diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 66a051b8af1357d5838160b0411ecfd12bf325d0..1e2de0c7ca8328493672d69b1c5bfcc07bf04c99 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if config['DEBUG']:
 
 # get git commit
 import subprocess
-output = subprocess.check_output(['git', "log", "-g", "-1", "--pretty=%H # %h # %d # %s"]).decode('UTF-8').split('#', 4)
+output = subprocess.check_output(['git', "log", "-g", "-1", "--pretty=%H # %h # %d # %s"]).decode('UTF-8').split('#', 3)
 app.jinja_env.globals['gitversion'] = { 'hash': output[1], 'longhash': output[0], 'branch': output[2], 'msg': output[3]  }
 
 if not config.get('SECRET_KEY', None):