diff --git a/gitinspector/basedir.py b/gitinspector/basedir.py
index e68e143..ae3619b 100644
--- a/gitinspector/basedir.py
+++ b/gitinspector/basedir.py
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ def get_basedir():
 	else:
 		return os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
-def get_basedir_git():
+def get_basedir_git(path=None):
+	previous_directory = None
+
+	if path != None:
+		previous_directory = os.getcwd()
+		os.chdir(path)
+
 	bare_command = subprocess.Popen(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-bare-repository"], bufsize=1,
 	                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=open(os.devnull, "w"))
 
@@ -51,4 +57,7 @@ def get_basedir_git():
 	if len(absolute_path) == 0:
 		sys.exit(_("Unable to determine absolute path of git repository."))
 
+	if path != None:
+		os.chdir(previous_directory)
+
 	return absolute_path[0].decode("utf-8", "replace").strip()