diff --git a/laravel.php b/laravel.php
index b8c9a18..e2b71b7 100644
--- a/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel.php
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
 require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 $query = $argv[1];
-$branch = empty($_ENV['branch']) ? 'master' : $_ENV['branch'];
+
+preg_match('/^\h*?v?(master|(?:[\d]+)(?:\.[\d]+)?(?:\.[\d]+)?)?\h*?(.*?)$/', $query, $matches);
+
+if (! empty(trim($matches[1]))) {
+    $branch = $matches[1];
+    $query = $matches[2];
+} else {
+    $branch = empty($_ENV['branch']) ? 'master' : $_ENV['branch'];
+}
+
 $subtext = empty($_ENV['alfred_theme_subtext']) ? '0' : $_ENV['alfred_theme_subtext'];
 
 $workflow = new Workflow;