diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea38449..425d299 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 GIT_HASH=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 DATE_TAG=$(shell date +%m%d%y-%H:%M:%S)
-VERSION=$(shell git log -n1 --pretty="format:%d" | sed "s/, /\n/g" | grep tag: | sed "s/tag: \|)//g")
+TAG_CMD := git log -n1 --pretty="format:%d" | sed "s/, /\n/g" | grep tag: | sed "s/tag: \|)//g"
+VERSION=$(shell $(TAG_CMD))
 
 build:
 	go build -ldflags="-X main.GitHash $(GIT_HASH) -X main.BuildDate $(DATE_TAG) -X main.Version $(VERSION)"