diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 268ea6977..c24926061 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ class Config(object):
         version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "version.sh")
         with open(version_file, "r") as file:
             version_txt = file.read()
-            rm = re.search(r"KLAYOUT_VERSION\s*=\s*\"(.*?)\".*", version_txt)
+            rm = re.search(r"KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION\s*=\s*\"(.*?)\".*", version_txt)
             if rm:
                 version_string = rm.group(1)
-                print("KLAYOUT_VERSION = " + version_string)
+                print("KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION = " + version_string)
                 return version_string
 
         raise RuntimeError("Unable to obtain version string from version.sh")
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 5c7d65ca0..2b19e1d68 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # The main version
 KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.26.1"
 
+# The version used for PyPI (don't use variables here!)
+KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.26.1r1"
+
 # The build date
 KLAYOUT_VERSION_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")