command = func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"show", "--color", "456abcde"}, args)
+
+		return exec.Command("echo")
+	}
+
+	_, err := gitCmd.Show("456abcde")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestGitCommandCheckout(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
 		testName string
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
index 7c09559ff..91bb334ff 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitSelect(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		}
 		return gui.renderString(g, "main", gui.Tr.SLocalize("NoCommitsThisBranch"))
 	}
-	commitText := gui.GitCommand.Show(commit.Sha)
+	commitText, err := gui.GitCommand.Show(commit.Sha)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return gui.renderString(g, "main", commitText)
 }