diff --git a/server/controllers/api/config.ts b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
index 03c1cec7b..5233e9f68 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/config.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { customConfigUpdateValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/config
 import { ClientHtml } from '../../lib/client-html'
 import { auditLoggerFactory, CustomConfigAuditView, getAuditIdFromRes } from '../../helpers/audit-logger'
 import { remove, writeJSON } from 'fs-extra'
-import { getVersion } from '../../helpers/utils'
+import { getServerCommit } from '../../helpers/utils'
 
 const packageJSON = require('../../../../package.json')
 const configRouter = express.Router()
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ configRouter.delete('/custom',
 )
 
 let serverCommit: string
-async function getConfig (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
+async function getConfig (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
   const allowed = await isSignupAllowed()
   const allowedForCurrentIP = isSignupAllowedForCurrentIP(req.ip)
-  serverCommit = (serverCommit) ? serverCommit : await getVersion()
-  if (serverCommit === packageJSON.version) serverCommit = ''
+
+  if (serverCommit === undefined) serverCommit = await getServerCommit()
 
   const enabledResolutions = Object.keys(CONFIG.TRANSCODING.RESOLUTIONS)
    .filter(key => CONFIG.TRANSCODING.ENABLED === CONFIG.TRANSCODING.RESOLUTIONS[key] === true)
diff --git a/server/helpers/utils.ts b/server/helpers/utils.ts
index 049c3f8bc..5c9d6fe2f 100644
--- a/server/helpers/utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/utils.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function getSecureTorrentName (originalName: string) {
   return sha256(originalName) + '.torrent'
 }
 
-async function getVersion () {
+async function getServerCommit () {
   try {
     const tag = await execPromise2(
       '[ ! -d .git ] || git name-rev --name-only --tags --no-undefined HEAD 2>/dev/null || true',
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async function getVersion () {
     logger.debug('Cannot get version from git HEAD.', { err })
   }
 
-  return require('../../../package.json').version
+  return ''
 }
 
 /**
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export {
   getFormattedObjects,
   getSecureTorrentName,
   getServerActor,
-  getVersion,
+  getServerCommit,
   generateVideoTmpPath,
   getUUIDFromFilename
 }
diff --git a/server/tools/peertube-repl.ts b/server/tools/peertube-repl.ts
index 6800ff8ab..04d8b95a3 100644
--- a/server/tools/peertube-repl.ts
+++ b/server/tools/peertube-repl.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ import * as signupUtils from '../helpers/signup'
 import * as utils from '../helpers/utils'
 import * as YoutubeDLUtils from '../helpers/youtube-dl'
 
-let versionCommitHash
-
 const start = async () => {
   await initDatabaseModels(true)
 
-  await utils.getVersion().then((data) => {
-    versionCommitHash = data
-  })
+  const versionCommitHash = await utils.getServerCommit()
 
   const initContext = (replServer) => {
     return (context) => {
@@ -59,6 +55,7 @@ const start = async () => {
 
   initContext(replServer)(replServer.context)
   replServer.on('reset', initContext(replServer))
+  replServer.on('exit', () => process.exit())
 
   const resetCommand = {
     help: 'Reset REPL',