diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eceba242..74f75f79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@fosrl/pangolin",
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta.10",
+    "version": "0.0.0",
     "private": true,
     "type": "module",
     "description": "Tunneled Reverse Proxy Management Server with Identity and Access Control and Dashboard UI",
diff --git a/server/lib/config.ts b/server/lib/config.ts
index 14e96af1..f2d8a161 100644
--- a/server/lib/config.ts
+++ b/server/lib/config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
 import {
     __DIRNAME,
     APP_PATH,
+    APP_VERSION,
     configFilePath1,
     configFilePath2
 } from "@server/lib/consts";
@@ -239,11 +240,7 @@ export class Config {
             throw new Error(`Invalid configuration file: ${errors}`);
         }
 
-        const appVersion = loadAppVersion();
-        if (!appVersion) {
-            throw new Error("Could not load the application version");
-        }
-        process.env.APP_VERSION = appVersion;
+        process.env.APP_VERSION = APP_VERSION;
 
         process.env.NEXT_PORT = parsedConfig.data.server.next_port.toString();
         process.env.SERVER_EXTERNAL_PORT =
diff --git a/server/lib/consts.ts b/server/lib/consts.ts
index a444f9c5..2f505ae1 100644
--- a/server/lib/consts.ts
+++ b/server/lib/consts.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import { existsSync } from "fs";
+
+// This is a placeholder value replaced by the build process
+export const APP_VERSION = "1.0.0-beta.12";
 
 export const __FILENAME = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 export const __DIRNAME = path.dirname(__FILENAME);
diff --git a/server/lib/loadAppVersion.ts b/server/lib/loadAppVersion.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d9f558..00000000
--- a/server/lib/loadAppVersion.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import path from "path";
-import { __DIRNAME } from "@server/lib/consts";
-import fs from "fs";
-
-export function loadAppVersion() {
-    const packageJsonPath = path.join("package.json");
-    let packageJson: any;
-    if (fs.existsSync && fs.existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-        const packageJsonContent = fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf8");
-        packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonContent);
-
-        if (packageJson.version) {
-            return packageJson.version;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/setup/migrations.ts b/server/setup/migrations.ts
index b06f176c..e0e25f15 100644
--- a/server/setup/migrations.ts
+++ b/server/setup/migrations.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import db, { exists } from "@server/db";
 import path from "path";
 import semver from "semver";
 import { versionMigrations } from "@server/db/schema";
-import { __DIRNAME } from "@server/lib/consts";
-import { loadAppVersion } from "@server/lib/loadAppVersion";
+import { __DIRNAME, APP_VERSION } from "@server/lib/consts";
 import { SqliteError } from "better-sqlite3";
 import m1 from "./scripts/1.0.0-beta1";
 import m2 from "./scripts/1.0.0-beta2";
@@ -34,10 +33,7 @@ await runMigrations();
 
 export async function runMigrations() {
     try {
-        const appVersion = loadAppVersion();
-        if (!appVersion) {
-            throw new Error("APP_VERSION is not set in the environment");
-        }
+        const appVersion = APP_VERSION;
 
         if (exists) {
             await executeScripts();