diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
index 052b28ca..4fad106f 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -1153,6 +1153,13 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 		}
 
 
+        public static bool IsRepo (string path) {
+
+            return System.IO.Directory.Exists (Path.Combine (path, ".git"));
+
+        }
+
+
 		// Disposes all resourses of this object
 		new public void Dispose ()
 		{
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
index 1f696f48..dec865ea 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 					if (OnInvitation != null)
 						OnInvitation (server, folder, token);
 
-				} else if (Directory.Exists (Path.Combine (args.FullPath, ".git"))) {
+				} else if (SparkleRepo.IsRepo (args.FullPath)) {
 
 					AddRepository (args.FullPath);
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 		{
 		
 			// Check if the folder is a Git repository
-			if (!Directory.Exists (SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (folder_path, ".git")))
+			if (!SparkleRepo.IsRepo (folder_path))
 				return;
 
 			SparkleRepo repo = new SparkleRepo (folder_path);