diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/tags.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/tags.rs
index f2193b21..7571c2d5 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/tags.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/tags.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use super::{get_commits_info, CommitId, RepoPath};
-use crate::{error::Result, sync::repository::repo};
+use crate::{
+	error::Result,
+	sync::{gix_repo, repository::repo},
+};
 use scopetime::scope_time;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
 
@@ -58,9 +61,7 @@ pub fn get_tags(repo_path: &RepoPath) -> Result<Tags> {
 		}
 	};
 
-	let gix_repo: gix::Repository =
-				gix::ThreadSafeRepository::discover_with_environment_overrides(repo_path.gitpath())
-						.map(Into::into)?;
+	let gix_repo: gix::Repository = gix_repo(repo_path)?;
 	let platform = gix_repo.references()?;
 	for mut reference in (platform.tags()?).flatten() {
 		let commit = reference.peel_to_commit();