diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84bf48d3c..6b91a0456 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ before_install:
     - curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.7.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
     - chmod +x docker-compose
     - sudo mv docker-compose /usr/local/bin
-    - date=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S` && branch=`git symbolic-ref --short HEAD` && rev=`git rev-parse --short=6 HEAD` && sed -i "s/\$1/\$1.$date.$branch.$rev/g" deployment.json
+    - date=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S` && branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` && rev=`git rev-parse --short=6 HEAD` && sed -i "s/\$1/\$1.$date.$branch.$rev/g" deployment.json
 script:
     - docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app composer/composer install
     - docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/app -w /app digitallyseamless/nodejs-bower-grunt sh -c "npm install && bower install && grunt package"