diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f60fcaf..748f2e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can also see a live demo [here](http://git.gofedora.com).
 ## Requirements
 In order to run GitList on your server, you'll need:
 
-* git 1.7.6 or higher
+* git
 * Apache and mod_rewrite enabled
 * PHP 5.3.3
 
diff --git a/lib/Git/Repository.php b/lib/Git/Repository.php
index 1db38f3..c7f9544 100644
--- a/lib/Git/Repository.php
+++ b/lib/Git/Repository.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Repository
      */
     public function getTotalCommits($file = null)
     {
-        $command = "rev-list --all --count";
+        $command = "rev-list --all | wc -l";
         
         if ($file) {
             $command .= " $file";