diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/AbstractGitMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/AbstractGitMojo.java
index 02c5b458..0b410201 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/AbstractGitMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/AbstractGitMojo.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGitMojo extends AbstractMojo {
      * @throws MojoExecutionException if retrieving information from the Git
      *         repository fails
      */
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+    protected void initRepository() throws MojoExecutionException {
         try {
             FileRepositoryBuilder repositoryBuilder = new FileRepositoryBuilder();
             this.repository = repositoryBuilder
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
      * @see RevCommit
      * @throws IOException if the repository HEAD could not be retrieved
      */
-    protected RevCommit getHead() throws IOException {
+    protected RevCommit getHead() throws IOException, MojoExecutionException {
+        if(this.repository == null) {
+            this.initRepository();
+        }
+
         RevWalk revWalk = new RevWalk(this.repository);
         ObjectId head = this.repository.getRef("HEAD").getObjectId();
         return revWalk.parseCommit(head);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitActorsMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitActorsMojo.java
index f5530283..845359fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitActorsMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitActorsMojo.java
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ public class GitActorsMojo extends AbstractGitMojo {
      * @throws MojoExecutionException if retrieving information from the Git
      *         repository fails
      */
-    @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
-        super.execute();
-
         try {
             RevCommit commit = this.getHead();
             PersonIdent author = commit.getAuthorIdent();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitBranchMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitBranchMojo.java
index 3644c9cb..754e5b4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitBranchMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitBranchMojo.java
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ public class GitBranchMojo extends AbstractGitMojo {
      * @throws MojoExecutionException if retrieving information from the Git
      *         repository fails
      */
-    @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
-        super.execute();
+        this.initRepository();
 
         try {
             project.getProperties().put("mavanagaiata.branch", this.repository.getBranch());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitCommitMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitCommitMojo.java
index a5b2cf84..78804f82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitCommitMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/koraktor/mavanagaiata/GitCommitMojo.java
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ public class GitCommitMojo extends AbstractGitMojo {
      * @throws MojoExecutionException if retrieving information from the Git
      *         repository fails
      */
-    @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
-        super.execute();
-
         try {
             RevCommit commit = this.getHead();
             String abbrevId = this.repository.getObjectDatabase().newReader()