diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38a9f3f..1aa4b57 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ script:
   - wget -c "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage"
   - chmod a+x linuxdeployqt*.AppImage
   - unset QTDIR; unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH ; unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+  - export VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) # linuxdeployqt uses this for naming the file
   - ./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -bundle-non-qt-libs
   - ./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -appimage