diff --git a/vue.config.js b/vue.config.js
index a9e53410..3387d298 100644
--- a/vue.config.js
+++ b/vue.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ const appConfig = config.get(configFile);
 console.log(appConfig);
 config.save(appConfig, configFile);
 
-process.env.VUE_APP_VERSION = require('./package.json').version;
+const pkgVersion = require('./package.json').version;
+
+process.env.VUE_APP_VERSION = process.env.VERSION || pkgVersion;
 
 try {
   const lastCommit = lcl.getLastCommitSync();