diff --git a/buildspec.yml b/buildspec.yml
index aeddece..60fc1d4 100644
--- a/buildspec.yml
+++ b/buildspec.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ env:
   secrets-manager:
     DOCKERHUB_PASS: "/dockerhub/credentials:password"
     DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "/dockerhub/credentials:username"
-  variables:
-    VERSION: $(cat version.txt)
-  exported-variables:
-    - VERSION
+#  variables:
+#    VERSION: $(cat version.txt)
+#  exported-variables:
+#    - VERSION
 phases:
     install:
         commands:
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ phases:
     build:
         commands:
             - echo Build started on `date`
-            - echo Building the Docker image...          
+            - echo Building the Docker image...
+            - VERSION=$(cat version.txt)
             - docker build -t $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$IMAGE_REPO_NAME:$VERSION .
             - docker tag $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$IMAGE_REPO_NAME:$VERSION $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$IMAGE_REPO_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG
     post_build: