diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 32a789c2..f3092ba1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
               mkdir /tmp/upload
               echo 'export CINAME=$(sh contrib/semver/name.sh)' >> $BASH_ENV
-              echo 'export CIVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh | cut -c 2-)' >> $BASH_ENV
+              echo 'export CIVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh --bare)' >> $BASH_ENV
               git config --global user.email "$(git log --format='%ae' HEAD -1)";
               git config --global user.name "$(git log --format='%an' HEAD -1)";
 
diff --git a/contrib/semver/version.sh b/contrib/semver/version.sh
index 480c4dda..331046f3 100644
--- a/contrib/semver/version.sh
+++ b/contrib/semver/version.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PATCH=$(git rev-list $TAG..master --count --merges --grep="from $DEVELOPBRANCH"
 # Decide whether we should prepend the version with "v" - the default is that
 # we do because we use it in git tags, but we might not always need it
 PREPEND="v"
-if [ "$1" == "--bare" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "--bare" ]; then
   PREPEND=""
 fi