diff --git a/bento_beacon/utils/gohan_utils.py b/bento_beacon/utils/gohan_utils.py
index c0980b5..3c0dcf6 100644
--- a/bento_beacon/utils/gohan_utils.py
+++ b/bento_beacon/utils/gohan_utils.py
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ def zero_to_one(start, end=None):
     return int(start) + 1 if end is None else (int(start) + 1, end)
 
 
-def one_to_zero(start, end):
-    return (int(start) - 1, end)
-
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------
 #       gohan calls
 # -------------------------------------------------------
@@ -125,8 +121,7 @@ async def sequence_query_to_gohan(beacon_args, granularity, ids_only):
 async def range_query_to_gohan(beacon_args, granularity, ids_only):
     current_app.logger.debug("RANGE QUERY")
     gohan_args = beacon_to_gohan_generic_mapping(beacon_args)
-    gohan_args["lowerBound"] = zero_to_one(beacon_args["start"][0])
-    gohan_args["upperBound"] = zero_to_one(beacon_args["end"][0])
+    gohan_args["lowerBound"], gohan_args["upperBound"] = zero_to_one(beacon_args["start"][0], beacon_args["end"][0])
     gohan_args["getSampleIdsOnly"] = ids_only
     return await generic_gohan_query(gohan_args, granularity, ids_only)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c62dea..19f0937 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bento_beacon"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.0.0" # version is managed outside of Poetry for Beacon
 description = "GA4GH Beacon v2 microservice for the Bento platform"
 authors = ["Gordon Krieger <gordon.krieger@mcgill.ca>"]
 license = "LGPL-3.0-only"