diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7a781093..6ab5574e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ EOF
 echo_latest_version() {
   # https://gist.github.com/lukechilds/a83e1d7127b78fef38c2914c4ececc3c#gistcomment-2758860
   version="$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/latest)"
-  version="${version#https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/tag/v}"
+  version="${version#https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/tag/}"
+  version="${version#v}"
   echo "$version"
 }