diff --git a/htdocs/always.php b/htdocs/always.php
index 2f41cfe7..69a6393d 100644
--- a/htdocs/always.php
+++ b/htdocs/always.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ init_gettext( 'davical', $c->locale_path );
 *
 */
 $c->code_version = 0;
-$c->want_awl_version = 0.46;
+$c->want_awl_version = '0.46';
 $c->version_string = '0.9.9.4'; // The actual version # is replaced into that during the build /release process
 if ( isset($c->version_string) && preg_match( '/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(.*)/', $c->version_string, $matches) ) {
   $c->code_major = $matches[1];
diff --git a/scripts/build-always.sh b/scripts/build-always.sh
index 926ad2dd..085485dd 100755
--- a/scripts/build-always.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-always.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ fi
 
 sed -e "/^ *.c->version_string *= *'[^']*' *;/ s/^ *.c->version_string *= *'[^']*' *;/\$c->version_string = '${DAVICAL_VERSION}';/" \
     -e "/^ *.c->want_dbversion *=.*$/ s/^ *.c->want_dbversion *=.*$/\$c->want_dbversion = array(${DB_VERSION});/" \
-    -e "/^ *.c->want_awl_version *=.*$/ s/^ *.c->want_awl_version *=.*$/\$c->want_awl_version = ${AWL_VERSION};/"
+    -e "/^ *.c->want_awl_version *=.*$/ s/^ *.c->want_awl_version *=.*$/\$c->want_awl_version = '${AWL_VERSION}';/"