diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 3b4a105..5360f36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,3 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt-get install figlet
     - name: 'Run Tests'
       run: cd tests && ./commandline_args.sh
-    - name: 'Set CURRENTCOMMIT const'
-      run: echo 'const CURRENTCOMMIT* = "${{ github.sha }}"' > ./src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim
-    - name: 'Push changes'
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
-        git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-        git commit -am "Automatic build Number update"
-        git push
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a93a910..c13079b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 catnip
 *.exe
 *.gz
+src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 6dde71a..dedd5c9 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ proc configure() =
 
 task release, "Builds the project in release mode":
     echo "\e[36;1mBuilding\e[0;0m in release mode"
+    exec &"./tests/git-commit-id.sh"
     compile(true)
 
 task debug, "Builds the project in debug mode":
     echo "\e[36;1mBuilding\e[0;0m in debug mode"
+    exec &"./tests/git-commit-id.sh"
     compile(false)
 
 task install_cfg, "Installs the config files":
diff --git a/src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim b/src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index c168af7..0000000
--- a/src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-const CURRENTCOMMIT* = "3c702854eba0be7fb403c1920bec671895b00a5e"
diff --git a/tests/git-commit-id.sh b/tests/git-commit-id.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..be9fb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/git-commit-id.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "const CURRENTCOMMIT* = \"$(git rev-parse HEAD)"\"\ > src/catniplib/global/currentcommit.nim