diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index de09a763..ae0dae9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CONFIG=tests/test.env poetry run alembic upgrade head
 
+      - name: Prepare version file
+        run: |
+          scripts/generate-build-info.sh ${{ github.ref }}
+          cat app/build_info.py
+
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           poetry run pytest
@@ -120,11 +125,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare version file
         run: |
-          BUILD_INFO_FILE=app/build_info.py
-          echo "SHA1 = '${{ github.ref }}'" > $BUILD_INFO_FILE
-          BUILD_TIME=$(date +%s)
-          echo "BUILD_TIME = '${BUILD_TIME}' >> $BUILD_INFO_FILE
-          cat $BUILD_INFO_FILE
+          scripts/generate-build-info.sh ${{ github.ref }}
+          cat app/build_info.py
 
       - name: Build image and publish to Docker Registry
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
diff --git a/scripts/generate-build-info.sh b/scripts/generate-build-info.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..000b4f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-build-info.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1; pwd -P)"
+REPO_ROOT=$(echo "${SCRIPT_DIR}" | sed 's:scripts::g')
+BUILD_INFO_FILE="${REPO_ROOT}/app/build_info.py"
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "This script needs to be invoked with the version as an argument"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION="$1"
+echo "SHA1 = \"${VERSION}\"" > $BUILD_INFO_FILE
+BUILD_TIME=$(date +%s)
+echo "BUILD_TIME = \"${BUILD_TIME}\"" >> $BUILD_INFO_FILE