diff --git a/internal/github/org.go b/internal/github/org.go
index ce13ee0..64d69c6 100644
--- a/internal/github/org.go
+++ b/internal/github/org.go
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func OrgExist(cli *gh.Client, ctx context.Context, name string) (bool, error) {
-	_, rsp, err := cli.Organizations.Get(ctx, name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if rsp.StatusCode == 404 {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return true, nil
+	_, _, err := cli.Organizations.Get(ctx, name)
+	return resolveResponseByErr(err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/github/repo.go b/internal/github/repo.go
index 346dc25..b3b91ca 100644
--- a/internal/github/repo.go
+++ b/internal/github/repo.go
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func RepoExist(cli *gh.Client, ctx context.Context, owner, name string) (bool, error) {
-	_, rsp, err := cli.Repositories.Get(ctx, owner, name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if rsp.StatusCode == 404 {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return true, nil
+	_, _, err := cli.Repositories.Get(ctx, owner, name)
+	return resolveResponseByErr(err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/github/team.go b/internal/github/team.go
index fc8fea7..7c163fc 100644
--- a/internal/github/team.go
+++ b/internal/github/team.go
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TeamExist(cli *gh.Client, ctx context.Context, org, slug string) (bool, error) {
-	_, rsp, err := cli.Teams.GetTeamBySlug(ctx, org, slug)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	if rsp.StatusCode == 404 {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return true, nil
+	_, _, err := cli.Teams.GetTeamBySlug(ctx, org, slug)
+	return resolveResponseByErr(err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/github/utils.go b/internal/github/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f1cd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/github/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	gh "github.com/google/go-github/v33/github"
+)
+
+// resolveResponseByErr determines the result from a GitHub API response.
+// In some cases it is necessary to interpret the "404" response
+// as "false" condition e.g. response on get repositoty request.
+// Also several GitHub API methods return boolean responses indicated by the HTTP
+// status code in the response (true indicated by a 204, false indicated by a
+// 404). This helper function will determine that result and hide the 404
+// error if present. Any other error will be returned through as-is.
+func resolveResponseByErr(err error) (bool, error) {
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if err, ok := err.(*gh.ErrorResponse); ok && err.Response.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		// Simply false. In this one case, we do not pass the error through.
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// some other real error occurred
+	return false, err
+}