diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateVersionFile.php b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateVersionFile.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1585bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateVersionFile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class UpdateVersionFile extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'app:update-version-file';
+
+    protected $description = 'Updates the version in version.txt';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        if (trim(shell_exec('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree')) !== 'true') {
+            $this->warn('Not inside a Git repository, skipping');
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        $version = trim(shell_exec('git describe --always --tags'));
+
+        $versionFile = fopen('version.txt', 'w');
+
+        fwrite($versionFile, $version);
+
+        fclose($versionFile);
+
+        $this->info('Detected ' . $version . ' and wrote to version file');
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6ef610f0..dbdd1e04 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         ],
         "post-install-cmd": [
             "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postInstall",
-            "git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 && git describe --always --tags > version.txt"
+            "php artisan app:update-version-file"
         ],
         "post-update-cmd": [
             "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate"