diff --git a/src/Jenkins.php b/src/Jenkins.php
index 32b0ab3..392b480 100755
--- a/src/Jenkins.php
+++ b/src/Jenkins.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Jenkins
     /**
      * @param string $baseUrl
      */
-    public function __construct($baseUrl)
+    public function     __construct($baseUrl)
     {
         $this->baseUrl = $baseUrl;
     }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public function launchJob($jobName, $parameters = array())
      */
     public function getJob($jobName)
     {
-        $url  = sprintf('%s/job/%s/api/json', $this->baseUrl, $jobName);
+        $url  = sprintf('%s/job/%s/api/json', $this->baseUrl, Jenkins::urlSanitise($jobName));
         $curl = curl_init($url);
 
         curl_setopt($curl, \CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
@@ -427,7 +427,9 @@ public function getBuild($job, $buildId, $tree = 'actions[parameters,parameters[
         if ($tree !== null) {
             $tree = sprintf('?tree=%s', $tree);
         }
+
         $url  = sprintf('%s/job/%s/%d/api/json%s', $this->baseUrl, $job, $buildId, $tree);
+
         $curl = curl_init($url);
 
         curl_setopt($curl, \CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
@@ -826,4 +828,15 @@ public function getComputerConfiguration($computerName)
     {
         return $this->execute(sprintf('/computer/%s/config.xml', $computerName), array(\CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * URL sanitise a given string
+     * @param $string
+     * @return mixed|string
+     */
+    static public function urlSanitise($string){
+        $string = urlencode($string);
+        $string = str_replace("+", "%20", $string);
+        return $string;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jenkins/Build.php b/src/Jenkins/Build.php
index 0e87469..5f77ce1 100755
--- a/src/Jenkins/Build.php
+++ b/src/Jenkins/Build.php
@@ -103,6 +103,41 @@ public function getNumber()
         return $this->build->number;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDescription()
+    {
+        return $this->build->description;
+    }
+
+    public function getGitRevision()
+    {
+        foreach($this->build->actions as $action){
+            if(property_exists($action, 'buildsByBranchName')){
+                return $action->lastBuiltRevision->SHA1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getGitBranch()
+    {
+        foreach($this->build->actions as $action){
+            if(property_exists($action, 'buildsByBranchName')){
+                return $action->lastBuiltRevision->branch[0]->name;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getGitRemoteURL()
+    {
+        foreach($this->build->actions as $action){
+            if(property_exists($action, 'buildsByBranchName')){
+                return $action->remoteUrls[0];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return null|int
      */
diff --git a/src/Jenkins/Job.php b/src/Jenkins/Job.php
index 2eb2c14..89f03e4 100755
--- a/src/Jenkins/Job.php
+++ b/src/Jenkins/Job.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function getBuilds()
      */
     public function getJenkinsBuild($buildId)
     {
-        return $this->getJenkins()->getBuild($this->getName(), $buildId);
+        return $this->getJenkins()->getBuild($this->getNameURLSafe(), $buildId);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ public function getName()
         return $this->job->name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return a version of the name that is safe for URLs.
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getNameURLSafe()
+    {
+        return Jenkins::urlSanitise($this->getName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array
      */
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ public function getColor()
      */
     public function retrieveXmlConfigAsString()
     {
-        return $this->jenkins->retrieveXmlConfigAsString($this->getName());
+        return $this->jenkins->retrieveXmlConfigAsString($this->getNameURLSafe());
     }
 
     /**