diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleRepo.cs
index a9c87391..0c38c3c9 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 			LocalPath = path;
 			Name = Path.GetFileName (LocalPath);
+			System.Console.WriteLine("New repo in {0}", LocalPath);
 
 			Process = new Process () {
 				EnableRaisingEvents = true
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 			process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 			process.StartInfo.FileName = "git";
+			process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = LocalPath;
 			process.StartInfo.Arguments = "rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD";
 			process.Start ();
 
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 			process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 			process.StartInfo.FileName = "git";
+			process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = LocalPath;
 			process.StartInfo.Arguments = "config --get user.name";
 			process.Start ();
 
@@ -521,6 +524,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 			process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 			process.StartInfo.FileName = "git";
+			process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = LocalPath;
 			process.StartInfo.Arguments = "config --get user.email";
 			process.Start ();
 			user_email = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd ().Trim ();
@@ -540,6 +544,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 				process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 				process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 				process.StartInfo.FileName = "git";
+				process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = LocalPath;
 				process.StartInfo.Arguments = "config --get remote.origin.url";
 				process.Start ();