diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dc1d4b8..2eb670c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ESPurna ("spark" in Catalan) is a custom firmware for ESP8285/ESP8266 based smar
 It uses the Arduino Core for ESP8266 framework and a number of 3rd party libraries.
 
 [![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.12.6a-brightgreen.svg)](CHANGELOG.md)
-![branch](https://img.shields.io/badge/branch-dev-orange.svg)
+[![branch](https://img.shields.io/badge/branch-dev-orange.svg)](https://github.com/xoseperez/espurna/tree/dev/)
 [![travis](https://travis-ci.org/xoseperez/espurna.svg?branch=dev)](https://travis-ci.org/xoseperez/espurna)
 [![codacy](https://img.shields.io/codacy/grade/c9496e25cf07434cba786b462cb15f49/dev.svg)](https://www.codacy.com/app/xoseperez/espurna/dashboard)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/xoseperez/espurna.svg)](LICENSE)
diff --git a/pre-commit b/pre-commit
index 90640b70..acc37a69 100755
--- a/pre-commit
+++ b/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 """
 
 Referencing current branch in github README.md [1]
@@ -17,61 +17,107 @@ Copy this file to .git/hooks/
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-import subprocess
-
-BASE = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/../../"
-README = BASE + "README.md"
-remote = subprocess.check_output(["git", "remote", "-v"]).strip().split('\n')[0]
-parts = re.split('[/\.: ]', remote)
-REPO = parts[ len(parts) - 3]
-USER = parts[ len(parts) - 4]
-BRANCH = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).strip()
-
-def getVersion():
-    file_name = BASE + "code/espurna/config/version.h"
-    lines = open(file_name).readlines()
-    for line in lines:
-        if "APP_VERSION" in line:
-            parts = line.split('"')
-            return parts[1]
-    return "unknown"
-VERSION = getVersion()
-
-version = "[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-{VERSION}-brightgreen.svg)](CHANGELOG.md)\n".format(
-    VERSION = VERSION
-)
-
-branch = "![branch](https://img.shields.io/badge/branch-{BRANCH}-orange.svg)\n".format(
-    BRANCH = BRANCH
-)
-
-travis = "[![travis](https://travis-ci.org/{USER}/{REPO}.svg?branch={BRANCH})]" \
-    "(https://travis-ci.org/{USER}/{REPO})\n".format(
-    USER = USER,
-    REPO = REPO,
-    BRANCH = BRANCH
-)
-
-codacy = "[![codacy](https://img.shields.io/codacy/grade/{HASH}/{BRANCH}.svg)]" \
-    "(https://www.codacy.com/app/{USER}/{REPO}/dashboard)\n".format(
-    HASH = "c9496e25cf07434cba786b462cb15f49",
-    USER = USER,
-    REPO = REPO,
-    BRANCH = BRANCH
-)
-
-lines = open(README).readlines()
-with open(README, "w") as fh:
-    for line in lines:
-        if "![travis]" in line:
-            fh.write(travis)
-        elif "![version]" in line:
-            fh.write(version)
-        elif "![branch]" in line:
-            fh.write(branch)
-        elif "![codacy]" in line:
-            fh.write(codacy)
-        else:
-            fh.write(line)
-
-subprocess.check_output(["git", "add", README ])
+
+from subprocess import call, check_output
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse
+
+from fileinput import FileInput
+# https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6cb7b659#diff-78790b53ff259619377058acd4f74672
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+    class FileInputCtx(FileInput):
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+            self.close()
+
+    FileInput = FileInputCtx
+
+
+def run(cmd, cwd=None):
+    out = check_output(cmd, cwd=cwd)
+    out = out.decode("latin1").strip()
+
+    return out
+
+
+def parse_h_string(define, r_quotes=re.compile("\"(.*)\"")):
+    string = r_quotes.search(define).group(1)
+    return string
+
+
+def git_parse_remote(cwd=None, remote="origin"):
+    remote_url = run([
+        "git", "config", "--local",
+        "--get", "remote.{}.url".format(remote)], cwd)
+
+    if remote_url.startswith("git"):
+        _, _, repo = remote_url.partition(":")
+        path = repo.replace(".git", "")
+    elif remote_url.startswith("https"):
+        parsed = urlparse(remote_url)
+        path = parsed.path[1:]
+    return path.split("/")
+
+
+def git_branch(cwd=None):
+    return run(["git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"], cwd)
+
+
+def espurna_get_version(base, version_h="code/espurna/config/version.h"):
+    version = "unknown"
+
+    path = os.path.join(base, version_h)
+    with open(path, "r") as version_f:
+        for line in version_f:
+            if line.startswith("#define") and "APP_VERSION" in line:
+                version = parse_h_string(line)
+                break
+
+    return version
+
+TEMPLATES = {
+    "![travis]": "[![travis](https://travis-ci.org/{USER}/{REPO}.svg?branch={BRANCH})]" \
+        "(https://travis-ci.org/{USER}/{REPO})\n",
+    "![version]": "[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-{VERSION}-brightgreen.svg)](CHANGELOG.md)\n",
+    "![branch]": "[![branch](https://img.shields.io/badge/branch-{BRANCH}-orange.svg)]" \
+        "(https://github.org/{USER}/{REPO}/tree/{BRANCH}/)\n",
+    "![codacy]": "[![codacy](https://img.shields.io/codacy/grade/c9496e25cf07434cba786b462cb15f49/{BRANCH}.svg)]" \
+        "(https://www.codacy.com/app/{USER}/{REPO}/dashboard)\n"
+}
+
+README = "README.md"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    base = os.getcwd()
+
+    user, repo = git_parse_remote()
+    fmt = {
+        "USER": user,
+        "REPO": repo,
+        "BRANCH": git_branch(),
+        "VERSION": espurna_get_version(base)
+    }
+    templates = [
+        (k, tmpl.format(**fmt))
+        for k, tmpl in TEMPLATES.items()
+    ]
+
+    def fmt_line(line):
+        for match, tmpl in templates:
+            if match in line:
+                return tmpl
+
+        return line
+
+    path = os.path.join(base, README)
+
+    with FileInput(path, inplace=True) as readme:
+        for line in readme:
+            sys.stdout.write(fmt_line(line))
+
+    sys.exit(call(["git", "add", README]))