diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89c33ec..2002d19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEFAULT_VERSION=0.1.0-local
 VERSION := $(or $(VERSION),$(DEFAULT_VERSION))
 
 cmd:
-	cd server && go build -ldflags "-w -X main.Version=$(VERSION)" -o '../build/server'
+	cd server && go build -ldflags "-w -X main.VERSION=$(VERSION)" -o '../build/server'
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
 test:
diff --git a/server/env/env.go b/server/env/env.go
index 32283da..7a28921 100644
--- a/server/env/env.go
+++ b/server/env/env.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 // build variables
 var (
-	VERSION            string
 	ARG_DB_URL         *string
 	ARG_DB_TYPE        *string
 	ARG_AUTHORIZER_URL *string
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ func InitEnv() {
 		log.Printf("error loading %s file", constants.ENV_PATH)
 	}
 
-	constants.VERSION = VERSION
-
 	if constants.ADMIN_SECRET == "" {
 		constants.ADMIN_SECRET = os.Getenv("ADMIN_SECRET")
 		if constants.ADMIN_SECRET == "" {
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 594553f..8a3aeef 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer/server/utils"
 )
 
+var VERSION string
+
 func main() {
 	env.ARG_DB_URL = flag.String("database_url", "", "Database connection string")
 	env.ARG_DB_TYPE = flag.String("database_type", "", "Database type, possible values are postgres,mysql,sqlite")
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ func main() {
 	env.ARG_ENV_FILE = flag.String("env_file", "", "Env file path")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	constants.VERSION = VERSION
+
 	env.InitEnv()
 	db.InitDB()
 	session.InitSession()