diff --git a/src/GenieExtras.jl b/src/GenieExtras.jl
index a46484bba044b81b36cb6355bc49ea1cf36bbd96..53ca6eb3c9bf6fe4194c3dcb8002f39ccc06538b 100644
--- a/src/GenieExtras.jl
+++ b/src/GenieExtras.jl
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ function footer()
         version = version[1:end-2]
     end
     versionfile = joinpath(@__DIR__, "version.txt")
-    version = if isfile(versionfile)
-        join((version, readchomp(versionfile)), "-")
+    if isfile(versionfile)
+        version = join((version, readchomp(versionfile)), "-")
     end
     tagurl = "https://gitlab.com/dbc-nyx/NyxUI.jl/-/tags"
     Html.footer("NyxUI.jl <a href=\"$tagurl\">v$version</a>")