diff --git a/bin/git-effort b/bin/git-effort
index d8ce91d..e5775f3 100755
--- a/bin/git-effort
+++ b/bin/git-effort
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ effort() {
     len=${#file}
     dot="."
     f_dot=$file
-    i=0 ; while test $i -lt 45-$len ; do
+    for ((i=0; i < 45-$len ;i++)); do
        f_dot=$f_dot$dot
-       i=$(($i+1))
     done
 
     printf "  \033[${color}m%s %-10d" $f_dot $commits
@@ -130,4 +129,4 @@ heading
 effort $files | tee $tmp && sort_effort
 echo
 
-show_cursor
+show_cursor
\ No newline at end of file