diff --git a/src/pkgupdates/package.py b/src/pkgupdates/package.py
index 06564d7..bdbeb1f 100755
--- a/src/pkgupdates/package.py
+++ b/src/pkgupdates/package.py
@@ -21,15 +21,25 @@ PkgVersion = collections.namedtuple("PkgVersion",
 def get_packages_from_tree():
     """Get files from git tree"""
     res = {}
-    repo = git.Repo(os.getcwd())
+    cwdir = os.getcwd()
+
+    repo = git.Repo(cwdir, search_parent_directories=True)
+    tree = repo.commit().tree
+    overroot = repo.git.rev_parse("--show-toplevel")
+    creldir = cwdir.replace(overroot, '')
+    if creldir.startswith("/"):
+        creldir = creldir[1:]
     if repo.bare:
         return
-    for entry in repo.commit().tree.traverse():
+    for entry in tree.traverse():
         file = entry.path
         root = os.path.dirname(file)
         if not file.endswith('.ebuild'):
             continue
 
+        if creldir not in file:
+            continue
+
         p1 = os.path.split(root)
         p2 = os.path.split(p1[0])
         pkg = os.path.join(p2[1], p1[1])
@@ -41,7 +51,7 @@ def get_packages_from_tree():
         if pkg in res:
             res[pkg]["versions"].append(match.groups()[0])
         else:
-            metadata = get_metadata(root)
+            metadata = get_metadata(os.path.join(overroot, root))
             if metadata is None:
                 metadata = {}
             res[pkg] = metadata