diff --git a/src/common/core.cpp b/src/common/core.cpp
index 22f5a3d147..7d3ddbe530 100644
--- a/src/common/core.cpp
+++ b/src/common/core.cpp
@@ -247,9 +247,6 @@ const char* get_svn_revision(void) {
 }
 #endif
 
-// GIT path
-#define GIT_ORIGIN "refs/remotes/origin/master"
-
 // Grabs the hash from the last time the user updated their working copy (last pull)
 const char *get_git_hash (void) {
 	static char GitHash[41] = ""; //Sha(40) + 1
@@ -258,7 +255,8 @@ const char *get_git_hash (void) {
 	if( GitHash[0] != '\0' )
 		return GitHash;
 
-	if( (fp = fopen(".git/" GIT_ORIGIN, "r")) != NULL ) {
+	if( (fp = fopen(".git/refs/remotes/origin/master", "r")) != NULL || // Already pulled once
+		(fp = fopen(".git/refs/heads/master", "r")) != NULL ) { // Cloned only
 		char line[64];
 		char *rev = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * 50);