diff --git a/tools-init.sh b/tools-init.sh
index 6b842c0e7..9372a60a1 100644
--- a/tools-init.sh
+++ b/tools-init.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ fi
 
 
 # Fetch the latest release tag of vip-go-ci
-
-#export VIP_GO_CI_VER=`~/vip-go-ci-tools/vip-go-ci/latest-release.php`
 export VIP_GO_CI_VER=""
 
+if [ -f ~/vip-go-ci-tools/vip-go-ci/latest-release.php ] ||
+	[ -x ~/vip-go-ci-tools/vip-go-ci/latest-release.php ] ; then
+	export VIP_GO_CI_VER=`php ~/vip-go-ci-tools/vip-go-ci/latest-release.php`
+fi
+
 if [ "$VIP_GO_CI_VER" == "" ] ; then
 	# latest-release.php is not available, fetch it
 	# and then fetch the latest release number of vip-go-ci