diff --git a/determineVersion.sh b/determineVersion.sh
index 28fe7ef..7c5f1de 100755
--- a/determineVersion.sh
+++ b/determineVersion.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-(git describe 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -e "s/.*\\///" | sed -e "s/[^-]*//") | tail -c +2
+(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -e "s/.*\\///" | sed -e "s/[^-]*//") | tail -c +2