diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
index b9ba371c515..6fa6733fd9d 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function M.get_toplevel(cwd)
     return nil, nil
   end
 
-  local toplevel, git_dir = out:match "([^\n]+)\n+([^\n]+)"
+  local toplevel, git_dir = out:match "([^\n\r]+)[\n\r]+([^\n\r]+)"
   if not toplevel then
     return nil, nil
   end