diff --git a/bin/gitpath b/bin/gitpath
index 67cb1b3..eaf74c5 100755
--- a/bin/gitpath
+++ b/bin/gitpath
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 top=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/\//\\\//g')
 if [ -n "$top" ]
 then
-  echo $(pwd | sed -e "s/^$top//")
+	path=$(pwd | sed -e "s/^$top//")
+	if [ ! -z "$path" ]
+	then echo -n "$path "
+	fi
 else
-  exit 1
+	exit 1
 fi