diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9430fa3..c465bd1 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ <h2 id="nav-code">Code</h2>
 
 # /color-list
 # :hg
-    if [ -z "`echo $(hg prompt \"abort\" 2>&1) | grep abort`" ]; then
+    if [ -z "`echo $(LC_ALL=C hg prompt \"abort\" 2>&1) | grep abort`" ]; then
         echo "hg-prompt not installed. Suggest http://sjl.bitbucket.org/hg-prompt/installation/"
     fi
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ <h2 id="nav-code">Code</h2>
     # :hg
         # If we are in mercurial ...
         if [ -n \"\$_hg_dir\" ]; then
-            hgBranch=\`cat \"\$_hg_dir/.hg/branch\"\`
+            hgBranch=\`[ -e \"\$_hg_dir/.hg/branch\" ] && cat \"\$_hg_dir/.hg/branch\" || echo \"default\"\`
 
             hgPrompt=\"s\"
             # :hg-modified