diff --git a/PBEasyPipe.h b/PBEasyPipe.h
index 8b15646..03b80b9 100644
--- a/PBEasyPipe.h
+++ b/PBEasyPipe.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 @interface PBEasyPipe : NSObject {

 }
++ (NSTask *) taskForCommand:(NSString *)cmd withArgs:(NSArray *)args inDir:(NSString *)dir;

 + (NSFileHandle*) handleForCommand: (NSString*) cmd withArgs: (NSArray*) args;
 + (NSFileHandle*) handleForCommand: (NSString*) cmd withArgs: (NSArray*) args inDir: (NSString*) dir;
diff --git a/PBEasyPipe.m b/PBEasyPipe.m
index 1fe7f37..45d1fc6 100644
--- a/PBEasyPipe.m
+++ b/PBEasyPipe.m
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ + (NSString*) outputForCommand: (NSString*) cmd withArgs: (NSArray*) args  inDir

 	NSData* data = [handle readDataToEndOfFile];
 	NSString* string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-
+
+	[task waitUntilExit];
 	// Strip trailing newline
 	if ([string hasSuffix:@"\n"])
 		string = [string substringToIndex:[string length]-1];
diff --git a/PBGitCommit.m b/PBGitCommit.m
index 8e9a50d..30481f8 100644
--- a/PBGitCommit.m
+++ b/PBGitCommit.m
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ - (NSString*) details
 	if (details != nil)
 		return details;

-	NSFileHandle* handle = [self.repository handleForCommand:[@"show --pretty=raw " stringByAppendingString:self.sha]];
-	details = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[handle readDataToEndOfFile] encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	details = [self.repository outputForArguments:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"show", @"--pretty=raw", self.sha, nil]];

 	return details;
 }
diff --git a/PBGitRevList.m b/PBGitRevList.m
index 0f1a969..8bd1fcf 100644
--- a/PBGitRevList.m
+++ b/PBGitRevList.m
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ - (void) walkRevisionListWithSpecifier: (PBGitRevSpecifier*) rev
 	if ([rev hasPathLimiter])
 		[arguments insertObject:@"--children" atIndex:1];

-	NSFileHandle* handle = [repository handleForArguments: arguments];
+	NSTask *task = [PBEasyPipe taskForCommand:[PBGitBinary path] withArgs:arguments inDir:nil];
+	[task launch];
+	NSFileHandle* handle = [task.standardOutput fileHandleForReading];

 	int fd = [handle fileDescriptor];
 	FILE* f = fdopen(fd, "r");
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ - (void) walkRevisionListWithSpecifier: (PBGitRevSpecifier*) rev

 	// Make sure the commits are stored before exiting.
 	[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setCommits:) withObject:revisions waitUntilDone:YES];
+	[task waitUntilExit];
 }

 @end