diff --git a/jsvn b/jsvn
index a6e2a66..2e9610b 100755
--- a/jsvn
+++ b/jsvn
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def getSVNBranchList(svn):
     colist = []
     root = getSVNRoot(svn)
     lines = Popen([svn, 'ls', root + '/branches'],
-                stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')
+                stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')
     for line in lines:
         if re.match(r'^\s*$', line) is None:
             colist.append(re.sub(r'/$', '', line))
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def getSVNTagList(svn):
     colist = []
     root = getSVNRoot(svn)
     lines = Popen([svn, 'ls', root + '/tags'],
-                stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')
+                stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')
     for line in lines:
         if re.match(r'^\s*$', line) is None:
             colist.append(re.sub(r'/$', '', line))