diff --git a/bin/git-delete-branch b/bin/git-delete-branch
index bde6fdc..1417a65 100755
--- a/bin/git-delete-branch
+++ b/bin/git-delete-branch
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ branch=$1
 test -z $branch && echo "branch required." 1>&2 && exit 1
 git branch -D $branch
 git branch -d -r origin/$branch
-git push origin :$branch
+git push origin :refs/heads/$branch