diff --git a/app/models/project_services/hipchat_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/hipchat_service.rb
index ea2169fb1688af2f882c3be2ed3b1aafff5dc192..c0ba9f1e7f350d6674a7f4fc3dbf180b64bf3b29 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/hipchat_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/hipchat_service.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class HipchatService < Service
     elsif after =~ /000000/
       message << "removed branch #{ref} from <a href=\"#{project.web_url}\">#{project.name_with_namespace.gsub!(/\s/,'')}</a> \n"
     else
-      message << "#pushed to branch <a href=\"#{project.web_url}/commits/#{ref}\">#{ref}</a> "
+      message << "pushed to branch <a href=\"#{project.web_url}/commits/#{ref}\">#{ref}</a> "
       message << "of <a href=\"#{project.web_url}\">#{project.name_with_namespace.gsub!(/\s/,'')}</a> "
       message << "(<a href=\"#{project.web_url}/compare/#{before}...#{after}\">Compare changes</a>)"
       for commit in push[:commits] do