diff --git a/gitstatus.sh b/gitstatus.sh
index bb98436..03e1bc1 100755
--- a/gitstatus.sh
+++ b/gitstatus.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
   status=${line:0:2}
   case "$status" in
     \#\#) branch_line="$line" ;;
-    *M) ((num_changed++)) ;;
-    U*) ((num_conflicts++)) ;;
+    ?M) ((num_changed++)) ;;
+    U?) ((num_conflicts++)) ;;
     \?\?) ((num_untracked++)) ;;
     *) ((num_staged++)) ;;
   esac