diff --git a/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp b/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
index 5e5e396e3e4e3825522c383e8de8435e625f87b8..45177062edaffddf2e2a53aba21b4a0068d10197 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/ver.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "sbbs.h"
 
-extern "C" const char* beta_version = " alpha"; /* Space if non-beta, " beta" otherwise */
+extern "C" const char* beta_version = " beta"; /* Space if non-beta, " beta" otherwise */
 
 #if defined(_WINSOCKAPI_)
 	extern WSADATA WSAData;