diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7983da6082be82f26997fee99481d64c0a60c40b..b99d70213a772afba6105670da21248275d13371 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
       packages = forAllSystems (system:
         let
           pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system};
-          #buildDate = builtins.date "%Y%m%d" (builtins.fromJSON lastModifiedDate);
-          #version = builtins.readFile "${versionTool}/version print --git";
+          version = "${versionTool}/bin/version print --git"; # assuming this gives you version
+          build = "${versionTool}/bin/version build"; # assuming this gives you build
         in
         {
           docman = pkgs.buildGoModule {
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@
             # "-X release.version=$version -X release.build=$(due --iso-8601 | tr -d "-" )"
             
             ldflags = [
-                 "-X release.version=${versionTool} print --git"
-                 "-X release.build=${versionTool} build"
+                 "-s"
+                 "-w" 
+                 "-X release.version=${version}"
+                 "-X release.build=${build}"
                       ];
                       
             buildInputs = [ versionTool.defaultPackage.${system} ];