diff --git a/misuzu.php b/misuzu.php
index f6470405..d92e3b44 100644
--- a/misuzu.php
+++ b/misuzu.php
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ MIG;
     tpl_add_function('csrf', true, 'csrf_html');
 
     tpl_add_function('git_commit_hash');
-    tpl_add_function('git_branch');
     tpl_add_function('git_tag');
     tpl_add_function('csrf_token');
     tpl_add_function('startup_time', false, function (float $time = MSZ_STARTUP) {
diff --git a/src/WhoopsReporter.php b/src/WhoopsReporter.php
index 277a0ac7..d866fb03 100644
--- a/src/WhoopsReporter.php
+++ b/src/WhoopsReporter.php
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ HTML;
 
         $json = json_encode([
             'git' => [
-                'branch' => git_branch(),
+                // providing branch as tag still for now, can't be bothered to update the references
+                'branch' => git_tag(),
+                'tag' => git_tag(),
                 'hash' => git_commit_hash(true),
             ],
             'misuzu' => [
diff --git a/src/git.php b/src/git.php
index 86c341ee..e1b61c4f 100644
--- a/src/git.php
+++ b/src/git.php
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ function git_commit_time(): int
     return strtotime(git_commit_info(MSZ_GIT_FORMAT_HASH_DATE_TIME));
 }
 
-function git_branch(): string
-{
-    return trim(shell_exec('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD'));
-}
-
 function git_tag(): string
 {
     return trim(shell_exec('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags'));