diff --git a/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish b/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish
index 2582688..12e3d8c 100644
--- a/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
             set suffix '>'
     end
 
-    set -l branch (git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-    set branch (string replace -r "^refs/heads/" "" $branch)
+    set -l branch (fossil branch current 2>/dev/null)
     
     if test -z "$branch"
-        set branch (fossil branch current 2>/dev/null)
+        set branch (git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+        set branch (string replace -r "^refs/heads/" "" $branch)
     end
 
     set -l vcs
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 5d45276..81af5d5 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ set_prompt
 __precmd() {
 	__update_terminal_cwd
 
-	local branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-	branch=${branch##refs/heads/}
+	local branch=$(fossil branch current 2>/dev/null)
 
 	if [ -z "$branch" ]; then
-		branch=$(fossil branch current 2>/dev/null)
+		branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+		branch=${branch##refs/heads/}
 	fi
 
 	set_prompt $branch