diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7969c88..4afa46d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ execute_process(
   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
 execute_process(
-  COMMAND bash -c "git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} | head -n 5 | tail -n 1 | sed -s 's/\#//g'"
+  COMMAND bash -c "git show ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} | head -n 5 | tail -n 1 | sed -s 's/\#//g; s/^[[:space:]]*//'"
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE
   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)