diff --git a/bin/git-bb-create-pull-request b/bin/git-bb-create-pull-request
index 8ab3990..01945f6 100755
--- a/bin/git-bb-create-pull-request
+++ b/bin/git-bb-create-pull-request
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ def construct_PR_URL
   remote = git_remote()
   bbloc = remote.index('bitbucket.org')
   if not bbloc
-    puts "only works for repositories with their origin remote on bitbucket.org"
-    exit 1
-  end
-  return "https://#{remote[bbloc..-5].sub(':','/')}/pull-requests/new?source=#{git_branch()}&t=1"
+    host = repo_url
+  else
+    host = remote[bbloc..-5].sub(':','/')
+  return "https://#{host}/pull-requests/new?source=#{git_branch()}&t=1"
 end
 
 if ARGV.length > 0