diff --git a/git_version/templatetags/git_tags.py b/git_version/templatetags/git_tags.py
index 3ef9104..bc26012 100644
--- a/git_version/templatetags/git_tags.py
+++ b/git_version/templatetags/git_tags.py
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
+import logging
 from django import template
 from git import Repo
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 register = template.Library()
 
+
 @register.simple_tag
 def current_commit(path):
-    repo = Repo(path)
-    commit = repo.commit()
-    chash = commit.hexsha
-    repo.__del__()
-    return chash
+    try:
+        repo = Repo(path)
+        commit = repo.commit()
+        chash = commit.hexsha
+        repo.__del__()
+        return chash
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.debug(f"Failed to find current commit for {path}")
+        logger.debug(f"Exception was: {e}")
+        return "no git?"
+
 
 @register.simple_tag
 def current_commit_short(path):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b93f2f1..3a2da5b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     author='Daniel Seiler',
     author_email='daniel.seiler@fachschaft.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de',
     install_requires=[
-        'django<4',
+        'django<5',
         'gitpython',
     ],
     classifiers=[