diff --git a/octoprint_octorelay/_version.py b/octoprint_octorelay/_version.py
index f8898532..0bedb8d9 100644
--- a/octoprint_octorelay/_version.py
+++ b/octoprint_octorelay/_version.py
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ def get_version_from_git_archive(version_info):
         release, *_ = sorted(version_tags)  # prefer e.g. "2.0" over "2.0rc1"
         return Version(release, dev=None, labels=None)
     else:
-        return Version("unknown", dev=None, labels=["g{}".format(git_hash)])
+        # return Version("unknown", dev=None, labels=["g{}".format(git_hash)])
+        return Version("0.0.0", dev=None, labels=["g{}".format(git_hash)])
 
 
 __version__ = get_version()