diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 0fe7395..3239811 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
     process.exit(0);
 });
 
-let VERSION = require('fs').readFileSync('version.txt', 'utf8').trim();
+const VERSION = require("fs").existsSync("version.txt") ? require("fs").readFileSync("version.txt", "utf8").trim() : "none";
 
 const argv = yargs
     .option('slow', {
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 621e94f..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-none