diff --git a/podman.mk b/podman.mk
index f3f7b48..55cff91 100644
--- a/podman.mk
+++ b/podman.mk
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 # Parse version from latest git semver tag
 BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-GIT_TAG=$(shell git describe --tags --match v*.*.* 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-TAG ?= $(shell echo $(GIT_TAG) | awk -F '-' '{ print $$1 "-" $$2 }' | sed -e 's/-$$//')
-# EXTRA_TAGS supposed to be set at the caller, eg. $(shell echo $(TAG) | awk -F '.' '{ print $$1 "." $$2 }')
+GIT_TAG := $(shell git describe --tags --match v*.*.* 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+TAG := $(GIT_TAG)
+
+# append branch name to tag if NOT main nor master
+ifeq (,$(filter main master, $(BRANCH)))
+	TAG = $(GIT_TAG)-$(BRANCH)
+endif
+
+# optionally set by the caller
+EXTRA_TAGS :=
 
 ARCH := amd64
 ALL_ARCHS := amd64 arm64
-_ARCH = $(or $(filter ${ARCH},${ALL_ARCHS}),$(error $$ARCH [${ARCH}] must be exactly one of ${ALL_ARCHS}))
+_ARCH = $(or $(filter $(ARCH),$(ALL_ARCHS)),$(error $$ARCH [$(ARCH)] must be exactly one of "$(ALL_ARCHS)"))
 
 ifneq ($(TRIVY_REMOTE),)
 	TRIVY_OPTS := --server $(TRIVY_REMOTE)
diff --git a/vars/buildPodman.groovy b/vars/buildPodman.groovy
index ca43934..e5ecff9 100644
--- a/vars/buildPodman.groovy
+++ b/vars/buildPodman.groovy
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def call(Map config=[:]) {
       stages {
         stage('Prepare') {
           steps {
+            // pull tags
             withCredentials([gitUsernamePassword(credentialsId: 'gitea-jenkins-user')]) {
               sh 'git fetch -q --tags ${GIT_URL}'
             }