diff --git a/backend/helpers.py b/backend/helpers.py
index e120b1e..17545a6 100644
--- a/backend/helpers.py
+++ b/backend/helpers.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def check_config_exists():
 
 def load_version(app):
     if os.environ.get("SOURCE_VERSION"):
-        app.config['VERSION'] = os.environ.get("SOURCE_VERSION")
+        app.config['VERSION'] = os.environ.get("SOURCE_VERSION")[0:7]
     elif os.path.isfile(".version"):
         with open('.version', 'r') as file:
             data = file.read().replace('\n', '')