diff --git a/src/courses/advanced/05.md b/src/courses/advanced/05.md
index 946311028..91e4cfe01 100644
--- a/src/courses/advanced/05.md
+++ b/src/courses/advanced/05.md
@@ -412,10 +412,10 @@ class Git < Inspec.resource(1)
     end
 
     def current_branch
-        branch_name = inspec.command("git --git-dir #{@path} branch").stdout.strip.split("\n").find do |name|
+        branch_name = inspec.command("git --git-dir #{@path} branch").stdout.gsub(" ", "").split("\n").find do |name|
             name.start_with?('*')
         end
-        branch_name.gsub(/^\*/,'').strip
+        branch_name[1..-1]
     end
 
 end