diff --git a/git.lua b/git.lua
index 6c1926f..bb51112 100644
--- a/git.lua
+++ b/git.lua
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ local function parseGiteaURL(url)
     local urlLen = string.len(url)
     local protoLen = string.len(info.protocol)
     local endLen = string.len(ending)
-    local cleaned = string.sub(url, protoLen, urlLen - endLen)
+    local cleaned = string.sub(url, protoLen + 1, urlLen - endLen)
     print("cleaned", cleaned)
 
     local urlParts = string.split(cleaned, "/")