diff --git a/src-build/build.md b/src-build/build.md
index 3528d13fa..b5a0c112f 100644
--- a/src-build/build.md
+++ b/src-build/build.md
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 git tag v3-alpha  # manually set a new tag, or skip to use commit distance from current tag
 clojure -T:build clean
 #clj -A:dev -T user/release -- distribute sources, lib consumer will build
-HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0`-SNAPSHOT # for overwritable maven artifacts
 # HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD=`git describe --tags --long --always --dirty` # for definitive, immutable releases
+# HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0`-SNAPSHOT # for overwritable maven artifacts
+HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD="v3-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
+echo $HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD
 clojure -T:build jar :version '"'$HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD'"'
 clojure -T:build install :version '"'$HYPERFIDDLE_ELECTRIC_BUILD'"'
 # To test in electric-starter-app: