diff --git a/lib/shipit.js b/lib/shipit.js
index b02fee5..09b1540 100644
--- a/lib/shipit.js
+++ b/lib/shipit.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var path = require('path');
 var _ = require('lodash');
-
+var util = require('util');
 var Shipit = module.exports;
 
 /**
@@ -56,17 +56,19 @@ function computeReleaseDirname(result) {
 Shipit.getCurrentReleaseDirname = function() {
   var shipit = this;
 
-  return shipit.remote('readlink ' + shipit.currentPath)
-  .then(function (results) {
-    if (!results) {
-      shipit.log('No current release found.');
-      return null;
-    }
-
+  return shipit.remote(util.format('if [ -h %s ]; then readlink %s; fi', shipit.currentPath, shipit.currentPath))
+  .then(function(results) {
+    results = results || [];
     var releaseDirnames = results.map(computeReleaseDirname);
 
-    if (!equalValues(releaseDirnames))
+    if (!equalValues(releaseDirnames)) {
       throw new Error('Remote servers are not synced.');
+    }
+
+    if (!releaseDirnames[0]) {
+      shipit.log('No current release found.');
+      return null;
+    }
 
     return releaseDirnames[0];
   });
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ Shipit.getReleases = function() {
   var shipit = this;
 
   return shipit.remote('ls -r1 ' + shipit.releasesPath)
-  .then(function (results) {
+  .then(function(results) {
     var releases = results.map(computeReleases);
 
     if (!equalValues(releases))
diff --git a/test/unit/tasks/deploy/update.js b/test/unit/tasks/deploy/update.js
index ac295a9..c1d58fb 100644
--- a/test/unit/tasks/deploy/update.js
+++ b/test/unit/tasks/deploy/update.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('deploy:update task', function () {
           ]);
         }
 
-        if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current') {
+        if (command === 'if [ -h /remote/deploy/current ]; then readlink /remote/deploy/current; fi') {
           return Promise.resolve([
             {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137'}
           ]);
diff --git a/test/unit/tasks/rollback/init.js b/test/unit/tasks/rollback/init.js
index 386b69c..acbff3a 100644
--- a/test/unit/tasks/rollback/init.js
+++ b/test/unit/tasks/rollback/init.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var Promise = require('bluebird');
 
 describe('rollback:init task', function () {
   var shipit;
+  var readLinkCommand = 'if [ -h /remote/deploy/current ]; then readlink /remote/deploy/current; fi';
 
   beforeEach(function () {
     shipit = new Shipit({
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
     describe('unsync server', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-          if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+          if (command === readLinkCommand)
             return Promise.resolve([
               {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123138'},
               {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137'}
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
     describe('bad release dirname', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-          if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+          if (command === readLinkCommand)
             return Promise.resolve([]);
         });
       });
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
     describe('unsync server', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-          if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+          if (command === readLinkCommand)
             return Promise.resolve([
               {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137'}
             ]);
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
     describe('bad releases', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-          if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+          if (command === readLinkCommand)
             return Promise.resolve([
               {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137'}
             ]);
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
   describe('release not exists', function () {
     beforeEach(function () {
       sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-        if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+        if (command === readLinkCommand)
           return Promise.resolve([
             {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137'}
           ]);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
   describe('all good', function () {
     beforeEach(function () {
       sinon.stub(shipit, 'remote', function (command) {
-        if (command === 'readlink /remote/deploy/current')
+        if (command === readLinkCommand)
           return Promise.resolve([
             {stdout: '/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123137\n'}
           ]);
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ describe('rollback:init task', function () {
         if (err) return done(err);
         expect(shipit.currentPath).to.equal('/remote/deploy/current');
         expect(shipit.releasesPath).to.equal('/remote/deploy/releases');
-        expect(shipit.remote).to.be.calledWith('readlink /remote/deploy/current');
+        expect(shipit.remote).to.be.calledWith(readLinkCommand);
         expect(shipit.remote).to.be.calledWith('ls -r1 /remote/deploy/releases');
         expect(shipit.releaseDirname).to.equal('20141704123136');
         expect(shipit.releasePath).to.equal('/remote/deploy/releases/20141704123136');