diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index e9bdec8..56b75e7 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ prebuild() {
 
     #insert actual firware version informations into release file
     version=$(git describe --tags --dirty)
+    if [ 0 -ne $? ]; then
+        version=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%h)
+    fi
     community=$(basename "$(realpath selected_community)" .cfg)
 
     {