diff --git a/pico-cp/app.py b/pico-cp/app.py
index 10cfa07..a82d214 100644
--- a/pico-cp/app.py
+++ b/pico-cp/app.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import board, busio, digitalio, analogio, pwmio, displayio, vectorio, time, json, gc, os, supervisor
 supervisor.runtime.autoreload = False   # we write our own files (log + pushed programs); never self-restart
-APP_VERSION = "1.0.0"                    # firmware version (the A/B updater pushes/compares this)
+APP_VERSION = "0.0.1"                    # firmware version (the A/B updater pushes/compares this)
 try:
     import rtc                           # set from the editor's clock SysEx so the log has real timestamps
 except ImportError: