diff --git a/extra/cli/git/git.factor b/extra/cli/git/git.factor
index b7c3c2dc3c..6d58658632 100644
--- a/extra/cli/git/git.factor
+++ b/extra/cli/git/git.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYMBOL: cli-git-num-parallel
 cli-git-num-parallel [ cpus 2 * ] initialize
 
 : git-command>string ( desc -- string )
-    process-contents [ blank? ] trim-tail ;
+    utf8 <process-reader> stream-contents [ blank? ] trim-tail ;
 
 : git-clone-as ( uri path -- process ) [ { "git" "clone" } ] 2dip 2array append run-process ;
 : git-clone ( uri -- process ) [ { "git" "clone" } ] dip suffix run-process ;