diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf8b5706..9153ded8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/firmware/toolchain-arm-cortex
 
 project(portapack-h1)
 
-#set(VERSION "")
-if (NOT DEFINED VERSION)
+set(VERSION "$ENV{VERSION_STRING}")
+if ("$ENV{VERSION_STRING}" STREQUAL "")
 	execute_process(
 		COMMAND git log -n 1 --format=%h
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (NOT DEFINED VERSION)
 	if (GIT_VERSION_FOUND)
 		set(VERSION "unknown")
 	else (GIT_VERSION_FOUND)
-		set(VERSION "local-${GIT_VERSION}")
+		set(VERSION "${GIT_VERSION}")
 	endif (GIT_VERSION_FOUND)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/firmware/application/ui_navigation.hpp b/firmware/application/ui_navigation.hpp
index 9cc5fa87..68723744 100644
--- a/firmware/application/ui_navigation.hpp
+++ b/firmware/application/ui_navigation.hpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace ui
 		void on_speaker();
 		void on_stealth();
 		void on_bias_tee();
-		//void on_textentry();
+		// void on_textentry();
 		void on_camera();
 		void on_title();
 		void refresh();
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ namespace ui
 		void refresh();
 
 	private:
-		static constexpr auto version_string = "v1.4.4";
+		// static constexpr auto version_string = "v1.4.4"; // This is commented out as we are now setting the version via ENV (VERSION_STRING=v1.0.0)
 		NavigationView &nav_;
 
 		Rectangle backdrop{
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace ui
 
 		Text version{
 			{2, 0, 11 * 8, 16},
-			version_string};
+			VERSION_STRING};
 
 		LiveDateTime ltime{
 			{86, 0, 19 * 8, 16}};