diff --git a/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/defaultBranchName.st b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/defaultBranchName.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..523afe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/defaultBranchName.st
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+accessing
+defaultBranchName
+	"Answer the name of the remote's default branch.
+	
+	Must only be called after connecting.
+	"
+
+	| buf defaultBranchName |
+	buf := LGitBuf new.
+	[	self withReturnHandlerDo: [
+			self remote_default_branch: buf ].
+		defaultBranchName := buf prim_ptr utf8StringFromCString ] ensure: [ buf free ].
+
+	^ defaultBranchName
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect.direction.callbacks..st b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect.direction.callbacks..st
index 97c73653..d6d8fea3 100644
--- a/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect.direction.callbacks..st
+++ b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect.direction.callbacks..st
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 libgit - calls
 remote_connect: remote direction: direction callbacks: remoteCallbacks
-	
-	^ self
-		ffiCallSafely:
-			#(LGitReturnCodeEnum git_remote_connect #(self , LGitDirectionEnum direction , LGitRemoteCallbacks * remoteCallbacks))
-		options: #()
\ No newline at end of file
+
+	^ (self ffiLibrary uniqueInstance isVersionLessThan: #(1 2))
+		  ifTrue: [ self shouldBeImplemented ]
+		  ifFalse: [
+				self
+				  remote_connect_v120: remote
+				  direction: direction
+				  callbacks: remoteCallbacks ]
diff --git a/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect_v120.direction.callbacks..st b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect_v120.direction.callbacks..st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aef3c7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_connect_v120.direction.callbacks..st
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+libgit - calls
+remote_connect_v120: aLGitRemote direction: aLGitDirectionEnum callbacks: aLGitRemoteCallbacksV120
+
+	^ self ffiCallSafely: #(
+		LGitReturnCodeEnum
+		git_remote_connect #(
+			self,
+			LGitDirectionEnum aLGitDirectionEnum,
+			LGitRemoteCallbacksV120 * aLGitRemoteCallbacksV120,
+			nil,
+			nil ))
+		options: #()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_default_branch..st b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_default_branch..st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40942e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit-Core.package/LGitRemote.class/instance/remote_default_branch..st
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+libgit - calls
+remote_default_branch: out 
+	"Retrieve the name of the remote's default branch.
+	
+	The default branch of a repository is the branch which HEAD points to. If the remote does not support reporting this information directly, it performs the guess as git does; that is, if there are multiple branches which point to the same commit, the first one is chosen. If the master branch is a candidate, it wins.
+	
+	This function must only be called after connecting.
+	
+	See: https://libgit2.org/libgit2/#v1.0.0/group/remote/git_remote_default_branch"
+
+	^ self
+		ffiCallSafely: #(LGitReturnCodeEnum git_remote_default_branch(LGitBuf *out, self))
+		options: #().
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualFetchTest.class/instance/testDefaultBranchName.st b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualFetchTest.class/instance/testDefaultBranchName.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24308a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualFetchTest.class/instance/testDefaultBranchName.st
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+tests
+testDefaultBranchName
+
+	| repo remote |
+	repo := self newRepo state3Opened.
+	remote := LGitRemote of: repo named: 'origin' url: self newRepo repositoryUrlHttps.
+	remote
+		create;
+		lookup;
+		connectFetch.
+
+	self
+		assert: remote defaultBranchName
+		equals: 'refs/heads/master'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualPullTest.class/instance/testPullHTTPS.st b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualPullTest.class/instance/testPullHTTPS.st
index a4fc692b..ab9649a3 100644
--- a/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualPullTest.class/instance/testPullHTTPS.st
+++ b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitManualPullTest.class/instance/testPullHTTPS.st
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ testPullHTTPS
 			credentials createWith: cred.
 			0 ].
 	options := (repo ffiLibrary uniqueInstance fetchOptionsStructureClass defaults
-		callbacks: (self ffiLibrary uniqueInstance remoteCallbacksStructureClass defaults
+		callbacks: (repo ffiLibrary uniqueInstance remoteCallbacksStructureClass defaults
 			credentials: credentialsCallback;
 			yourself);
 		yourself).
diff --git a/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitTestRepository.class/class/loadTestData.st b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitTestRepository.class/class/loadTestData.st
index 5f82eaa2..466c5a0e 100644
--- a/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitTestRepository.class/class/loadTestData.st
+++ b/LibGit-Tests.package/LGitTestRepository.class/class/loadTestData.st
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 private
 loadTestData
+	"
+	self loadTestData
+	"
 	| dictionary |
-	(testDataLoaded notNil and: [ testDataLoaded ]) ifTrue: [ ^ self ].
+"	(testDataLoaded notNil and: [ testDataLoaded ]) ifTrue: [ ^ self ]. Reload everytime"
 	testDataLoaded := true.
 	(FileSystem workingDirectory / 'test_data.json') exists ifFalse: [ ^ self ].
 	
 	(FileSystem workingDirectory / 'test_data.json') readStreamDo: [ :stream |
-		dictionary := MCFileTreeJsonParser parseStream: stream ].
-	
+		dictionary := STONJSON fromStream: stream ].
+
 	(dictionary at: 'urls') keysAndValuesDo: [ :selector :url |
 		self
 			perform: selector asSymbol asMutator