diff --git a/controllers/githubHooks.js b/controllers/githubHooks.js
index 97e77eaf..7ad36334 100644
--- a/controllers/githubHooks.js
+++ b/controllers/githubHooks.js
@@ -155,16 +155,15 @@ const HooksController = {
         dbUpdated = dbManager.updateComment(comment);
       }
     } else if (event === "check_run") {
-      const state = utils.mapCheckToStatus(
-        body.check_run.conclusion || body.check_run.status
-      );
+      const conclusion = body.check_run.conclusion || body.check_run.status;
+      const state = utils.mapCheckToStatus(conclusion);
 
       const status = new Status({
         repo: body.repository.full_name,
         sha: body.check_run.head_sha,
         state: state,
         context: body.check_run.name,
-        description: state,
+        description: conclusion,
         target_url: body.check_run.html_url,
         started_at: body.check_run.started_at,
         completed_at: body.check_run.completed_at,
diff --git a/lib/git-manager.js b/lib/git-manager.js
index 073489f3..1181a577 100644
--- a/lib/git-manager.js
+++ b/lib/git-manager.js
@@ -255,8 +255,9 @@ export default {
       });
 
       let checks = jobRuns.map(function (jobRun) {
-        let state = utils.mapCheckToStatus(jobRun.conclusion || jobRun.status);
-        let desc = state;
+        let conclusion = jobRun.conclusion || jobRun.status;
+        let state = utils.mapCheckToStatus(conclusion);
+        let desc = conclusion;
         let url = jobRun.html_url;
         let context = jobRun.name;
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index be443829..01b02b40 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,85 +1,88 @@
-import config from "./config-loader.js";
-import Bluebird from "bluebird";
-import _ from "underscore";
+import config from './config-loader.js';
+import Bluebird from 'bluebird';
+import _ from 'underscore';
 
 const Promise = global.Promise;
 
 // Set the global Promise object up with the done method
 Promise.prototype.done = function (callback) {
-  return Bluebird.cast(this).done(callback);
+   return Bluebird.cast(this).done(callback);
 };
 
 export default {
-  /**
-   * Converts `t` to a Unix timestamp from a Date object unless it's already
-   * a number.
-   */
-  toUnixTime: function (date) {
-    const type = typeof date;
-    if (!date || type == "number") {
+   /**
+    * Converts `t` to a Unix timestamp from a Date object unless it's already
+    * a number.
+    */
+   toUnixTime: function (date) {
+      const type = typeof date;
+      if (!date || type == 'number') {
+         return date;
+      }
+      if (type === 'object') {
+         return date.getTime() / 1000;
+      }
+      if (type === 'string') {
+         return Date.parse(date) / 1000;
+      }
       return date;
-    }
-    if (type === "object") {
-      return date.getTime() / 1000;
-    }
-    if (type === "string") {
-      return Date.parse(date) / 1000;
-    }
-    return date;
-  },
+   },
 
-  /**
-   * Converts `t` to a Date object from a Unix timestamp unless it's not a
-   * number.
-   */
-  fromUnixTime: function (t) {
-    return typeof t === "number" ? new Date(t * 1000) : t;
-  },
+   /**
+    * Converts `t` to a Date object from a Unix timestamp unless it's not a
+    * number.
+    */
+   fromUnixTime: function (t) {
+      return typeof t === 'number' ? new Date(t * 1000) : t;
+   },
 
-  /**
-   * Converts `str` to a Date object from a Date string (or null).
-   * Returns null if str is falsy.
-   */
-  fromDateString: function (str) {
-    return str ? (str instanceof Date ? str : new Date(str)) : null;
-  },
+   /**
+    * Converts `str` to a Date object from a Date string (or null).
+    * Returns null if str is falsy.
+    */
+   fromDateString: function (str) {
+      return str ? (str instanceof Date ? str : new Date(str)) : null;
+   },
 
-  /**
-   * Provide a function that returns an array of values for a given repo.
-   * The second argument should be all arguments after the repository, since the
-   * repository argument will be dealt with by this function.
-   *
-   * The function should take a repository name, and return an array of values.
-   */
-  forEachRepo: function (singleRepoLambda, args) {
-    // default value
-    args = args || [];
-    args.unshift(null);
-    var allRepoMap = function (currentRepo) {
-      args[0] = currentRepo.name;
-      return singleRepoLambda.apply(this, args);
-    };
-    return Promise.all(config.repos.map(allRepoMap)).then(function (repoItems) {
-      return _.flatten(repoItems, /* shallow */ true);
-    });
-  },
+   /**
+    * Provide a function that returns an array of values for a given repo.
+    * The second argument should be all arguments after the repository, since the
+    * repository argument will be dealt with by this function.
+    *
+    * The function should take a repository name, and return an array of values.
+    */
+   forEachRepo: function (singleRepoLambda, args) {
+      // default value
+      args = args || [];
+      args.unshift(null);
+      var allRepoMap = function (currentRepo) {
+         args[0] = currentRepo.name;
+         return singleRepoLambda.apply(this, args);
+      };
+      return Promise.all(config.repos.map(allRepoMap)).then(function (repoItems) {
+         return _.flatten(repoItems, /* shallow */ true);
+      });
+   },
 
-  /**
-   * Statuses and checks have slightly different status names. Let's map the
-   * check values to match the status values.
-   */
-  mapCheckToStatus: function (status) {
-    switch (status) {
-      case "in_progress":
-      case "queued":
-        return "pending";
-      case "success":
-      case "skipped":
-        return "success";
-      case "failure":
-        return "failure";
-      default:
-        return "error";
-    }
-  },
+   /**
+    * Statuses and checks have slightly different status names. Let's map the
+    * check values to match the status values.
+    */
+   mapCheckToStatus: function (status) {
+      switch (status) {
+         case 'in_progress':
+         case 'queued':
+            return 'pending';
+         case 'success':
+         case 'skipped':
+            return 'success';
+         case 'failure':
+         case 'cancelled':
+         case 'timed_out':
+         case 'startup_failure':
+            return 'failure';
+         default:
+            return 'error';
+      }
+   },
 };