diff --git a/js/helpers.js b/js/helpers.js
index feea8ace..dc73a953 100644
--- a/js/helpers.js
+++ b/js/helpers.js
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ function makeHttpRequest(type, url, successCB) {
 }
 
 // from: https://github.com/substack/semver-compare/issues/1#issuecomment-594765531
-// release must be in form of 2.0.0-beta.1, or 2.0.1
+// release must be in form of 2.0.0-beta1, or 2.0.1
 function isNewerVersion (oldVer, newVer) {
 	const a = newVer.split('-');
 	const b = oldVer.split('-');
diff --git a/js/settings.js b/js/settings.js
index a231f34c..0257c951 100644
--- a/js/settings.js
+++ b/js/settings.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var pref = new PanelProperties(); // preferences
 /** @type {*} */
 let settings = {};
 
-const currentVersion = '2.0.0-beta.1';
+const currentVersion = '2.0.0-beta1';
 let updateAvailable = false;
 let updateHyperlink;