diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be3a7929..938badbf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "explorook",
-  "version": "1.8.33",
+  "version": "1.8.34",
   "description": "Rookout's site addon to support local files and folders",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index dda63162..590d98bb 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -304,12 +304,12 @@ export const resolvers = {
     },
     appVersion: async (parent: any): Promise<string> => {
       if (process.env.development) {
-        return require("../package.json").version;
+        return require("../package.json")?.version;
       } else if (remote) {
         return remote.app.getVersion();
       } else {
         // remote should exist. but sometimes it's undefined and breaks tests for some reason, so adding a temp fallback
-        return "1.8.16";
+        return require("../package.json")?.version || "1.8.34";
       }
     },
     recentLogs: (parent: any): Log[] => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a2b069cc..fdd8d2de 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
   "include": [
     "src/*"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}