diff --git a/deployment/update.sh b/deployment/update.sh
index 1045ccf..0c4213a 100755
--- a/deployment/update.sh
+++ b/deployment/update.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ source ./project/domain_env.sh
 
 # now we want to switch the git HEAD of the project subdirectory to the 
 # version of code that was last used
-GIT_COMMIT_ON_REMOTE_HOST="$(ssh ubuntu@$WWW_FQDN docker info | grep PROJECT_COMMIT)"
+GIT_COMMIT_ON_REMOTE_HOST="$(ssh ubuntu@$WWW_FQDN docker info | grep -o 'PROJECT_COMMIT=[a-zA-Z0-9]*' | cut -d'=' -f2)"
 cd project/
 echo "INFO: switch the 'project' repo to commit prior commit '$GIT_COMMIT_ON_REMOTE_HOST'"
 echo "      This allows Sovereign Stack to can grab a backup using the version of the code"