diff --git a/determineVersion.sh b/determineVersion.sh
index 7c5f1de..3d80d9d 100755
--- a/determineVersion.sh
+++ b/determineVersion.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -e "s/.*\\///" | sed -e "s/[^-]*//") | tail -c +2
+if [ $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) == $(pwd) ]; then
+  git describe --tags 2>/dev/null | tail -c +2
+else
+  pwd | sed -e "s/.*\\///" | sed -e "s/[^-]*//" | tail -c +2
+fi