diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
index adb2c2f5..cfd37015 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
   register: smartgears_download 
   when: not item.skip_smartgears
-  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat' ]
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
 
 - name: Remove the smartgears-distribution files
   shell: find {{ smartgears_downloads_dir }} -type d -name smartgears-distribution-\* -exec rm -fr {} \;
   ignore_errors: yes
   when: ( smartgears_download | changed )
-  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat' ]
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
 
 - name: Unarchive the smartgears distribution
   become: True
@@ -78,15 +78,6 @@
   notify: Restart smartgears
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat' ]
 
-- name: Get the real smartgears version from the exploded distribution filename
-  shell: /bin/ls -1 {{ smartgears_downloads_dir }} | grep smartgears-distribution | grep -v tar.gz | sed -e 's/smartgears-distribution-//g'
-  register: smartgears_real_version
-  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
-
-- name: Set the real smartgears distribution version
-  set_fact: smartgears_real_distribution_version="{{ smartgears_real_version.stdout }}"
-  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
-
 - name: Create the directory where we put the smartgears configuration snippets
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
@@ -133,6 +124,20 @@
   template: src=scopes.list.j2 dest=/usr/local/etc/scopes.list owner=root group={{ smartgears_user }} mode=0444
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'smartgears_conf', 'tomcat' ]
 
+- name: Get the real smartgears version from the container.xml file contained inside the distribution
+  shell: dest_dir=$( find {{ smartgears_downloads_dir }} -type d -name smartgears-distribution-\* | tail -1 ) ; cd $dest_dir ; grep "'SmartGearsDistribution' " container.xml | awk -F "'" '{print $4}'
+  register: smartgears_real_version
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
+
+- name: Print the smartgears version
+  debug:
+    msg: "The smartgears version is: {{ smartgears_real_version.stdout }}"
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
+
+- name: Set the real smartgears distribution version
+  set_fact: smartgears_real_distribution_version="{{ smartgears_real_version.stdout }}"
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat', 'smartgears_conf' ]
+
 - name: Install the smartgears template configuration. First part
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/templates/container.xml.j2 b/smartgears/smartgears/templates/container.xml.j2
index d57898c4..69100e35 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/templates/container.xml.j2
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/templates/container.xml.j2
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@
 <authorizeChildrenContext>{{ smartgears_authorized_on_all_scopes }}</authorizeChildrenContext>
 
   <property name='SmartGearsDistributionBundle' value='UnBundled' />
-{% if smartgears_distribution_version == 'latest' %}
   <property name='SmartGearsDistribution' value='{{ smartgears_real_distribution_version }}' />
-{% else %}
-  <property name='SmartGearsDistribution' value='{{ smartgears_distribution_version }}' />
-{% endif %}
+
   <publication-frequency>{{ smartgears_publication_frequency }}</publication-frequency>
   <infrastructure>{{ smartgears_infrastructure_name }}</infrastructure>