--- DrQueue-0.64.4/SConstruct	2012-10-29 16:40:29.396747920 +0100
+++ DrQueue-0.64.4/SConstruct	2012-10-29 16:49:00.676356045 +0100
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@
 		print("Not a Git repository. Can't fetch commit id.")
 		commit_string = ""
 	else:
-		commit_string = gitlog.communicate()[0].split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-		print("Current Git commit id is: "+commit_string)
+		output = gitlog.communicate()[0]
+		if output:
+			commit_string = output.split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
+			print("Current Git commit id is: "+commit_string)
+		else:
+			commit_string = ""
 	return commit_string
 
 def write_git_rev(commit_id):