diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e031529..1aa3cf4 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ tasks {
     }
 
     processResources {
+        inputs.property("suffix", project.findProperty("suffix") ?: "") // track suffix value as input
         expand(
             "projectName" to rootProject.name,
             "projectVersion" to version,
-            "projectGitHash" to getGitHash(),
+            "projectSuffix" to getSuffix(),
             "projectSourceRepo" to "https://github.com/zachbr/Dis4IRC"
         )
     }
@@ -94,11 +95,21 @@ license {
     }
 }
 
-fun getGitHash(): String {
-    val stdout = ByteArrayOutputStream() // cannot be fully qualified, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
-    exec {
-        commandLine = listOf("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
-        standardOutput = stdout
+fun getSuffix(): String {
+    // If suffix was specified at build-time, use that.
+    // ./gradlew build -P suffix="suffixValue15"
+    project.findProperty("suffix")?.toString()?.let { return it }
+
+    // Fall back to git hash if suffix not set
+    return ByteArrayOutputStream().let { stdout ->
+        runCatching {
+            exec {
+                commandLine("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
+                standardOutput = stdout
+                errorOutput = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+                isIgnoreExitValue = true
+            }
+            stdout.toString().trim().takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+        }.getOrNull() ?: "0"  // fall back to 0 if git falls through
     }
-    return stdout.toString().trim()
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/Dis4IRC.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/Dis4IRC.kt
index f85c230..f42925d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/Dis4IRC.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/Dis4IRC.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Dis4IRC(args: Array<String>) {
     init {
         parseArguments(args)
 
-        logger.info("Dis4IRC v${Versioning.version}-${Versioning.gitHash}")
+        logger.info("Dis4IRC v${Versioning.version}-${Versioning.suffix}")
         logger.info("Source available at ${Versioning.sourceRepo}")
         logger.info("Available under the MIT License")
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Dis4IRC(args: Array<String>) {
 
     private fun printVersionInfo(minimal: Boolean = false) {
         // can't use logger, this has to be bare bones without prefixes or timestamps
-        println("Dis4IRC v${Versioning.version}-${Versioning.gitHash}")
+        println("Dis4IRC v${Versioning.version}-${Versioning.suffix}")
         if (minimal) {
             return
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/util/Versioning.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/util/Versioning.kt
index cd8f030..806cedc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/util/Versioning.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/zachbr/dis4irc/util/Versioning.kt
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ object Versioning {
     val version: String
 
     /**
-     * Gets the top of tree git hash this version was built against
+     * Gets the build suffix, this may be the git hash or a value specified at build time
      */
-    val gitHash: String
+    val suffix: String
 
     /**
      * Gets the source repo of this project
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ object Versioning {
     init {
         val resources = this.javaClass.classLoader.getResources(JAR_PATH_TO_VERSIONING_INFO)
         var verOut = "Unknown version"
-        var gitHashOut = "Unknown Git Commit"
+        var suffixOut = "Unknown suffix"
         var repoOut = "Unknown source repo"
 
         if (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ object Versioning {
                     }
 
                     verOut = getValue("Version")
-                    gitHashOut = getValue("Git-Hash")
+                    suffixOut = getValue("Suffix")
                     repoOut = getValue("Source-Repo")
                 }
             }
         }
 
         version = verOut
-        gitHash = gitHashOut
+        suffix = suffixOut
         sourceRepo = repoOut
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/dis4irc-versioning.txt b/src/main/resources/dis4irc-versioning.txt
index 4a34727..f48c55f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/dis4irc-versioning.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/dis4irc-versioning.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Name: ${projectName}
 Version: ${projectVersion}
-Git-Hash: ${projectGitHash}
+Suffix: ${projectSuffix}
 Source-Repo: ${projectSourceRepo}