diff --git a/libs/argv.c b/libs/argv.c
index 920cb8b..bfc3d4d 100644
--- a/libs/argv.c
+++ b/libs/argv.c
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     // no arguments
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-        if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-v") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--version"))) {      // prints version information
-			//puts("spmenu-"VERSION);
-            puts("spmenu-unknown");
+        if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-v") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--version"))) { // prints version information
+			puts("spmenu-"VERSION);
 			exit(0);
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-h") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--help"))) { // help
             usage();
diff --git a/libs/stream.c b/libs/stream.c
index f551dc8..b31c9e2 100644
--- a/libs/stream.c
+++ b/libs/stream.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int parsemarkup(int index) {
 
             // spmenu:version
             if (!strncmp("version", items[index].ex, strlen("version"))) {
-                fprintf(stdout, "spmenu version %f", VERSION);
+                fprintf(stdout, "spmenu version %s", VERSION);
                 exit(0);
             }
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 94166b7..17d34dd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'spmenu',
   'c',
-  version : '1.1',
+  version : '"1.1"',
   default_options : ['warning_level=3']
 )