diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6f2d0eb..9202c65 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ lint:
     - cp -r * /go/src/gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
   script:
     - git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}"
-    - git pull --tags
     - VERSION="$(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD)-$(git rev-list $(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD)..HEAD --count)-$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)"
     - echo "building ${VERSION}"
     - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ build:cross-compile:
     - cp -r * /go/src/gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
   script:
     - git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}"
-    - git pull --tags
     - VERSION="$(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD)-$(git rev-list $(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD)..HEAD --count)-$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)"
     - echo "building ${VERSION}"
     - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ build:x86:deb:
     - apt-get install -y git-buildpackage dh-golang bash-completion golang-any golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev golang-github-spf13-viper-dev
     - apt-get install -y ./*.deb && rm -vf *.deb
   script:
+    - git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}"
     - go run ./cmd/signaldctl doc -o man
     - go run ./cmd/signaldctl completion bash > debian/package.bash-completion
     - ls *.1 > debian/manpages
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 47a79a9..6a9db60 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export DH_GOLANG_EXCLUDES := tools/
 
 PKG := gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
-# GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Version=$(DEB_VERSION)
+GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Version=$(DEB_VERSION)
 GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Branch=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Commit=$(CI_BUILD_REF)