--- a/init.gradle	Fri Oct 25 21:45:06 2013 +0100
+++ b/init.gradle	Fri Oct 25 21:54:20 2013 +0100
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@
 gradle.ext.hgRepositoryUrl = ""
 gradle.ext.branchName = ""
 gradle.ext.branchStream = ""
-try {
+
 	gradle.ext.branchName = "hg branch".execute().text.trim()
-	def parents = 'hg parents --template "\\{branches\\}\n"'.execute().text
-	println "raw parents: $parents"
-	parents = parents.trim().split("\n")
-	println "working directory parents: $parents "
-	def parent = parents.find { it != 'default' } 
+	def rawParents = 'hg parents'.execute().text
+	println "raw parents: $rawParents"
+	def parent = rawParents.split('\n').find { it.startsWith("branch") }?.split(":")[1].trim()	
 	gradle.ext.branchName = parent ?: gradle.branchName
+	
+try {	
 	gradle.ext.hgRepositoryUrl = ("hg path".execute().text.split('=') ?: ['',''] )[1].trim()
-} catch (e) { println e  }
+} catch (e) {  }
 
 
 if (file('.hgflow').exists()) {