diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index fa153c445..5d1266507 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SNAME="ipfire"							# Short name
 VERSION="2.15"							# Version number
 CORE="76-beta1"							# Core Level (Filename)
 PAKFIRE_CORE="76"						# Core Level (PAKFIRE)
-GIT_BRANCH=`git status | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f4`		# Git Branch
+GIT_BRANCH=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`			# Git Branch
 SLOGAN="www.ipfire.org"						# Software slogan
 CONFIG_ROOT=/var/ipfire						# Configuration rootdir
 NICE=10								# Nice level