diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
index 1881e42..3a71ab6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine version bump and create tag
         id: bump
         run: |
-          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+          if LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null); then
+            RANGE="${LATEST_TAG}..HEAD"
+          else
+            LATEST_TAG="v0.0.0"
+            RANGE="HEAD"
+          fi
           echo "Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
 
-          COMMITS=$(git log "${LATEST_TAG}..HEAD" --pretty=format:"%s" 2>/dev/null)
+          COMMITS=$(git log "$RANGE" --pretty=format:"%s")
           if [ -z "$COMMITS" ]; then
             echo "No new commits since ${LATEST_TAG}, skipping."
             exit 0