diff --git a/site_scons/version.py b/site_scons/version.py
index d8e4a07..e5c3a0b 100644
--- a/site_scons/version.py
+++ b/site_scons/version.py
@@ -1,62 +1,69 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # @file
 # @section LICENSE
 #
 # Copyright (©) 2016-19 EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne),
 # Laboratory (LSMS - Laboratoire de Simulation en Mécanique des Solides)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
 # by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import subprocess
 import base64
 from functools import reduce
 
 
 def git(*args):
-    return subprocess.check_output(["git"] + list(args))
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_output(["git"] + list(args))
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return ""
 
 
 def write_info_file(file_name, build_type="release"):
     header = '#include "tamaas_info.hh"\n\n'
     file_content = ''
 
     branch = git("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD")[:-1]
     commit = git("rev-parse", branch)[:-1]
 
     file_content += \
         'std::string tamaas::TamaasInfo::build_type = "{}";\n'.format(
             build_type)
     file_content += \
         'std::string tamaas::TamaasInfo::branch = "{}";\n'.format(branch)
     file_content += \
         'std::string tamaas::TamaasInfo::commit = "{}";\n'.format(commit)
 
     diff = git("diff")
     diff += "|".encode('ascii') + git("diff", "--cached")
 
     file_content += \
         'std::string tamaas::TamaasInfo::diff = "{}";\n'.format(
             base64.b64encode(diff))
 
     remotes = git('remote', '-v')
 
-    remotes_strings = filter(lambda x: x != '', remotes.splitlines())
-    remotes_string = reduce(lambda x, y: x + '"{}\\n"\n'.format(y),
-                            remotes_strings, "")
+    if remotes != "":
+        remotes_strings = filter(lambda x: x != '', remotes.splitlines())
+        remotes_string = reduce(lambda x, y: x + '"{}\\n"\n'.format(y),
+                                remotes_strings, "")
+    else:
+        remotes_string = '""'
+
     file_content += \
         'std::string tamaas::TamaasInfo::remotes = {};\n'.format(remotes_string)
 
     with open(file_name, 'w') as file:
         file.write(header + file_content)