diff --git a/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp b/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
index 0cf7709469e185c6cf7a70b5763dde55cd6e760f..15bbc2bbeaa6ca93deddd72f04b73e0b2e557d2f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "sbbs.h"
 
-#define BETA		" alpha"     /* Space if non-beta, " beta" otherwise */
+#define BETA		" "     /* Space if non-beta, " beta" otherwise */
 
 #if defined(_WINSOCKAPI_)
 	extern WSADATA WSAData;