diff --git a/cli/medperf/utils.py b/cli/medperf/utils.py
index 2636c6a9d..a930ffb1b 100644
--- a/cli/medperf/utils.py
+++ b/cli/medperf/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from typing import List
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from pexpect.exceptions import TIMEOUT
-from git import Repo, GitCommandError
+from git import Repo, GitCommandError, InvalidGitRepositoryError
 import medperf.config as config
 from medperf.exceptions import ExecutionError, MedperfException
 
@@ -431,7 +431,11 @@ def filter_latest_associations(associations, entity_key):
 def check_for_updates() -> None:
     """Check if the current branch is up-to-date with its remote counterpart using GitPython."""
     repo_root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
-    repo = Repo(repo_root_dir)
+    try:
+        repo = Repo(repo_root_dir)
+    except InvalidGitRepositoryError:  # package is installed not in -e mode from git repo
+        return
+
     if repo.bare:
         logging.debug("Repo is bare")
         return