diff --git a/statgit b/statgit
index 975370d..d3e28c8 100755
--- a/statgit
+++ b/statgit
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@ class GitDataCollector(DataCollector):
 		# TODO also collect statistics for "last 30 days"/"last 12 months"
 		lines = getoutput('git-rev-list --pretty=format:"%at %an" HEAD |grep -v ^commit').split('\n')
 		for line in lines:
+			# linux-2.6 says "<unknown>" for one line O_o
 			parts = line.split(' ')
-			stamp = int(parts[0])
-			author = ' '.join(parts[1:])
+			author = ''
+			try:
+				stamp = int(parts[0])
+			except ValueError:
+				stamp = 0
+			if len(parts) > 1:
+				author = ' '.join(parts[1:])
 			date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(float(stamp))
 
 			# First and last commit stamp