diff --git a/makerelease b/makerelease
index 7b63a5b..148e1bf 100755
--- a/makerelease
+++ b/makerelease
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ version=$1
 
 sed -i "/string version = /c\\\tstring version = \"$version\";" src/helpers/help.cpp
 IFS='.' read -ra VPART <<< "$version"
-sed -i "/MAJOR=/cMAJOR=\"${VPART[0]}\"" makefile
-sed -i "/MINOR=/cMINOR=\"${VPART[1]}\"" makefile
-sed -i "/MICRO=/cMICRO=\"${VPART[2]}\"" makefile
+sed -i "/MAJOR=/cMAJOR=${VPART[0]}" makefile
+sed -i "/MINOR=/cMINOR=${VPART[1]}" makefile
+sed -i "/MICRO=/cMICRO=${VPART[2]}" makefile
 
 git commit -m "Version $version" makefile src/*
 git push