diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1a3ecb2da..12af11982 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build inside of the docker container
         id: build-pack-binary
         run: |
-          docker run --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}/api/deploy/release:/app/deploy/release builder npm run build-and-pack
+          docker run --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}/api/deploy/release:/app/deploy/release -v ${{ github.workspace}}/.git:/app/.git builder npm run build-and-pack
           API_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
           echo "::set-output name=API_VERSION::${API_VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/api/scripts/get-tags.mjs b/api/scripts/get-tags.mjs
index c24d7fd03..6d31a2aa7 100644
--- a/api/scripts/get-tags.mjs
+++ b/api/scripts/get-tags.mjs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const getTags = (env = process.env) => {
         const isCommitTagged = runCommand('git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exact-match') !== undefined;
         console.log('gitShortSHA', gitShortSHA, 'isCommitTagged', isCommitTagged);
         if (!gitShortSHA) {
-            throw new Error('Failing build due to missing SHA');
+            console.error('Failed to get git short SHA');
+            process.exit(1);
         }
         return {
             shortSha: gitShortSHA,