diff --git a/recce/git.py b/recce/git.py
index fd18d585..22f233bf 100644
--- a/recce/git.py
+++ b/recce/git.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 def current_branch():
     try:
         repo = Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
-    except Exception:
+        if not repo.active_branch:
+            return None
+        return repo.active_branch.name
+    except TypeError:
+        # happened when HEAD is a detached symbolic reference
         return None
-
-    if not repo.active_branch:
+    except Exception:
         return None
-
-    return repo.active_branch.name