diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a3a405..aca29df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 deploy.php
+deploy.log
+/.idea/*
diff --git a/deploy.sample.php b/deploy.sample.php
index 70b477e..966a905 100644
--- a/deploy.sample.php
+++ b/deploy.sample.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 define("TOKEN", "secret-token");                                       // The secret token to add as a GitHub or GitLab secret, or otherwise as https://www.example.com/?token=secret-token
 define("REMOTE_REPOSITORY", "git@github.com:username/repository.git"); // The SSH URL to your repository
-define("DIR", "/var/www/vhosts/repository/");                          // The path to your repostiroy; this must begin with a forward slash (/)
+define("DIR", "/var/www/vhosts/repository/");                          // The path to your repository; this must begin with a forward slash (/)
+//define("DIR", getcwd());                                             // The path to your repository; this must begin with a forward slash (/)
 define("BRANCH", "refs/heads/master");                                 // The branch route
 define("LOGFILE", "deploy.log");                                       // The name of the file you want to log to.
 define("GIT", "/usr/bin/git");                                         // The path to the git executable
+//define("GIT", '"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"');                 // The path to the git executable for git windows
 define("MAX_EXECUTION_TIME", 180);                                     // Override for PHP's max_execution_time (may need set in php.ini)
 define("BEFORE_PULL", "");                                             // A command to execute before pulling
 define("AFTER_PULL", "");                                              // A command to execute after successfully pulling
diff --git a/deployer.php b/deployer.php
index e7bb53d..e41ccb6 100644
--- a/deployer.php
+++ b/deployer.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 $time    = time();
 $token   = false;
 $sha     = false;
-$DIR     = preg_match("/\/$/", DIR) ? DIR : DIR . "/";
+$DIR     = preg_match("/\/$/", DIR) ? DIR : DIR;
 
 // retrieve the token
 if (!$token && isset($_SERVER["HTTP_X_HUB_SIGNATURE"])) {
@@ -69,12 +69,18 @@ function forbid($file, $reason) {
 } elseif (!empty(TOKEN) && !isset($_SERVER["HTTP_X_HUB_SIGNATURE"]) && !isset($_SERVER["HTTP_X_GITLAB_TOKEN"]) && !isset($_GET["token"])) {
     forbid($file, "No token detected");
 } else {
+    // if json is empty get the current branch name
+    if(empty($json)){
+        exec( GIT . "  branch --show-current 2>&1", $output, $exit);
+        $json["ref"]=  reset($output);
+    }
+
     // check if pushed branch matches branch specified in config
     if ($json["ref"] === BRANCH) {
         fputs($file, $content . PHP_EOL);
 
         // ensure directory is a repository
-        if (file_exists($DIR . ".git") && is_dir($DIR)) {
+        if (file_exists($DIR . "\.git") && is_dir($DIR)) {
             // change directory to the repository
             chdir($DIR);
 
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ function forbid($file, $reason) {
             // if an error occurred, return 500 and log the error
             if ($exit !== 0) {
                 http_response_code(500);
-                $output = "=== ERROR: Pull failed using GIT `" . GIT . "` and DIR `" . DIR . "` ===\n" . $output;
+                $output = "=== ERROR: Pull failed using GIT `" . GIT . "` and DIR `" . $DIR . "` ===\n" . $output;
             }
 
             // write the output to the log and the body