diff --git a/bin/git-changelog b/bin/git-changelog
index 37a42d5..62a29ca 100755
--- a/bin/git-changelog
+++ b/bin/git-changelog
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DATE=`date +'%Y-%m-%d'`
 HEAD="\nn.n.n / $DATE \n==================\n\n"
 
 if test "$1" = "--list"; then
-  version=`git for-each-ref refs/tags --sort="-*authordate" --format='%(refname)' \
+  version=`git for-each-ref refs/tags --sort=-authordate --format='%(refname)' \
     --count=1 | sed 's/^refs\/tags\///'`
   if test -z "$version"; then
     git log --pretty="format:  * %s"