diff --git a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
index 3705fe8..99d33ef 100644
--- a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
+++ b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ version_file_path = path.join(current_path, "compile_version_string.txt")
 def get_version_string():
     with open(version_file_path, "r") as file:
         contents = file.readline()
-        return contents.strip('"')    
+        return contents.strip('"')
 
 def set_version_string(new_version_string):
     remove(version_file_path)
     with open(version_file_path, "w") as file:
         file.write("\"" + new_version_string + "\"")
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def main():
     current_version = get_version_string()
-    new_version = current_version + "+" + argv[1]
-    set_version_string(new_version)
\ No newline at end of file
+    if "-release" in current_version.lower():
+        current_version.replace("-release", "")
+    else:
+        new_version = current_version + "+" + argv[1]
+
+    set_version_string(new_version)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()