diff --git a/lib/hub/context.rb b/lib/hub/context.rb
index c91f7285b9c9c4d50d92fe4dd0b0cb6361735fad..4750221fe8c4cf22725d09231189215b7c4e3b85 100644
--- a/lib/hub/context.rb
+++ b/lib/hub/context.rb
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ module Hub
       end
 
       def project
-        if urls.find { |u| u =~ %r{\bgithub\.com[:/](.+)/(.+).git$} }
-          GithubProject.new local_repo, $1, $2
+        if urls.find { |u| u =~ %r{\bgithub\.com[:/](.+)/(.+)\z} }
+          owner = $1
+          GithubProject.new local_repo, owner, $2.sub(/\.git$/, '')
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/test/hub_test.rb b/test/hub_test.rb
index 71695464913462120922c2de6b07ad3b4b816e6a..4bf3ae9c8c79642da9ccf602bf11ef97a8cdd93a 100644
--- a/test/hub_test.rb
+++ b/test/hub_test.rb
@@ -1045,6 +1045,11 @@ config
     assert_command "browse --", "open https://github.com/defunkt/hub"
   end
 
+  def test_hub_browse_current_https_uri
+    stub_repo_url "https://github.com/defunkt/hub"
+    assert_command "browse", "open https://github.com/defunkt/hub"
+  end
+
   def test_hub_browse_commit_from_current
     assert_command "browse -- commit/6616e4", "open https://github.com/defunkt/hub/commit/6616e4"
   end