diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
index e66ba45..e193b9b 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
 
       if !options[:user] && !options[:project]
         remote = `git remote -vv`.split("\n")
-        match = /.*(?:[:\/])((?:-|\w|\.)*)\/((?:-|\w|\.)*)(?:\.git)?.*/.match(remote[0])
+        match = /.*(?:[:\/])((?:-|\w|\.)*)\/((?:-|\w|\.)*)?(?:\.git).*/.match(remote[0])
 
         if match && match[1] && match[2]
           puts "Detected user:#{match[1]}, project:#{match[2]}"