diff --git a/app/vars.go b/app/vars.go
index 238326f..749e519 100644
--- a/app/vars.go
+++ b/app/vars.go
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 var (
   AppVersion string = "N/a"
-  RuntimeVersion string = runtime.Version()
+  RuntimeVersion string = runtimeVersion()
 )
+
+func runtimeVersion() string {
+  raw_string := runtime.Version()
+  return raw_string[2:]
+}