diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/devops_build.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/devops_build.py
index d7ba98d..230f3b2 100644
--- a/src/main/python/ddadevops/devops_build.py
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/devops_build.py
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ def get_devops_build(project):
     return project.get_property('devops_build')
 
 def get_tag_from_latest_commit():
-        return run('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --exact-match', shell=True, capture_output=True).stdout.decode('UTF-8').rstrip()
+    value = run('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --exact-match', shell=True, 
+        capture_output=True)
+    if value.returncode != 0:
+        return None
+    return value.stdout.decode('UTF-8').rstrip()
 
 class DevopsBuild: