diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a5e344..275d974 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git_mob"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "git2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 23eddb5..e4946f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git_mob"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 authors = ["Martin Frost <martin@frost.ws>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "A CLI tool for social coding."
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ac6206c..11020e9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ impl fmt::Display for Author {
 }
 
 pub fn get_main_author() -> Author {
-    let cfg = Config::open_default().unwrap();
+    let cfg = match Repository::open_from_env() {
+        Ok(repo) => repo.config().unwrap(),
+        Err(_e) => Config::open_default().unwrap()
+    };
+
     let name = cfg.get_entry("user.name").unwrap();
     let email = cfg.get_entry("user.email").unwrap();