diff --git a/compiler/lib/src/main/scala/util/Version.scala b/compiler/lib/src/main/scala/util/Version.scala
index 5e1209628..a870775af 100644
--- a/compiler/lib/src/main/scala/util/Version.scala
+++ b/compiler/lib/src/main/scala/util/Version.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ package fpp.compiler.util
 /** The compiler version */
 object Version {
 
-  val v = "[unknown version]"
+  val v = "v1.1.0a4-2-gb0da09a4"
 
 }
diff --git a/compiler/release b/compiler/release
index 9e945d825..8f9a4246c 100755
--- a/compiler/release
+++ b/compiler/release
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ meta_inf_dir="lib/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image"
 release_tgz="$native_bin.tar.gz"
 # Use gtar if it's available
 # The default tar has issues on Mac OS on GitHub
-tar=`which gtar`
-if test -z "$tar"
+if which gtar
 then
+  tar=`which gtar`
+else
   tar=tar
 fi