should work now

klippy/util.py

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 # Low-level Unix commands
 ######################################################################
 
+
 # Return the SIGINT interrupt handler back to the OS default
 def fix_sigint():
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
 
 fix_sigint()
 
+
 # Set a file-descriptor as non-blocking
 def set_nonblock(fd):
     fcntl.fcntl(
@@ -242,6 +244,8 @@ def get_git_version(from_file=True):
         retcode = process.wait()
         if retcode == 0:
             git_info["version"] = str(ver.strip().decode())
+            if from_file:
+                git_info["version"] = get_version_from_file(klippy_src)
             process = subprocess.Popen(
                 prog_status, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
             )
@@ -260,7 +264,4 @@ def get_git_version(from_file=True):
             logging.debug("Error getting git version: %s", err)
     except:
         logging.debug("Exception on run: %s", traceback.format_exc())
-
-    if from_file:
-        git_info["version"] = get_version_from_file(klippy_src)
     return git_info