diff --git a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
index 927c583e..e1517084 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ class Helpers:
 
         version_data = self.get_version()
         # set some defaults if we don't get version_data from our helper
-        version = "{}.{}.{}".format(version_data.get('major', '?'),
+        version = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(version_data.get('major', '?'),
                                     version_data.get('minor', '?'),
-                                    version_data.get('sub', '?'))
+                                    version_data.get('sub', '?'),
+                                    version_data.get('patch', '?'))
         return str(version)
 
     def do_exit(self):
diff --git a/app/config/version.json b/app/config/version.json
index 67dbc605..927ea033 100644
--- a/app/config/version.json
+++ b/app/config/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "major": 4,
   "minor": 0,
-  "sub": "Alpha 2+noshell"
+  "sub":   0,
+  "meta": "alpha.2"
 }