diff --git a/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests b/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
index 5f29db56..ae5d7fd1 100755
--- a/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
+++ b/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 while true; do
     echo "Checking for new commits on any branch ..."
     git fetch origin
-    branch_with_new_commits=`git fetch origin >/dev/null; git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short) %(upstream:track)' refs/heads | grep '\[behind' | cut -d'[' -f1 | head -n1`
+    branch_with_new_commits=`git fetch origin >/dev/null; git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short) %(upstream:track)' refs/heads | grep '\[behind' | cut -d' ' -f1 | head -n1`
 
     if [ -n "$branch_with_new_commits" ]; then
           echo "checking out branch: $branch_with_new_commits"