diff --git a/src/saveVersion.sh b/src/saveVersion.sh
index 73778b48e68..9607daa2cf9 100755
--- a/src/saveVersion.sh
+++ b/src/saveVersion.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cwd=`pwd`
 if [ -d .svn ]; then
   revision=`svn info | sed -n -e 's/Last Changed Rev: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
   url=`svn info | sed -n -e 's/URL: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
-elif [ -d ../.git ]; then
+elif [ -d .git ]; then
   revision=`git log -1 --pretty=format:"%H"`
   hostname=`hostname`
   url="git://${hostname}${cwd}"