diff --git a/libuuu/gen_ver.sh b/libuuu/gen_ver.sh
index 4c6f9ce3..02eb0bc1 100755
--- a/libuuu/gen_ver.sh
+++ b/libuuu/gen_ver.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ "${APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION}" = "" ];
 then
 	echo build not in appveyor
 else
-	git tag uuu_${APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION}
+	git tag -m"uuu ${APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION}" uuu_${APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION}
 fi
 
 # Test if we are in a repo
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ];
 then
 	#echo "In a repo"
 	# Get the version of the last commit of the repo
-	version=`git describe --tags --long`
+	version=`git describe --long`
 	echo "#define GIT_VERSION \"lib$version\"" > $file_to_write
 fi
diff --git a/msvc/createversion.bat b/msvc/createversion.bat
index 0e095737..b5cd5d91 100644
--- a/msvc/createversion.bat
+++ b/msvc/createversion.bat
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
 	IF "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%" == "" (
 		echo build not from appveryor
 	) ELSE (
-		git tag uuu_%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%
+		git tag -m "uuu %APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%" uuu_%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%
 	) 
 
-	FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('call git describe --tags --long') do (
+	FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('call git describe --long') do (
 		echo #define GIT_VERSION "lib%%a" > %1/gitversion.h
 	)
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)