2 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gajim/__init__.py b/gajim/__init__.py
index 873ad93a6..7bdaa1c37 100644
--- a/gajim/__init__.py
+++ b/gajim/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -8,12 +7,3 @@ IS_FLATPAK = Path('/app/share/run-as-flatpak').exists()
 
 portable_path = Path(sys.executable).parent / 'is_portable'
 IS_PORTABLE = portable_path.exists()
-
-try:
-    p = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD', shell=True,
-                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-    node = p.communicate()[0]
-    if node:
-        __version__ += '+' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
-except Exception:
-    pass
diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 20e03a7b7..cc9941e41 100755
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import subprocess
 from gajim import gajim
+
+try:
+    p = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD', shell=True,
+                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    node = p.communicate()[0]
+    if node:
+        import gajim as g
+        g.__version__ += '+' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
+except Exception:
+    pass
+
 gajim.main()