diff --git a/lib/git_stats/git_data/repo.rb b/lib/git_stats/git_data/repo.rb
index a9eb67098..90f0cd0d1 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats/git_data/repo.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats/git_data/repo.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module GitStats
       end
 
       def commits
-        @commits ||= run_and_parse("git rev-list --pretty=format:'%H|%at|%ai|%aE' #{commit_range} #{tree_path} | grep -v commit").map do |commit_line|
+        @commits ||= run_and_parse("git rev-list --pretty=format:%h^|%at^|%ai^|%aE #{commit_range} #{tree_path} | grep -v commit").map do |commit_line|
           Commit.new(
               repo: self,
               sha: commit_line[:sha],
diff --git a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
index d99dd0050..e438491bd 100644
--- a/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
+++ b/lib/git_stats/stats_view/view.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module GitStats
             output = Template.new(template, @layout).render(@view_data,
                                                             author: author,
                                                             links: links,
-                                                            active_page: "/authors/#{author.dirname}/#{template}")
+                                                            active_page: "authors/#{author.dirname}/#{template}")
             write(output, "#@out_path/authors/#{author.dirname}/#{template}.html")
           end
         end