diff --git a/podman_push.sh b/podman_push.sh
index 6dd7c5a..06e33c6 100755
--- a/podman_push.sh
+++ b/podman_push.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ script_dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 repo="$(basename "${script_dir}")"
 tag="${1}"
 if [ -z "${tag}" ]; then
-    git_reference=$(git describe --exact-match --tags)
-    if [ "${git_reference}" == 'master' ] || [ "${git_reference}" == 'main' ] || [ -z "${git_reference}" ]; then
+    git_tag=$(git describe --exact-match --tags)
+    if [ "${git_tag}" == 'master' ] || [ "${git_tag}" == 'main' ] || [ -z "${git_tag}" ]; then
         echo "Change to a different git reference not 'master/main', since it will be used as tag for the container. Or pass a tag name as only parameter."
         exit 1
     fi
-    tag="${git_reference}"
+    tag="${git_tag}"
 fi
 echo "Building '${repo}:${tag}'..."
 podman build --tag "${repo}:${tag}" .