diff --git a/backend/FwLite/FwLiteDesktop/AppVersion.cs b/backend/FwLite/FwLiteDesktop/AppVersion.cs
index 16f9f3421..b6ac0424c 100644
--- a/backend/FwLite/FwLiteDesktop/AppVersion.cs
+++ b/backend/FwLite/FwLiteDesktop/AppVersion.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ namespace FwLiteDesktop;
 
 public class AppVersion
 {
-    public static readonly string Version = typeof(AppVersion).Assembly
-        .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()?.InformationalVersion ?? "dev";
+    static AppVersion()
+    {
+        var infoVersion = typeof(AppVersion).Assembly
+            .GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()?.InformationalVersion;
+        //info version may look like v2024-12-12-3073dd1c+3073dd1ce2ff5510f54a9411366f55c958b9ea45. We want to strip off everything after the +, so we can compare versions
+        if (infoVersion is not null && infoVersion.Contains('+'))
+        {
+            infoVersion = infoVersion[..infoVersion.IndexOf('+')];
+        }
+        Version = infoVersion ?? "dev";
+    }
+
+    public static readonly string Version;
 }