diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27ecd6d..8cbb5d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-VERSION ?= $(shell ./scripts/get-CalVer.sh)
-PLUGINS_BRANCH ?= master
+VERSION ?= $(shell date +"%Y%m%d")
 OUTPUT_DIR := _output
 
 .PHONY: typegen
diff --git a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/main.go b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/main.go
index 760cd82..c3d2b0a 100644
--- a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/main.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 			Str("module", cli.Init.Module).
 			Str("output", cli.Init.Output).
 			Msg("generating the NDC boilerplate...")
-		if err := generateNewProject(cli.Init.Name, cli.Init.Module, cli.Init.Output); err != nil {
+		if err := generateNewProject(cli.Init.Name, cli.Init.Module, cli.Init.Output, false); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to generate new project")
 		}
 		log.Info().Msg("generated successfully")
diff --git a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template.go b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template.go
index c4da055..2d62cda 100644
--- a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template.go
+++ b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func generateNewProject(name string, moduleName string, srcPath string) error {
+func generateNewProject(name string, moduleName string, srcPath string, silent bool) error {
 	if srcPath == "" {
 		p, err := os.Getwd()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -55,13 +55,23 @@ func generateNewProject(name string, moduleName string, srcPath string) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := execGoModTidy(""); err != nil {
+		if silent {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if err := execGoGetUpdate(".", "github.com/hasura/ndc-sdk-go"); err != nil {
+		if silent {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
-	return execGoFormat(".")
+	err := execGoFormat(".")
+	if err != nil && silent {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func generateNewProjectFiles(name string, moduleName string, srcPath string) error {
@@ -125,7 +135,11 @@ func execCommand(basePath string, commandName string, args ...string) error {
 		cmd.Dir = basePath
 	}
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
-	log.Debug().Strs("args", args).Str("result", string(out)).Msg(commandName)
+	l := log.Debug()
+	if err != nil {
+		l = log.Error().Err(err)
+	}
+	l.Strs("args", args).Str("result", string(out)).Msg(commandName)
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template_test.go b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template_test.go
index 90131d3..8983b83 100644
--- a/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template_test.go
+++ b/cmd/ndc-go-sdk/template_test.go
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ import (
 
 func TestGenerateNewProject(t *testing.T) {
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-	assert.NoError(t, generateNewProject("test", "hasura.dev/connector", tempDir))
+	assert.NoError(t, generateNewProject("test", "hasura.dev/connector", tempDir, true))
 }
diff --git a/scripts/get-CalVer.sh b/scripts/get-CalVer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2b392eb..0000000
--- a/scripts/get-CalVer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-set -u
-set -o pipefail
-
-formatted_date=$(date +'%Y.%m.%d')
-echo $formatted_date
\ No newline at end of file