diff --git a/bin/git-effort b/bin/git-effort
index 6ee45bb..f7ebe99 100755
--- a/bin/git-effort
+++ b/bin/git-effort
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ else
   save_ifs=$IFS
   IFS=`echo -en "\n\b"`
   paths=(`git ls-files`)
-  IFS=$safe_ifs
+  IFS=$save_ifs
   unset save_ifs
 fi