diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
index 4f2f3ca3..f1c43e7c 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             {
                 // For worktrees, we need to watch the $GIT_COMMON_DIR instead of the $GIT_DIR.
                 var gitDirForWatcher = _gitDir;
-                if (_gitDir.Replace("\\", "/").IndexOf(".git/worktrees/", StringComparison.Ordinal) > 0)
+                if (_gitDir.Replace("\\", "/").IndexOf("/worktrees/", StringComparison.Ordinal) > 0)
                 {
                     var commonDir = new Commands.QueryGitCommonDir(_fullpath).Result();
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(commonDir))