diff --git a/scripts/config_version.sh b/scripts/config_version.sh
index 0aa9fb4..b4e6556 100755
--- a/scripts/config_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/config_version.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ if [ -e /opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_version ]
 then 
   /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby $1/$2/scripts/config_version.rb $1 $2  
 else
-  /usr/bin/git --git-dir $1/$2/.git rev-parse HEAD
+  /usr/bin/git --version > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
+  /usr/bin/git --git-dir $1/$2/.git rev-parse HEAD ||
+  date +%s
 fi