diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index 44e62bcf06ae649ea809590f8a861059886502e8..6ae885cd5d377b70da7422281d6c03effda84b6d 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ localPropertiesFile.withReader("UTF-8") { reader -> properties.load(reader) }
 def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
 assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
 apply from: "$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/app_plugin_loader.gradle"
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner
+DirectoryScanner.removeDefaultExclude('**/.git')
+DirectoryScanner.removeDefaultExclude('**/.git/**')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/datamodel.dart b/lib/datamodel.dart
index 29893e00d6af9af60061e5c3318a30a720b67d96..798da3b6366d361db85ad4d799e5b78279b9e344 100644
--- a/lib/datamodel.dart
+++ b/lib/datamodel.dart
@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@ class EventStoreInstance extends EventStoreBase {
 
 String gitVersionHash = '';
 Future<void> loadGitInfo() async {
-  //final commitHash = await rootBundle.loadString('.git/refs/heads/main');
-  final commitHash = await rootBundle.loadString('.git/refs/remotes/origin/main');
+  final commitHash = await rootBundle.loadString('.git/refs/heads/main');
 
   gitVersionHash = commitHash.substring(0,8);  //Use the short version
   debugPrint("Commit ID: $gitVersionHash");
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 63af8e52cd561015927e2586a0aab8099c37622f..44adf8ab98af0e374639f730e9e712e44071ba46 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ packages:
       name: flutter_login
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.1.0"
+    version: "3.2.0"
   flutter_secure_storage:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -190,28 +190,28 @@ packages:
       name: geolocator
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "8.1.1"
+    version: "8.2.0"
   geolocator_android:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: geolocator_android
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.2"
+    version: "3.1.4"
   geolocator_apple:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: geolocator_apple
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.0.1"
+    version: "2.1.1+1"
   geolocator_platform_interface:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: geolocator_platform_interface
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "4.0.2"
+    version: "4.0.4"
   geolocator_web:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ packages:
       name: shared_preferences_ios
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.0.10"
+    version: "2.1.0"
   shared_preferences_linux:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ packages:
       name: win32
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.3.11"
+    version: "2.5.1"
   xdg_directories:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 8ea662baa699db0d4114cd31bdb9d385c7b98b0c..8d0dbcac73ad7301ced3e5515d61603da31c2226 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ flutter:
   # To add assets to your application, add an assets section, like this:
   assets:
     - assets/awi_logo.png
-    - .git/HEAD         # This file points out the current branch of the project.
-    - .git/ORIG_HEAD    # This file points to the commit id at origin (last commit id of the remote repository).
+    #- .git/HEAD         # This file points out the current branch of the project.
+    #- .git/ORIG_HEAD    # This file points to the commit id at origin (last commit id of the remote repository).
     - .git/refs/heads/main