diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 415e036b40..220e31c6fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Gogs - Go Git Service [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gogits/gogs.svg?bra
 
 ![](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/master/public/img/gogs-large-resize.png?raw=true)
 
-##### Current version: 0.8.39
+##### Current version: 0.8.40
 
 | Web | UI  | Preview  |
 |:-------------:|:-------:|:-------:|
diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index 4c9a627dea..1e4241fd76 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
 )
 
-const APP_VER = "0.8.39.0219"
+const APP_VER = "0.8.40.0219"
 
 func init() {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
diff --git a/models/pull.go b/models/pull.go
index 67f103e8d5..bf16d98fa7 100644
--- a/models/pull.go
+++ b/models/pull.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/log"
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/process"
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 type PullRequestType int
@@ -483,35 +482,28 @@ func (pr *PullRequest) UpdatePatch() (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// PushToBaseRepo pushes commits from branches of head repository to
+// corresponding branches of base repository.
+// FIXME: could fail after user force push head repo, should we always force push here?
+// FIXME: Only push branches that are actually updates?
 func (pr *PullRequest) PushToBaseRepo() (err error) {
-	log.Trace("PushToBase[%d]: pushing commits to base repo refs/pull/%d/head", pr.ID, pr.ID)
+	log.Trace("PushToBaseRepo[%[1]d]: pushing commits to base repo 'refs/pull/%[1]d/head'", pr.ID)
 
-	branch := pr.HeadBranch
-
-	if err = pr.BaseRepo.GetOwner(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not get base repo owner data: %v", err)
-	} else if err = pr.HeadRepo.GetOwner(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not get head repo owner data: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	headRepoPath := RepoPath(pr.HeadRepo.Owner.Name, pr.HeadRepo.Name)
-
-	prIdStr := strconv.FormatInt(pr.ID, 10)
-	tmpRemoteName := "tmp-pull-" + branch + "-" + prIdStr
-	repo, err := git.OpenRepository(headRepoPath)
+	headRepoPath := pr.HeadRepo.RepoPath()
+	headGitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(headRepoPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to open head repository: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("OpenRepository: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if err = repo.AddRemote(tmpRemoteName, RepoPath(pr.BaseRepo.Owner.Name, pr.BaseRepo.Name), false); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to add remote to head repository: %v", err)
+	tmpRemoteName := fmt.Sprintf("tmp-pull-%d", pr.ID)
+	if err = headGitRepo.AddRemote(tmpRemoteName, pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), false); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("headGitRepo.AddRemote: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Make sure to remove the remote even if the push fails
-	defer repo.RemoveRemote(tmpRemoteName)
+	defer headGitRepo.RemoveRemote(tmpRemoteName)
 
-	pushRef := branch+":"+"refs/pull/"+prIdStr+"/head"
-	if err = git.Push(headRepoPath, tmpRemoteName, pushRef); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error pushing: %v", err)
+	if err = git.Push(headRepoPath, tmpRemoteName, fmt.Sprintf("%s:refs/pull/%d/head", pr.HeadBranch, pr.Index)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Push: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/templates/.VERSION b/templates/.VERSION
index bbea7d5964..356e27b108 100644
--- a/templates/.VERSION
+++ b/templates/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.39.0219
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8.40.0219
\ No newline at end of file