diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 076485b..52fa10f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
   tags: [ docker ]
   before_script:
-    - echo "COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD`" >> version.env
+    - echo "COMMIT=${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" >> version.env  # COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD`
   script:
     - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
     - docker build . --tag ${CI_REGISTRY}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}:${CI_BUILD_REF}
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ deploy:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
   before_script:
+    - echo "COMMIT=${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" >> version.env
     - source version.env
     - Building docker image for commit "${COMMIT}" with version "${VERSION}"
   script:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b5a9f3..5819ef5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN apk update \
  && apk del build-deps
 
 COPY app /app
-COPY version.env /app/version.env
+COPY version.env /version.env
 COPY README.md /README.md
 
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=30s --interval=10s --timeout=5s --retries=3 CMD curl --insecure --fail https://localhost/status || exit 1
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index b48ffab..f35d3fc 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
 from Crypto.PublicKey.RSA import RsaKey
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
-load_dotenv('version.env')
+load_dotenv('../version.env')
 
 VERSION, COMMIT, DEBUG = getenv('VERSION', 'unknown'), getenv('COMMIT', 'unknown'), bool(getenv('DEBUG', False))