diff --git a/bin/create b/bin/create
index 2f6c0180..8f535248 100755
--- a/bin/create
+++ b/bin/create
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ACTIVITY_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH"/src/$PACKAGE_AS_PATH/$ACTIVITY.java
 MANIFEST_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH"/AndroidManifest.xml
 
 TARGET=$($ANDROID_BIN list targets | grep id: | tail -1 | cut -f 2 -d ' ' )
-API_LEVEL=$($ANDROID_BIN list target | grep "API level:" | tail -n 1 | awk '{gsub("     API level:", "");print}' | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
+API_LEVEL=$($ANDROID_BIN list target | grep "API level:" | tail -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d ':' | tr -d ' ')
 
 # if this a distribution release no need to build a jar
 if [ ! -e "$BUILD_PATH"/cordova-$VERSION.jar ] && [ -d "$BUILD_PATH"/framework ]