diff --git a/git_watcher.rb b/git_watcher.rb
index 6b38e9a..df9463a 100644
--- a/git_watcher.rb
+++ b/git_watcher.rb
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ class GitWatcher
 			Dir.chdir(@path) do
 				# get all commits since the last update
 				# on the given branch
-				buf = `git log --pretty=oneline #{@last_seen}.. #{@branch}`
+				buf = `git log --pretty=format:%s #{@last_seen}.. #{@branch}`
 				puts "[#{Time.now.xmlschema}] got '" + buf + "' EOF"
 			end
 
 			buf.split("\n").reverse_each do |line|
-				yield Commit.new(@name, line[41..-1])
+				yield Commit.new(@name, line)
 			end
 
 			@last_seen = current