diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index 4b66cd3..d91a69b 100644
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iploc () { curl -s http://ip-api.com/json/"$1"|tr , '\n'|sed 's/[\"{}]//g'; }
 
 function parse_branch {
     scmexe=${1:-git}
-    $scmexe branch 2> /dev/null | awk '/^*/{print "("$2")"}'
+    $scmexe branch 2> /dev/null | awk '/^*/{$1="";sub(/^ /, "");print "("$0")"}'
 }
 
 yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; }