diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 9a6a7b88bec9e12c6e07b106ea20ae28e5379759..74eeb5e76c87e932f41fc124a8c97660b2994602 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('#')
+output = subprocess.check_output(['git', "log", "-g", "-1", "--pretty=%H # %h # %d # %s"]).decode('UTF-8').split('#', 4)
 app.jinja_env.globals['gitversion'] = { 'hash': output[1], 'longhash': output[0], 'branch': output[2], 'msg': output[3]  }
 
 if not config.get('SECRET_KEY', None):