diff --git a/PS1 b/PS1
index ee16c81..c79e8b7 100644
--- a/PS1
+++ b/PS1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # /etc/profile.d/PS1.sh: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.
 
 parse_git_branch() {
-    local LBRANCH="$(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -ne 's/* \(.*\)/ \1/p'|sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//;s/[[:blank:]]*$//')"
+    local LBRANCH="$(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -ne 's/* \(.*\)/ \1/p'|sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//;s/[[:blank:]]*$//'|tr -s '()')"
     local RBRANCH="$( git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref @{u} 2>/dev/null |sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//' )"
     [ -z "${RBRANCH-x}" ] && unset RBRANCH
     local BRANCH="${LBRANCH}${RBRANCH+ -> }${RBRANCH}"