diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0faae3fb35dc5daed07c2f3f3466a3cc9d6567d..d46e89909cb2015fb3868bbf1dfd6be0fcf29b30 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME})
   set(GIT_BRANCH "$ENV{CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}")
 else()
   execute_process(
-    COMMAND bash -c "git status | grep origin | sed -e 's/.*origin\\///' -e 's/[^a-zA-Z].*//'" 
+    COMMAND bash -c "git status | sed -n '1s/^On branch //p'" 
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)