diff --git a/app/data/version.txt b/app/data/version.txt
index 8144790..0ee3baa 100644
--- a/app/data/version.txt
+++ b/app/data/version.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file should be re-generated running: scripts/update-version-file.sh script
-v1.0.6-alpha 9278d09
+v1.0.6-alpha-ae7a17c
diff --git a/scripts/build_shiv_package.sh b/scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
index 98f49f4..2fbd68a 100755
--- a/scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Builds the shiv "package" for distribution
-./scripts/update_version_file.sh
-shiv -c laconic-so -o package/laconic-so .
+version_string=$( ./scripts/update_version_file.sh)
+shiv -c laconic-so -o package/laconic-so-${version_string} .
diff --git a/scripts/update_version_file.sh b/scripts/update_version_file.sh
index fdcdac3..9880b21 100755
--- a/scripts/update_version_file.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_version_file.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 version_file_name=./app/data/version.txt
 echo "# This file should be re-generated running: scripts/update-version-file.sh script" > $version_file_name
-echo $( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 ; git rev-parse --short HEAD ) >> $version_file_name
+tag_string=$( git describe --tags --abbrev=0 )
+commit_string=$( git rev-parse --short HEAD )
+version_string=${tag_string}-${commit_string}
+echo ${version_string} >> $version_file_name
+echo ${version_string}