diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ef039269..34d250dd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 v1.5.2 (TBA)
 -Fixed (issue #299) - output smali filename errors to screen during rebuild instead of filestream
 -Only show the --aapt / -a info in verbose mode.
+-Fixed (issue #392) - Don't crash out if .git folder isn't present. Use SNAPSHOT-DEV instead.
 
 v1.5.1 PR3 (Released December 23 - 2012) Codename: Pre Release 3
 -Reverted "Prevents removal of <uses-sdk> on decompile, but then throws warning on rebuild (issue #366)"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7ba3fcfb..c4db61c4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 }
 
 // If anyone uses this outside of GoogleCode (Apktool) developers. I will hunt you down and hurt you.
+// This is for official releases only. 
 task release {
 }
 
@@ -93,9 +94,14 @@ subprojects {
     
 	    // kudos #smali - JesusFreke, for how to build release task
 	    if (!('release' in gradle.startParameter.taskNames)) {
-	      ant.loadfile(srcFile: "../../.git/refs/heads/master", property: fullrev)
-	      gitrev_version = ant.properties[fullrev].substring(0,10);
-	      println "Building SNAPSHOT: " + gitrev_version;
+	      ant.loadfile(srcFile: "../../.git/refs/heads/master", property: fullrev, failonerror: false);
+	      if (ant.properties[fullrev] == null) {
+	         gitrev_version = "SNAPSHOT_DEV";
+	         println "Building SNAPSHOT (no .git folder found)";
+	      } else {
+		gitrev_version = ant.properties[fullrev].substring(0,10);
+		println "Building SNAPSHOT: " + gitrev_version;
+	      }
 	    } else {
 	      gitrev_version = '';
 	      println "Building RELEASE: " + apktoolversion;