diff --git a/themes/ys.zsh-theme b/themes/ys.zsh-theme
index fd8adc41e..92906fe29 100644
--- a/themes/ys.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/ys.zsh-theme
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ ys_hg_prompt_info() {
 	# make sure this is a hg dir
 	if [ -d '.hg' ]; then
 		echo -n "${YS_VCS_PROMPT_PREFIX1}hg${YS_VCS_PROMPT_PREFIX2}"
-		echo -n $(hg branch 2>/dev/null)
-		if [ -n "$(hg status 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+		hgbranch=$(hg branch 2>/dev/null)
+		echo -n $hgbranch
+		if [ -n "$hgbranch" ]; then
 			echo -n "$YS_VCS_PROMPT_DIRTY"
 		else
 			echo -n "$YS_VCS_PROMPT_CLEAN"