diff --git a/bin/gitprompt b/bin/gitprompt
index 7e59c03..a093258 100755
--- a/bin/gitprompt
+++ b/bin/gitprompt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ git__prompt () {
 		if [ -z "$branch" ]
 		then
 			head=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>&1)
-			if [[ "$head" =~ fatal* ]]
+			if [ $(echo "$head" | grep '^fatal') ]
 			then
 				branch='{no commits}'
 			else
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ git__prompt () {
 		if [ "$branch" = 'master' ]
 		then
 			/bin/echo -ne " $blue$branch"
-    elif [ $(echo "$branch" | grep '^#' ) ]
+		elif [ $(echo "$branch" | grep '^#' ) ]
 		then
 			/bin/echo -ne " $red$branch"
 		else