diff --git a/packages/api-gateway/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts b/packages/api-gateway/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
index ce05ccd81..93d7ee3bd 100644
--- a/packages/api-gateway/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
+++ b/packages/api-gateway/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class ContainerConfigLoader {
     container
       .bind(TYPES.HTTP_CALL_TIMEOUT)
       .toConstantValue(env.get('HTTP_CALL_TIMEOUT', true) ? +env.get('HTTP_CALL_TIMEOUT', true) : 60_000)
-    container.bind(TYPES.VERSION).toConstantValue(env.get('VERSION'))
+    container.bind(TYPES.VERSION).toConstantValue(env.get('VERSION', true) ?? 'development')
     container.bind(TYPES.CROSS_SERVICE_TOKEN_CACHE_TTL).toConstantValue(+env.get('CROSS_SERVICE_TOKEN_CACHE_TTL', true))
 
     // Middleware
diff --git a/packages/home-server/.env.sample b/packages/home-server/.env.sample
index da3fbcbca..bfb99a2eb 100644
--- a/packages/home-server/.env.sample
+++ b/packages/home-server/.env.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 NODE_ENV=development
-VERSION=development
 
 JWT_SECRET=
 AUTH_JWT_SECRET=
diff --git a/packages/revisions/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts b/packages/revisions/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
index 24784773b..c7089dcdf 100644
--- a/packages/revisions/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
+++ b/packages/revisions/src/Bootstrap/Container.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class ContainerConfigLoader {
     }
 
     container.bind(TYPES.Revisions_NEW_RELIC_ENABLED).toConstantValue(env.get('NEW_RELIC_ENABLED', true))
-    container.bind(TYPES.Revisions_VERSION).toConstantValue(env.get('VERSION'))
+    container.bind(TYPES.Revisions_VERSION).toConstantValue(env.get('VERSION', true) ?? 'development')
 
     // Map
     container