diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 338f415..a884d3a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 project(
   'hack', 
   'cpp', 
-  version : run_command('jq', '-r', '.version', join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'props.json'), check: true).stdout().strip(),
+  #  version : run_command('jq', '-r', '.version', join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'props.json'), check: true).stdout().strip(),
   default_options : [
     'warning_level=1',
     'optimization=3',
     'default_library=static',
     'cpp_std=c++20',
-])
+  ]
+)
 
 add_project_arguments (
   '-Wpedantic',