diff --git a/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala b/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
index 92c22709..9d9cfc7a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/Vcs.scala
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ class Subversion(val baseDir: File) extends Vcs {
   override def status: ProcessBuilder = cmd("status", "-q")
 
   lazy val workingDirSvnUrl:String = {
-    val svnInfo = cmd("info").!!
     val svnInfoUrlKey = "URL: "
+    val svnInfo: String = cmd("info").lines.mkString("\n")
     val urlStartIdx = svnInfo.indexOf(svnInfoUrlKey) + svnInfoUrlKey.length
-    svnInfo.substring(urlStartIdx, svnInfo.indexOf('\n', urlStartIdx)-1)
+    svnInfo.substring(urlStartIdx, svnInfo.indexOf('\n', urlStartIdx)).trim
   }
 
   lazy val repoRoot:String = {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Subversion(val baseDir: File) extends Vcs {
       workingDirSvnUrl.indexOf("/branches"),
       workingDirSvnUrl.indexOf("/tags")
     ).filter(_ >= 0)
-    require(!svnBaseUrlEndIdxOptions.isEmpty, "No /trunk, /branches or /tags part found in svn url. Base url cannot be extracted.")
+    require(!svnBaseUrlEndIdxOptions.isEmpty, "No /trunk, /branches or /tags part found in svn url. Base url cannot be extracted. Url: " + workingDirSvnUrl)
     val svnBaseUrlEndIdx = svnBaseUrlEndIdxOptions.head
     workingDirSvnUrl.substring(0, svnBaseUrlEndIdx + 1)
   }