diff --git a/fn/fn.py b/fn/fn.py
index 1c0a4c8..195b664 100644
--- a/fn/fn.py
+++ b/fn/fn.py
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ def __init_repo(self):
     from git.repo import Repo
 
     try:
-      self.repo = Repo(self.cwd, search_parent_directories=True)
+      repo = Repo(self.cwd, search_parent_directories=True)
+      self.top_level = repo.git.rev_parse('--show-toplevel')
+      self.repo = repo
       # self.top_level = self.repo.git.rev_parse('--show-toplevel')
     except Exception:
       # git sha will be '' if we are not in a git repo