diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index f8967d4..756d81b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-BASE_VERSION="v1.6"
+BASE_VERSION="1.6"
 TODAYS_VERSION="1"
 
-VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}.$(date '+%y%m%j')$TODAYS_VERSION"
+VERSION="${BASE_VERSION//./}$(date '+%y%m%j')$TODAYS_VERSION"
 
 ./version.sh ${VERSION} $@
 
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index caa9908..3bb4033 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
 echo "Creating tag $@"
 
-git tag $@
+TAG="v$@"
+git tag ${TAG}
 
 echo "Pushing tag"
 
-git push origin $@
+git push origin ${TAG}