diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 4ac397edf..e94ff971e 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace emsesp {
 
 // clang-format off
 #define EMSESP_SETTINGS_DATA \
-		EMSESP_SETTINGS_SIMPLE(std::string, "", app_version, "", (), EMSESP_APP_VERSION) \
+		EMSESP_SETTINGS_SIMPLE(std::string, "", app_version, "", (), "2.0") \
 		EMSESP_SETTINGS_SIMPLE(std::string, "", admin_password, "", (), EMSESP_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD) \
 		EMSESP_SETTINGS_SIMPLE(std::string, "", hostname, "", (), EMSESP_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME) \
 		EMSESP_SETTINGS_SIMPLE(std::string, "", wifi_ssid, "", (), "") \
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 795c41319..e7b3fd3c8 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <uuid/console.h>
 
 #include "helpers.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "console.h"
 
 // default settings - these can be customized from within the application
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index c2efd09e6..2c34a2eeb 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define EMSESP_APP_VERSION "2.0.0a15"
+#define EMSESP_APP_VERSION "2.0.0a16"