diff --git a/build/preprocess.sh b/build/preprocess.sh
index 3482a6a2..26c82f7f 100755
--- a/build/preprocess.sh
+++ b/build/preprocess.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
 #	commented		Preprocessed, still formated and commented
 #	stripped		Preprocessed, formated but without comments
 
-VERSION=0.8
+# Extract paper.js version from package.json
+VERSION=`node -e "process.stdout.write(require('../package.json').version)"`
+
 DATE=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%ad)
 
-COMMAND="./prepro.js -d '{ \"version\": $VERSION, \"date\": \"$DATE\", \"parser\": \"acorn\", \"svg\": true, \"fatline\": false }' $3 $2"
+COMMAND="./prepro.js -d '{ \"version\": \"$VERSION\", \"date\": \"$DATE\", \"parser\": \"acorn\", \"svg\": true, \"fatline\": false }' $3 $2"
 
 case $1 in
 	commented)
diff --git a/src/core/PaperScope.js b/src/core/PaperScope.js
index 5a20c6c3..8818ed7a 100644
--- a/src/core/PaperScope.js
+++ b/src/core/PaperScope.js
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ var PaperScope = Base.extend(/** @lends PaperScope# */{
 	},
 
 	/**
-	 * The version of Paper.js, as a float number.
+	 * The version of Paper.js, as a string.
 	 *
-	 * @type Number
+	 * @type String
 	 */
-	version: /*#=*/ options.version,
+	version: '/*#=*/ options.version',
 
 	/**
 	 * The currently active project.
diff --git a/src/node/index.js b/src/node/index.js
index e1659886..d60cab5c 100644
--- a/src/node/index.js
+++ b/src/node/index.js
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	// Node Canvas library: https://github.com/learnboost/node-canvas
 	Canvas = require('canvas'),
 	jsdom = require('jsdom'),
-	domToHtml = require('jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/domtohtml').domToHtml,
-	json = require('../../package.json');
+	domToHtml = require('jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/domtohtml').domToHtml;
 
 var options = {
 	parser: 'acorn',
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ XMLSerializer.prototype.serializeToString = function(node) {
 	var text = domToHtml(node);
 	// Fix a jsdom issue where linearGradient gets converted to lineargradient:
 	// https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom/issues/620
-	return text.replace(/(linear|radial)(gradient)/g, function(all, type) {
+	return text.replace(/(linear|radial)gradient/g, function(all, type) {
 		return type + 'Gradient';
 	});
 };
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ context.PaperScope.inject({
 	Canvas: Canvas,
 	XMLSerializer: XMLSerializer,
 	DOMParser: DOMParser,
-	// Also fix version. Remove 2nd dot, so we can make a float out of it:
-	version: parseFloat(json.version.replace(/(.)(\d)$/, '$2'))
+	// Also set the correct version from package.json
+	version: require('../../package.json').version
 });
 
 require.extensions['.pjs'] = function(module, uri) {