diff --git a/gitup/__init__.py b/gitup/__init__.py
index ca5ff34..ee669d8 100644
--- a/gitup/__init__.py
+++ b/gitup/__init__.py
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ gitup: the git repository updater
 __author__ = "Ben Kurtovic"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Ben Kurtovic"
 __license__ = "MIT License"
-__version__ = "0.2.2"
+__version__ = "0.2.3"
 __email__ = "ben.kurtovic@gmail.com"
diff --git a/gitup/update.py b/gitup/update.py
index dd8a06e..9feb875 100644
--- a/gitup/update.py
+++ b/gitup/update.py
@@ -34,15 +34,23 @@ class _ProgressMonitor(RemoteProgress):
     def update(self, op_code, cur_count, max_count=None, message=''):
         """Called whenever progress changes. Overrides default behavior."""
         if op_code & (self.COMPRESSING | self.RECEIVING):
+            cur_count = str(int(cur_count))
+            if max_count:
+                max_count = str(int(max_count))
             if op_code & self.BEGIN:
                 print("\b, " if self._started else " (", end="")
                 if not self._started:
                     self._started = True
             if op_code & self.END:
                 end = ")"
-            else:
+            elif max_count:
                 end = "\b" * (1 + len(cur_count) + len(max_count))
-            print("{0}/{1}".format(cur_count, max_count), end=end)
+            else:
+                end = "\b" * len(cur_count)
+            if max_count:
+                print("{0}/{1}".format(cur_count, max_count), end=end)
+            else:
+                print(str(cur_count), end=end)
 
 
 class _Stasher(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a907ad..04fc1dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ setup(
     name = "gitup",
     packages = find_packages(),
     entry_points = {"console_scripts": ["gitup = gitup.script:run"]},
-    install_requires = ["GitPython >= 0.3.2.RC1", "colorama >= 0.2.7"],
+    install_requires = ["GitPython >= 0.3.6", "colorama >= 0.3.3"],
     version = __version__,
     author = "Ben Kurtovic",
     author_email = "ben.kurtovic@gmail.com",