diff --git a/kci-dev/subcommands/commit.py b/kci-dev/subcommands/commit.py
index 3366768..d7c2a9b 100644
--- a/kci-dev/subcommands/commit.py
+++ b/kci-dev/subcommands/commit.py
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ def api_connection(host):
     return host
 
 
-def find_diff(path, branch, repository):
+def find_diff(path, branch, origin, repository):
     repo = Repo(path)
     assert not repo.bare
-    hcommit = repo.iter_commits("origin/master.." + branch)
+    hcommit = repo.iter_commits(origin + ".." + branch)
     commits = []
     for i in hcommit:
         commits.append(repo.git.show(i))
-    return commits
+    return commits[0]
 
 
 def send_build(url, patch, branch, treeurl, token):
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def send_build(url, patch, branch, treeurl, token):
     help="define the kernel upstream repository where to test local changes",
 )
 @click.option("--branch", default="master", help="define the repository branch")
+@click.option("--origin", default="master", help="define the origin repository branch")
 @click.option(
     "--private",
     default=False,
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ def send_build(url, patch, branch, treeurl, token):
     help="define the directory of the local tree with local changes",
 )
 @click.pass_context
-def commit(ctx, repository, branch, private, path):
+def commit(ctx, repository, branch, origin, private, path):
     config = ctx.obj.get("CFG")
     instance = ctx.obj.get("INSTANCE")
     url = api_connection(config[instance]["host"])
-    diff = find_diff(path, branch, repository)
+    diff = find_diff(path, branch, origin, repository)
     send_build(url, diff, branch, repository, config[instance]["token"])
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_kcidev.py b/tests/test_kcidev.py
index f3ddf69..4cffab2 100644
--- a/tests/test_kcidev.py
+++ b/tests/test_kcidev.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import os
 from subprocess import PIPE, run
 
+import git
+import pytest
+
 
 def test_prepare():
     os.system("cp .kci-dev.toml.example .kci-dev.toml")
@@ -38,3 +41,42 @@ def test_kcidev_patch_help():
     print("#### stderr ####")
     print(result.stderr)
     assert result.returncode == 0
+
+
+def test_create_repo():
+    repo_dir = os.path.join("my-new-repo")
+    file_name = os.path.join(repo_dir, "new-file")
+    file_name2 = os.path.join(repo_dir, "new-file2")
+    r = git.Repo.init(repo_dir)
+    open(file_name, "wb").close()
+    r.index.add("new-file")
+    r.index.commit("initial commit")
+    test_branch = r.create_head("test")
+    r.head.reference = test_branch
+    open(file_name2, "wb").close()
+    r.index.add("new-file2")
+    r.index.commit("test")
+
+
+def test_kcidev_commit():
+    command = [
+        "poetry",
+        "run",
+        "kci-dev",
+        "commit",
+        "--repository",
+        "linux-next",
+        "--origin",
+        "master",
+        "--branch",
+        "test",
+        "--path",
+        "my-new-repo",
+    ]
+    result = run(command, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    print("returncode: " + str(result.returncode))
+    print("#### stdout ####")
+    print(result.stdout)
+    print("#### stderr ####")
+    print(result.stderr)
+    assert result.returncode == 1