diff --git a/desktop/setup-freeze.py b/desktop/setup-freeze.py
index 63920e4d..83959a2b 100644
--- a/desktop/setup-freeze.py
+++ b/desktop/setup-freeze.py
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ with open(os.path.join("..", "cli", "onionshare_cli", "resources", "version.txt"
     # change a version like 2.6.dev1 to just 2.6, for cx_Freeze's sake
     last_digit = version[-1]
     if version.endswith(f".dev{last_digit}"):
-        version = version[0:-4]
-
+        version = version[0:-5]
 
 # Build
 include_files = [(os.path.join("..", "LICENSE"), "LICENSE")]