diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh b/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
index a94ac5b..b1b8655 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/build_appimage.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ APP_DIR="$WORK_DIR/ProxMenux.AppDir"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 DIST_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../dist"
 
-VERSION=$(grep -o '"version"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' "$SCRIPT_DIR/../package.json" | sed 's/.*"$$[^"]*$$".*/\1/')
+VERSION=$(node -p "require('$SCRIPT_DIR/../package.json').version")
 APPIMAGE_NAME="ProxMenux-${VERSION}.AppImage"
 
 echo "🚀 Building ProxMenux Monitor AppImage v${VERSION} with translation support..."