diff --git a/SourceGitweb/SourceGitweb.php b/SourceGitweb/SourceGitweb.php
index 68c28ff..58ee754 100644
--- a/SourceGitweb/SourceGitweb.php
+++ b/SourceGitweb/SourceGitweb.php
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 	}
 
 	public function commit( $p_repo, $p_data ) {
+		# Handle branch names with '+' character
+		$p_data = str_replace('_plus_', '+', $p_data);
+
 		# The -d option from curl requires you to encode your own data.
 		# Once it reaches here it is decoded. Hence we split by a space
 		# were as the curl command uses a '+' character instead.
diff --git a/SourceGitweb/post-receive.tmpl b/SourceGitweb/post-receive.tmpl
index f1ce6ee..03a1add 100644
--- a/SourceGitweb/post-receive.tmpl
+++ b/SourceGitweb/post-receive.tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT license
 
 read LINE
+
+# Handle branch names with '+' character
+LINE=`echo $LINE | sed -e 's/+/_plus_/g'`
+
 LINE=`echo $LINE | sed -e 's/ /+/g'`
 
 URL="http://localhost/mantisbt/plugin.php?page=Source/checkin"