diff --git a/src/editor.rs b/src/editor.rs
index 388bb971..7412e785 100644
--- a/src/editor.rs
+++ b/src/editor.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ impl Editor {
                 // Draw an empty row
                 self.draw_left_padding(buffer, '~');
                 if self.is_empty() && i == self.screen_rows / 3 {
-                    let welcome_message = format!("Kibi - version {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+                    let welcome_message = concat!("Kibi - version ", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
                     buffer.push_str(&format!("{:^1$.1$}", welcome_message, self.screen_cols));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c37f2f60..fca72b0b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let mut args = std::env::args();
     match (args.nth(1), args.nth(2)) {
         (_, Some(_)) => return Err(Error::TooManyArguments(args.len() - 1)),
-        (Some(arg), _) if arg == "--version" => println!("kibi, v{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
+        (Some(arg), _) if arg == "--version" => println!(concat!("kibi, v", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))),
         (file_name, None) => Editor::new(Config::load()?)?.run(file_name)?,
     }
     Ok(())