diff --git a/tools/semver_git_tag b/tools/semver_git_tag
index 4ccdc96..2bd961e 100755
--- a/tools/semver_git_tag
+++ b/tools/semver_git_tag
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function latest_tagged_version {
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$LAST_TAG" ]]; then
 		echo "LAST=${LAST_TAG}"
 		VERSION=$(git describe --tags $LAST_TAG)
+		echo "current is: $VERSION"
 	else
 		echo 'not yet tagged!'
 		VERSION=0.0.0
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ assert_git_clean
 assert_git_pull
 
 parse_options $*
-[[ -z $COMMAND ]] && ask_for_tag
 git_push
 latest_tagged_version
+[[ -z $COMMAND ]] && ask_for_tag
 
 # split into array
 VERSION_BITS=(${VERSION//./ })