diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 81591dfb..25fa122b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Building for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH} with GOOS=$GOOS, GOARCH=$GOARCH"
           echo "Excluding CUDA. Use the 'cuda' build tag to include it."
 
-          go build -o "build/lilypad-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}-cpu" -v -ldflags="-X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.VERSION=${{ needs.release.outputs.tag_name }}' -X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.COMMIT_SHA=${{ needs.release.outputs.sha }}'"
+          go build -o "build/lilypad-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}-cpu" -v -ldflags="-X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.version=${{ needs.release.outputs.tag_name }}' -X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.commitSHA=${{ needs.release.outputs.sha }}'"
 
           echo "-------------- OS: ${GOOS} : Arch: ${GOARCH} ---------- done"
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "CUDA_HOME: $CUDA_HOME"
           echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
-          go build -o "build/lilypad-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}-gpu" -v -tags cuda -ldflags="-X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.VERSION=${{ needs.release.outputs.tag_name }}' -X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.COMMIT_SHA=${{ needs.release.outputs.sha }}'"
+          go build -o "build/lilypad-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}-gpu" -v -tags cuda -ldflags="-X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.version=${{ needs.release.outputs.tag_name }}' -X 'github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/cmd/lilypad.commitSHA=${{ needs.release.outputs.sha }}'"
 
           echo "-------------- OS: ${GOOS} : Arch: ${GOARCH} ---------- done"
 
diff --git a/cmd/lilypad/root.go b/cmd/lilypad/root.go
index 0605cee6..48038777 100644
--- a/cmd/lilypad/root.go
+++ b/cmd/lilypad/root.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	RootCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   getCommandLineExecutable(),
 		Short: "Lilypad",
-		Long:  fmt.Sprintf("Lilypad: %s \nCommit: %s \n", VERSION, COMMIT_SHA),
+		Long:  fmt.Sprintf("Lilypad: %s \nCommit: %s \n", version, commitSHA),
 	}
 
 	var network string
diff --git a/cmd/lilypad/run.go b/cmd/lilypad/run.go
index c796b270..37a34b97 100644
--- a/cmd/lilypad/run.go
+++ b/cmd/lilypad/run.go
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func runJob(cmd *cobra.Command, options jobcreator.JobCreatorOptions) error {
 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠛⠘⠛⠋⠁⠀ ⠀⠀⠀   Decentralized Compute Network  https://lilypad.tech
 
 `
-	if VERSION != "" {
-		header = strings.Replace(header, "v2", VERSION, 1)
+	if version != "" {
+		header = strings.Replace(header, "v2", version, 1)
 	}
 	c.Print(header)
 
diff --git a/cmd/lilypad/version.go b/cmd/lilypad/version.go
index fc7bc596..1d4ceaab 100644
--- a/cmd/lilypad/version.go
+++ b/cmd/lilypad/version.go
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/pkg/system"
 )
 
-var VERSION string
+var version string
+var commitSHA string
 
-var COMMIT_SHA string
-
-const GO_BINARY_URL = "https://github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/releases/"
+const goBinaryURL = "https://github.com/lilypad-tech/lilypad/releases/"
 
 func newVersionCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	options := optionsfactory.NewSolverOptions()
@@ -37,14 +36,14 @@ func runVersion(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	commandCtx := system.NewCommandContext(cmd)
 	defer commandCtx.Cleanup()
 
-	if VERSION == "" {
-		fmt.Printf("version not found: download the latest binary from %s", GO_BINARY_URL)
+	if version == "" {
+		fmt.Printf("version not found: download the latest binary from %s", goBinaryURL)
 		// unnecessary help shows up when returned as error, so shortciruting here
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Lilypad: %s\n", VERSION)
-	fmt.Printf("Commit: %s\n", COMMIT_SHA)
+	fmt.Printf("Lilypad: %s\n", version)
+	fmt.Printf("Commit: %s\n", commitSHA)
 
 	// TODO: suggest updating to the latest version if the current version is not the latest version