diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 134dd7d4..394f485a 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :philomena,
-      version: System.get_env("PHILOMENA_VERSION") || "0.1.0",
+      version: "0.1.0",
       elixir: "~> 1.5",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       compilers: [:phoenix, :gettext] ++ Mix.compilers(),
diff --git a/post-receive b/post-receive
index 55bb3b14..2c0e1862 100755
--- a/post-receive
+++ b/post-receive
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ if git diff --name-only $oldrev $newrev | grep "^assets/"; then
   mix phx.digest || die "assets compile failed"
 fi
 
-# Generate release name to always be the current timestamp so that
-# it will be considered an upgrade
-export PHILOMENA_VERSION="0.1.$(date +%s)"
+# TODO: fix this when I can figure out how to avoid recompiling
+# the entire project when the version changes
+#
+# # Generate release name to always be the current timestamp so that
+# # it will be considered an upgrade
+# export PHILOMENA_VERSION="0.1.$(date +%s)"
 
-mix distillery.release --upgrade || die "failed to generate release"
+echo "Building release"
+mix distillery.release --quiet || die "failed to generate release"
 
-_build/prod/rel/philomena/bin/philomena upgrade $PHILOMENA_VERSION || die "failed to upgrade app; log in to the server and restart the app manually"
\ No newline at end of file
+_build/prod/rel/philomena/bin/philomena reboot || die "failed to upgrade app; log in to the server and restart the app manually"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rel/config.exs b/rel/config.exs
index cfe61672..819bf4a3 100644
--- a/rel/config.exs
+++ b/rel/config.exs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ end
 # will be used by default
 
 release :philomena do
-  set version: System.get_env("PHILOMENA_VERSION")
+  set version: current_version(:philomena)
   set applications: [
     :runtime_tools,
     philomena: :permanent