diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 44ebd61cc9c9c338903f7c59b80cc0e78f1fc85e..ba5d6167e2142abd2c368e7b60c6f6980fdea6dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ before_script:
 build_web:
     stage: build
     script:
-        - echo "__version__ = '$CI_COMMIT_SHA - $(date '+%F - %H:%M:%S %Z')'" > ./web/API/version.py 
+        - echo "__version__ = '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME $CI_COMMIT_SHA - $(date '+%F - %H:%M:%S %Z')'" > ./web/API/version.py 
         - docker build -t webnist_web:$CI_PIPELINE_ID ./web
 
 python: