diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index a459d9953f..48cdd043ce 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function build_packages {
 function setup_version {
     echo "Changing version from dev to $influxdb_version"
     sha1=`git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD`
-    sed -i.bak -e "s/var version = \"dev\"/var version = \"$influxdb_version\"/" -e "s/var gitSha = \"\"/var gitSha = \"$sha1\"/" src/server/server.go
+    sed -i.bak -e "s/version = \"dev\"/version = \"$influxdb_version\"/" -e "s/gitSha = \"\"/gitSha = \"$sha1\"/" src/server/server.go
     sed -i.bak -e "s/REPLACE_VERSION/$influxdb_version/" scripts/post_install.sh
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/server.go b/src/server/server.go
index 8c44f47577..61d76cf115 100644
--- a/src/server/server.go
+++ b/src/server/server.go
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
-var fileName = flag.String("config", "config.json.sample", "Config file")
-var wantsVersion = flag.Bool("version", false, "Get version number")
-var pidFile = flag.String("pidfile", "", "the pid file")
-
-var version = "dev"
-var gitSha = ""
+const (
+	version = "dev"
+	gitSha  = ""
+)
 
 func main() {
+	fileName := flag.String("config", "config.json.sample", "Config file")
+	wantsVersion := flag.Bool("version", false, "Get version number")
+	pidFile := flag.String("pidfile", "", "the pid file")
+
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 	flag.Parse()