diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/prebuild.ps1 b/Minecraft.Client/prebuild.ps1
index cbd8fb5fa..fa2c487c5 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/prebuild.ps1
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/prebuild.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $sha = (git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
-$ref = (git symbolic-ref HEAD)
+$ref = (git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
 $build = 560 # Note: Build/network has to stay static for now, as without it builds wont be able to play together. We can change it later when we have a better versioning scheme in place.
 $suffix = ""