diff --git a/zsh/clone.zsh b/zsh/clone.zsh
index ccc152f..8d62b2f 100644
--- a/zsh/clone.zsh
+++ b/zsh/clone.zsh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ _CA__CLONE_SOURCE() {
 					&& touch .gitignore \
 					&& git add .gitignore \
 					&& git commit -m 'project init' \
-					&& git remote add "$_CA__GIT_MAIN_BRANCH" $REMOTE_TARGET \
+					&& git remote add $_CA__GET_GIT_MAIN_BRANCH $REMOTE_TARGET \
 					&& cd .. \
 					;
 			} >/dev/null >&1 && echo ' success :)' || echo ' failed :c'
diff --git a/zsh/helpers.zsh b/zsh/helpers.zsh
index f68c007..f8acb44 100644
--- a/zsh/helpers.zsh
+++ b/zsh/helpers.zsh
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ _CA__GET_REMOTE_TARGET() {
 	echo $REMOTE_TARGET
 }
 
+_CA__GET_GIT_MAIN_BRANCH() {
+	{ git config --list | grep 'init.defaultbranch' | sed 's/.*=//' \
+		|| echo 'main'
+	} 2>/dev/null
+}
+
 _CA__GET_PROJECT_NAME() {
 	local REMOTE_TARGET="$1"
 	local DEFAULT_NAME=$(basename $REMOTE_TARGET | sed 's/\.git$//')
diff --git a/zsh/settings.zsh b/zsh/settings.zsh
index 1461e5e..d26b102 100644
--- a/zsh/settings.zsh
+++ b/zsh/settings.zsh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export _CA__SOURCE_DIR_NAME='code'
 export _CA__VIRTUAL_ENV_NAME='env'
 export _CA__CUSTOM_ENV_NAME='custom-env'
 export _CA__NO_ENV_SENTINEL='no-env'
-export _CA__GIT_MAIN_BRANCH='master'
 
 export _CA__CUSTOM_ENV_TEMPLATE="${0:a:h}/custom-env-template.zsh"