diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index 433b9af094..2757fbc115 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 // Test that go1.1 tag above is included in builds. main.go refers to this definition.
 const go11tag = true
 
-const APP_VER = "0.1.0.0317.1"
+const APP_VER = "0.1.0.0318.1"
 
 func init() {
 	base.AppVer = APP_VER
diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index 6e3754acf5..21d46aa250 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -400,15 +400,6 @@ func DeleteRepository(userId, repoId int64, userName string) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Commit represents a git commit.
-type Commit struct {
-	Author  string
-	Email   string
-	Date    time.Time
-	SHA     string
-	Message string
-}
-
 var (
 	ErrRepoFileNotLoaded = fmt.Errorf("repo file not loaded")
 )
@@ -553,34 +544,16 @@ func GetReposFiles(userName, reposName, branchName, rpath string) ([]*RepoFile,
 }
 
 // GetLastestCommit returns the latest commit of given repository.
-func GetLastestCommit(userName, repoName string) (*Commit, error) {
-	stdout, _, err := com.ExecCmd("git", "--git-dir="+RepoPath(userName, repoName), "log", "-1")
+func GetLastCommit(userName, repoName, branchname string) (*git.Commit, error) {
+	repo, err := git.OpenRepository(RepoPath(userName, repoName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	commit := new(Commit)
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(stdout, "\n") {
-		if len(line) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		switch {
-		case line[0] == 'c':
-			commit.SHA = line[7:]
-		case line[0] == 'A':
-			infos := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 3)
-			commit.Author = infos[1]
-			commit.Email = infos[2][1 : len(infos[2])-1]
-		case line[0] == 'D':
-			commit.Date, err = time.Parse("Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 2006 -0700", line[8:])
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		case line[:4] == "    ":
-			commit.Message = line[4:]
-		}
+	r, err := repo.LookupReference(fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", branchname))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return commit, nil
+	return r.LastCommit()
 }
 
 // GetCommits returns all commits of given branch of repository.
diff --git a/routers/repo/single.go b/routers/repo/single.go
index 1b5da9d307..64ea508b0e 100644
--- a/routers/repo/single.go
+++ b/routers/repo/single.go
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ func Single(ctx *middleware.Context, params martini.Params) {
 	}
 
 	// Get latest commit according username and repo name
-	commit, err := models.GetLastestCommit(params["username"], params["reponame"])
+	commit, err := models.GetLastCommit(params["username"], params["reponame"], params["branchname"])
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("repo.Single(GetLastestCommit): %v", err)
 		ctx.Render.Error(404)
 		return
 	}
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommit"] = commit
+	ctx.Data["LastCommit"] = commit
 
 	var readmeFile *models.RepoFile
 
diff --git a/templates/repo/single.tmpl b/templates/repo/single.tmpl
index 019ec8eaaa..3831c2dc41 100644
--- a/templates/repo/single.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/single.tmpl
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
 
         <div class="panel panel-default info-box">
             <div class="panel-heading info-head">
-                <a href="/{{$username}}/{{$reponame}}/commit/{{.LatestCommit.SHA}}">{{.LatestCommit.Message}}</a>
+                <a href="/{{$username}}/{{$reponame}}/commit/{{.LastCommit.Oid.String}}">{{.LastCommit.Message}}</a>
             </div>
             <div class="panel-body info-content">
-                <a href="/user/{{.LatestCommit.Author}}">{{.LatestCommit.Author}}</a> <span class="text-muted">{{TimeSince .LatestCommit.Date}}</span>
+                <a href="/user/{{.LastCommit.Author.Name}}">{{.LastCommit.Author.Name}}</a> <span class="text-muted">{{TimeSince .LastCommit.Author.When}}</span>
             </div>
             <table class="panel-footer table file-list">
                 <thead class="hidden">