diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6fbd886f7..2f8f65d34 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             "dependencies": {
                 "@dqbd/tiktoken": "^1.0.2",
                 "axios": "^1.3.4",
+                "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
                 "compression": "^1",
                 "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
                 "cors": "^2.8.5",
@@ -655,6 +656,11 @@
                 "node": ">= 0.8"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/command-exists": {
+            "version": "1.2.9",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.9.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-LTQ/SGc+s0Xc0Fu5WaKnR0YiygZkm9eKFvyS+fRsU7/ZWFF8ykFM6Pc9aCVf1+xasOOZpO3BAVgVrKvsqKHV7w=="
+        },
         "node_modules/compressible": {
             "version": "2.0.18",
             "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa16e3a2e..479282a18 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@dqbd/tiktoken": "^1.0.2",
         "axios": "^1.3.4",
+        "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
         "compression": "^1",
         "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 7be289fd8..f076ac54f 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ const DeviceDetector = require("device-detector-js");
 const { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } = require('util');
 const utf8Encode = new TextEncoder();
 const utf8Decode = new TextDecoder('utf-8', { ignoreBOM: true });
+const commandExistsSync = require('command-exists').sync;
 
 const config = require(path.join(__dirname, './config.conf'));
 const server_port = process.env.SILLY_TAVERN_PORT || config.port;
@@ -310,9 +311,14 @@ app.get('/version', function (_, response) {
     try {
         const pkgJson = require('./package.json');
         pkgVersion = pkgJson.version;
-        gitRevision = require('child_process')
-            .execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: __dirname })
-            .toString().trim();
+        if (commandExistsSync('git')) {
+            gitRevision = require('child_process')
+                .execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: __dirname })
+                .toString().trim();
+        }
+    }
+    catch {
+        // suppress exception
     }
     finally {
         response.send(`SillyTavern:${gitRevision || pkgVersion}:Cohee#1207`)