diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 5c3e724..cac8e18 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -823,8 +823,8 @@ function decodeAlias($logLine) {
function getGitVersion(){
if (file_exists(".git")) {
- exec("git rev-parse HEAD", $output);
- return 'GitID #'.substr($output[0],0,7).'';
+ exec("git rev-parse --short HEAD", $output);
+ return 'GitID #'.$output[0].'';
} else {
return 'GitID unknown';
}