diff --git a/tools/lisa-version b/tools/lisa-version
index e68b9bc0670145abbcf8f2afea6012800722de4e..8b61e214375830221be846b830a322e1e7d7712a 100755
--- a/tools/lisa-version
+++ b/tools/lisa-version
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+cd "$LISA_HOME";
 cat <<EOF
 LISA version $(python -c 'import lisa; print(lisa.__version__)'):
     $LISA_HOME
     version token: $(python -c 'import lisa.version as v; print(v.VERSION_TOKEN)')
-    branch: $(git -C "$LISA_HOME" describe --all)
-    commit: $(git -C "$LISA_HOME" rev-parse --short=11 HEAD)
+    branch: $(git describe --all)
+    commit: $(git rev-parse --short=11 HEAD)
 
 
 $($LISA_PYTHON --version)