diff --git a/bin/git-browse b/bin/git-browse
index a6faa153d..4acab8181 100755
--- a/bin/git-browse
+++ b/bin/git-browse
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 if [[ $1 == "" ]]
 then
-    branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+    branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2&> /dev/null)
     remote=$(git config branch."${branch}".remote || echo "origin")
 else
     remote=$1