diff --git a/eventlooper.py b/eventlooper.py
index 1710552..d52b454 100755
--- a/eventlooper.py
+++ b/eventlooper.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def print_version_git():
 	first_line = p.stdout.readline()
 
 	if 0 == p.wait():
-		print sys.argv[0] + " version (Git) '%s'" % first_line.strip()
+		print sys.argv[0] + " version (Git) '%s'" % e(first_line.strip())
 	else:
 		print sys.argv[0] + " (unknown version)"