diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 9e3d8ec3..fc780cb9 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = goldendict
-VERSION = 1.5.0-RC2+git
+VERSION = 22.2.alpha
 
 # Generate version file. We do this here and in a build rule described later.
 # The build rule is required since qmake isn't run each time the project is
 # rebuilt; and doing it here is required too since any other way the RCC
 # compiler would complain if version.txt wouldn't exist (fresh checkouts).
 
-system(git describe --tags --always --dirty > version.txt): hasGit=1
+system(git describe --tags --always --dirty): hasGit=1
 
-isEmpty( hasGit ) {
-  message(Failed to precisely describe the version via Git -- using the default version string)
-  system(echo $$VERSION > version.txt)
+!isEmpty(hasGit){
+    GIT_HASH=$$system(git rev-parse --short HEAD )
 }
+system(echo $${VERSION}.$${GIT_HASH} > version.txt)
 
 # DEPENDPATH += . generators
 INCLUDEPATH += .
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ win32 {
     TARGET = GoldenDict
 
     win32-msvc* {
-        VERSION = 1.5.0 # More complicated things cause errors during compilation under MSVC++
+        #VERSION = 22.2 # More complicated things cause errors during compilation under MSVC++
         DEFINES += __WIN32 _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
         contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86_64) {
             DEFINES += NOMINMAX __WIN64
@@ -611,11 +611,11 @@ TRANSLATIONS += locale/ru_RU.ts \
   PRE_TARGETDEPS      += $$PWD/version.txt
   revtarget.target     = $$PWD/version.txt
 
-  !win32 {
-    revtarget.commands   = cd $$PWD; git describe --tags --always --dirty > $$revtarget.target
-  } else {
-    revtarget.commands   = git --git-dir=\"$$PWD/.git\" describe --tags --always --dirty > $$revtarget.target
-  }
+#  !win32 {
+#    revtarget.commands   = cd $$PWD; git describe --tags --always --dirty > $$revtarget.target
+#  } else {
+#    revtarget.commands   = git --git-dir=\"$$PWD/.git\" describe --tags --always --dirty > $$revtarget.target
+#  }
 
   ALL_SOURCES = $$SOURCES $$HEADERS $$FORMS
   for(src, ALL_SOURCES) {