diff --git a/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec b/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
index 37587804..269bfd42 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
+++ b/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ source.exclude_exts = spec
 #source.exclude_patterns = license,images/*/*.jpg
 
 # (str) Application versioning (method 1)
-#version.regex = __version__ = '(.*)'
-#version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
+version.regex = ELECTRUM_VERSION = '(.*)'
+version.filename = %(source.dir)s/lib/version.py
 
 # (str) Application versioning (method 2)
-version = 1.9.8
+#version = 1.9.8
 
 # (list) Application requirements
 requirements = tlslite, openssl, pyopenssl, pil, qrcode, ecdsa, pbkdf2, pyasn1, pyasn1-modules,  plyer==master, kivy==master
diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index e25ce222..c72e156a 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = "2.5"    # version of the client package
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = '2.5'    # version of the client package
 PROTOCOL_VERSION = '0.10'   # protocol version requested
 NEW_SEED_VERSION = 11       # electrum versions >= 2.0
 OLD_SEED_VERSION = 4        # electrum versions < 2.0