diff --git a/commandline.go b/commandline.go
index f9041efa10cc97c4775016dcaeea167f8b8f956b..4232934c695840ba32e814cf1a51048c6f9c5640 100644
--- a/commandline.go
+++ b/commandline.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func executeCommand() {
 		case FixCommit:
 			command = "patch"
 		case OtherCommit:
-			fmt.Println("No changes found")
+			fmt.Println("No notable changes found.")
+			fmt.Println("If you want to force a version\nincrease, use the major, minor\nor patch command.")
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
 
diff --git a/git.go b/git.go
index 6671e8a37b9703fab03bfbb39062a0524d332ef4..961bf639b7e958f7d7304d2064f87f21a05aa9d7 100644
--- a/git.go
+++ b/git.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/storer"
 )
 
 type CommitType int
@@ -83,28 +84,43 @@ func getLatestTagCommit(r *git.Repository) (*object.Commit, error) {
 }
 
 func getCommitTypeSinceTag(r *git.Repository, tagCommit *object.Commit) (CommitType, error) {
-	cIter, err := r.Log(&git.LogOptions{From: tagCommit.Hash})
+	cIter, err := r.Log(&git.LogOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return OtherCommit, fmt.Errorf("failed to get commit log: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	var commitType CommitType
+	found := false
 	err = cIter.ForEach(func(commit *object.Commit) error {
+		if commit.Hash == tagCommit.Hash {
+			found = true
+			return storer.ErrStop // stop iteration
+		}
+
 		if strings.HasPrefix(commit.Message, "feat:") {
 			commitType = FeatCommit
+			found = true
+			return storer.ErrStop // stop iteration
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(commit.Message, "fix:") {
 			commitType = FixCommit
 		} else if containsBreakingChangeFooter(commit.Message) {
 			commitType = BreakingCommit
+			found = true
+			return storer.ErrStop // stop iteration
 		} else {
 			commitType = OtherCommit
 		}
+		
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return OtherCommit, fmt.Errorf("failed to iterate over commit log: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if !found {
+		return OtherCommit, fmt.Errorf("tag commit not found in commit log")
+	}
+
 	return commitType, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 14ae2794c41aab19306a97970e79a099192db437..2ba259736a9b0cde3fcf33d6f8a1207c0f7f3465 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ func getVersion() (*semver.Version, error) {
 }
 
 func writeVersionToJson(version string) error {
+	if content == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("content is nil")
+	}
+
 	result, err := sjson.Set(string(content), arguments.Selector, version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err