1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 440328a..2035b0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LIBS+=-lpthread
 ifeq ($(wildcard .git),)
   # not in git repository
   VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1)
-  I3STATUS_VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION)
+  I3STATUS_VERSION := '$(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION)'
 else
   VERSION:=$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
   I3STATUS_VERSION:="$(shell git describe --tags --always) ($(shell git log --pretty=format:%cd --date=short -n1))"