diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index bda5076..f4dcbb0 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ clone_depth: 1
 
 init:
   - set TAG_NAME=%APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME%
-  - python ./build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py $(APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT) > ./build_scripts/compile_version_string.txt
+  - python ./build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py %APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT%
 
 build_script:
   - python ./build_scripts/run-clang-format.py ./src -r --clang-format-executable "C:\Program Files\LLVM\bin\clang-format.exe" --color always
diff --git a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
index 30d9f40..c1ddb60 100644
--- a/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
+++ b/build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from sys import argv
-from os import path
+from os import path, remove
+
+current_path = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__))
+version_file_path = path.join(current_path, "compile_version_string.txt")
 
 def get_version_string():
-    dir_path = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__))
-    with open(path.join(dir_path, "compile_version_string.txt"), "r") as file:
+    with open(version_file_path, "r") as file:
         contents = file.readline()
         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__":
     current_version = get_version_string()
     new_version = current_version + "-" + argv[1]
-    print("\"" + new_version + "\"")
\ No newline at end of file
+    set_version_string(new_version)
\ No newline at end of file