diff --git a/git-sig b/git-sig
index f13e5d6..462f105 100755
--- a/git-sig
+++ b/git-sig
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ cmd_pull() {
 		-r|--remote) remote="$2"; shift 2 ;;
 		--) shift; break ;;
 	esac done
-	git fetch "$remote" refs/notes/signatures:refs/notes/${remote}/signatures
+	git fetch "$remote" +refs/notes/signatures:refs/notes/${remote}/signatures
 	git notes --ref signatures merge -s cat_sort_uniq "${remote}"/signatures
 }