diff --git a/netinstall.sh b/netinstall.sh
index e1e679a..564b3d9 100644
--- a/netinstall.sh
+++ b/netinstall.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ curl -L -k -s https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/archive/${COMMIT}.ta
 # Install ARK Server Tools
 cd ark-server-tools-${COMMIT}/tools
 sed -i "s|^arkstCommit='.*'$|arkstCommit='${COMMIT}'|" arkmanager
-version=`<../.version`
-sed -i "s|^arkstVersion=\".*\"|arkstVersion='${version}'|" arkmanager
 chmod +x install.sh
 bash install.sh "$steamcmd_user" "$@" >"$output" 2>&1
 
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 27faac2..57d6ef3 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Contributors:         Sispheor, Atriusftw, klightspeed, lexat, puseidr
 
 # Script version
-arkstVersion="1.6"
+arkstVersion='1.6'
 arkstCommit=''
 
 doUpgradeTools() {
@@ -2191,7 +2191,8 @@ while true; do
       if [ -n "${arkstCommit}" ]; then
         echo "Commit: ${arkstCommit:0:7}"
       fi
-      echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob $(stat -c "%s" "$0")\0"; sed "s@^arkstCommit=.*@arkstCommit=''@" "$0") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+      blobsize="$(sed "s@^arkstCommit=.*@arkstCommit=''@" "$0" | wc -c)"
+      echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob ${blobsize}\0"; sed "s@^arkstCommit=.*@arkstCommit=''@" "$0") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
       exit 1
     ;;
     -h|--help)