diff --git a/bin/gitprompt b/bin/gitprompt
index 829807b..7e59c03 100755
--- a/bin/gitprompt
+++ b/bin/gitprompt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ git__prompt () {
 		if [ "$branch" = 'master' ]
 		then
 			/bin/echo -ne " $blue$branch"
-    elif [ $(echo "${branch:0:1}" | grep '^#' ) ]
+    elif [ $(echo "$branch" | grep '^#' ) ]
 		then
 			/bin/echo -ne " $red$branch"
 		else