diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88e5e2c..c7224f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ name = "shell"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clparse",
+ "versioning",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/libraries/versioning/src/lib.rs b/libraries/versioning/src/lib.rs
index eedc2ff..81113c1 100644
--- a/libraries/versioning/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libraries/versioning/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Version {
 
 impl Display for Version {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "v{}.{}.{}", self.major, self.minor, self.patch)?;
+        write!(f, "{}.{}.{}", self.major, self.minor, self.patch)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/programs/shell/Cargo.toml b/programs/shell/Cargo.toml
index b033ed0..941233e 100644
--- a/programs/shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/programs/shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 clparse = { path = "../../libraries/clparse" }
+versioning = { path = "../../libraries/versioning" }
diff --git a/programs/shell/src/main.rs b/programs/shell/src/main.rs
index 0b8f994..a1abf51 100644
--- a/programs/shell/src/main.rs
+++ b/programs/shell/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use std::{
     process::{Child, Command, Stdio},
 };
 
-const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+use versioning::Version;
+
+pub const VERSION: Version = Version::new(0, 1, 0);
 fn main() {
     let ret = clparse::Arguments::parse_from_args().unwrap();
     let config = ret.0;
@@ -55,3 +57,10 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn sanity_check_version() {
+    let cargo_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+    let str_version = format!("{}", VERSION);
+    assert_eq!(str_version, cargo_version);
+}