diff --git a/advancedSettings.pro b/advancedSettings.pro
index 4396480..2d4e754 100644
--- a/advancedSettings.pro
+++ b/advancedSettings.pro
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ CONFIG   += c++1z
 
 DEFINES += ELPP_THREAD_SAFE ELPP_QT_LOGGING ELPP_NO_DEFAULT_LOG_FILE
 
+VERSION = "$$cat($$PWD/build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt)"
+DEFINES += APPLICATION_VERSION=\\\"$$VERSION\\\"
+
 lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): error("requires Qt 5.12 or higher")
 lessThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 12): error("requires Qt 5.12 or higher")
 
diff --git a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
index 99d33ef..33d2906 100644
--- a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
+++ b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def get_version_string():
 def set_version_string(new_version_string):
     remove(version_file_path)
     with open(version_file_path, "w") as file:
-        file.write("\"" + new_version_string + "\"")
+        file.write(new_version_string)
 
 def main():
     current_version = get_version_string()
diff --git a/build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt b/build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt
index 7107992..3b0338f 100644
--- a/build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt
+++ b/build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"3.1.0-dev-new"
\ No newline at end of file
+3.1.0-dev-new
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_scripts/win/common.py b/build_scripts/win/common.py
index 7b3ae9a..2057909 100644
--- a/build_scripts/win/common.py
+++ b/build_scripts/win/common.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def get_version_string():
     dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
     with open(dir_path + "/../compile_version_string.txt", "r") as file:
         contents = file.readline()
-        return contents.strip('"')
+        return contents
 
 
 #Const globals
diff --git a/installer/installer.nsi b/installer/installer.nsi
index 7303aea..69d5fd9 100644
--- a/installer/installer.nsi
+++ b/installer/installer.nsi
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 		!define THIRDDIR "..\third-party"
         !define PACKAGEDIR "..\src\package_files"
         !define PROJECTDIR "..\"
-        !define /file VERSION_STRING_QUOTES "..\build_scripts\compile_version_string.txt"
-        !searchreplace VERSION_STRING ${VERSION_STRING_QUOTES} "$\"" ""
+        !define /file VERSION_STRING "..\build_scripts\compile_version_string.txt"
 
         
     ;Installer icon
diff --git a/src/overlaycontroller.h b/src/overlaycontroller.h
index 24b2fa7..a33119b 100644
--- a/src/overlaycontroller.h
+++ b/src/overlaycontroller.h
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ constexpr auto applicationOrganizationName = "AdvancedSettings-Team";
 constexpr auto applicationName = "OpenVRAdvancedSettings";
 constexpr const char* applicationKey = "OVRAS-Team.AdvancedSettings";
 constexpr const char* applicationDisplayName = "Advanced Settings";
-constexpr const char* applicationVersionString = {
-#include "../build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt"
-};
+
+constexpr const char* applicationVersionString = APPLICATION_VERSION;
 
 } // namespace application_strings