diff --git a/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java b/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
index 37092379b..59c4d3047 100644
--- a/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
+++ b/utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/utilities/revisioninfo/RevisionInfoBuilder.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.revisioninfo.ProcessRunner.ProcessExc
  */
 public class RevisionInfoBuilder {
 	private static final String SVN_DIRECTORY_NAME = ".svn";
-	private static final String[] SVNVERSION_COMMAND = { "svnversion" };
+	private static final String[] SVNVERSION_COMMAND = { "svnversion", "." };
 	private static final String[] SVN_INFO_COMMAND = { "svn", "info" };
 	private static final String INFO_LINE_DELIMITER = " ~ ";
 	private static final String REVISION_INFO_FILENAME = ".revisionInfo";