diff --git a/dotCMS/build.gradle b/dotCMS/build.gradle
index df363d636487..8470c84e8a4e 100644
--- a/dotCMS/build.gradle
+++ b/dotCMS/build.gradle
@@ -74,23 +74,26 @@ project.ext {
     homeFolder = serverFolder + webAppRootFolder
     dotcmsHome = serverFolder + webAppRootFolder
 
-
-
-
-    if (project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('deployWarTomcat') || project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('createDist')|| project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('docker')){
-        try {
-            git = Grgit.open(file('..'))
-            dotcmsReleaseBuild = git.head().abbreviatedId // abbreviatedId of head() method.
-        } catch (Exception ignored) {
-            println "ERROR:>> " + ignored.getMessage()
-            //Do nothing, this will fail only if git is not installed on this machine
-        }
+    try {
+        dotcmsReleaseBuild = getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()
+        println "SETTING BUILD TO:>> " + dotcmsReleaseBuild
+        
+    } catch (Exception ignored) {
+        println "ERROR:>> " + ignored.getMessage()
+        //Do nothing, this will fail only if git is not installed on this machine
     }
+    
 
     tomcatDistBase = "$distLocation/$tomcatDistInstallLocation-$tomcatInstallVersion"
     dotcmsDistBase = "../$tomcatDistInstallLocation-$tomcatInstallVersion"
 }
 
+// this is way faster than Grgit
+def getCheckedOutGitCommitHash() {
+    grgit.head().abbreviatedId
+}
+
+
 
 if (project.hasProperty('jarBaseName')) {
     archivesBaseName = "$jarBaseName"