diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d917d3e26adc9854b4569871e20111c38de2606f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.2
diff --git a/router/info_refs.go b/router/info_refs.go
index 2f5db24d3dbd40233785d6fff1662625a09ffef6..e7744cfea4626cd59bc9f7e37ae12e050ec0d97a 100644
--- a/router/info_refs.go
+++ b/router/info_refs.go
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ func GetInfoRefs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	rpc := vars["service"]
 
-	glId := r.Header.Get(gitlabIdHeader)
-	if glId == "" {
-		helper.Fail500(w, r, fmt.Errorf("GetInfoRefs: %s header was not found", gitlabIdHeader))
-		return
-	}
 	repoPath := r.Header.Get(gitalyRepoPathHeader)
 	if repoPath == "" {
 		helper.Fail500(w, r, fmt.Errorf("GetInfoRefs: %s header was not found", gitalyRepoPathHeader))
 		return
 	}
+	glId := r.Header.Get(gitlabIdHeader) // Allowed to be empty
 
 	// Prepare our Git subprocess
 	cmd := gitCommand(glId, "git", rpc, "--stateless-rpc", "--advertise-refs", repoPath)
diff --git a/router/info_refs_test.go b/router/info_refs_test.go
index fc280bbe356bb8bd9d244cdc1fd4aec70d22a4a7..a34b7c9545467eca4dd202771f0ab0038613caf7 100644
--- a/router/info_refs_test.go
+++ b/router/info_refs_test.go
@@ -88,21 +88,16 @@ func TestFailedUploadPackRequestDueToMissingHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
 	resource := "/projects/1/git-http/info-refs/upload-pack"
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", resource, &bytes.Buffer{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("Failed creating a request to %s", resource)
 	}
+	NewRouter().ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
 
-	for _, headerName := range []string{"Gitaly-Repo-Path", "Gitaly-GL-Id"} {
-		req.Header.Set(headerName, "Dummy Value")
-
-		NewRouter().ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
-
-		if recorder.Code != 500 {
-			t.Errorf("GET %q: expected 200, got %d", resource, recorder.Code)
-		}
-
-		req.Header.Del(headerName)
+	expected := 500
+	if recorder.Code != expected {
+		t.Errorf("GET %q: expected %d, got %d", resource, expected, recorder.Code)
 	}
 }