diff --git a/tools/emitter b/tools/emitter
index be950c1..ed8de3d 100755
--- a/tools/emitter
+++ b/tools/emitter
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ debug=false
 
 ## date of latest git commit in ansible repository:
 git_date="$(date --iso-8601=seconds --date="$(git log --date=iso-strict | \
-                                 head -3 | sed -nE "s/^Date:\s+(.+)$/\1/p")")"
+                                 head -4 | sed -nE "s/^Date:\s+(.+)$/\1/p")")"
 echo "Latest commit in git at: $git_date."
 
 if [[ $# = 0 ]] ; then