diff --git a/liquidprompt b/liquidprompt
index ba2b183..24e16e2 100755
--- a/liquidprompt
+++ b/liquidprompt
@@ -832,18 +832,15 @@ _lp_svn_branch()
     [[ "$LP_ENABLE_SVN" != 1 ]] && return
     local root
     local url
-    local result
     eval $(LANG=C LC_ALL=C svn info 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^URL: \(.*\)/url="\1"/p;s/^Repository Root: \(.*\)/root="\1"/p' )
-    if [[ "$root" == "" ]]; then
-        return
-    fi
+    [[ -z "$root" ]] && return
+
     # Make url relative to root
     url="${url:${#root}}"
     if [[ "$url" == */trunk* ]] ; then
         echo -n trunk
     else
-        result=$(expr "$url" : '.*/branches/\([^/]*\)' || expr "$url" : '/\([^/]*\)' || basename "$root")
-        echo -n $result # FIXME should be: echo -n $(_lp_escape "${result}")
+        _lp_escape "$(expr "$url" : '.*/branches/\([^/]*\)' || expr "$url" : '/\([^/]*\)' || basename "$root")"
     fi
 }