diff --git a/playback/__init__.py b/playback/__init__.py
index 8f4b94f..4717678 100755
--- a/playback/__init__.py
+++ b/playback/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def function(window):
     curses.init_pair(1, curses.COLOR_RED, -1)
     curses.init_pair(2, curses.COLOR_GREEN, -1)
 
-    repo = git.Repo(os.getcwd())
+    repo = git.Repo(os.getcwd(), search_parent_directories=True)
     top_level = repo.git.rev_parse(show_toplevel=True)
     file_path = os.path.relpath(
         os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[1]), top_level)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def function(window):
     rewinding = False
     diff = []
 
-    while 1:
+    while True:
         # get keyboard input
         window.nodelay(1)  # don't wait for input
         key = window.getch()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ad4985..0293170 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='git-playback',
-    version='0.1.1',
+    version='0.2',
     url='https://github.com/jianli/git-playback',
     description='A git command to play back file history.',
     packages=find_packages('.'),
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
         ),
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'gitpython>=0.3.2.RC1',
+        'GitPython',
     ],
 )