diff --git a/version.inc.php b/version.inc.php
index 011ae8d..b428745 100644
--- a/version.inc.php
+++ b/version.inc.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ task('version', function()
 task('inc_game_version', function()
 {     
   global $GAME_ROOT;      
-  $path_to_version = $GAME_ROOT . getor('VERSION_FILE', "/VERSION");
+  $path_to_version = $GAME_ROOT . get_version_file();
   ensure_write($path_to_version, get_inc_game_version());    
   git_try_commit($path_to_version, "inc version");      
 });     
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ task('inc_game_version', function()
 function game_version_full_str()
 {
   global $GAME_ROOT;
-  return trim(file($GAME_ROOT . getor('VERSION_FILE', "/VERSION"))[0]);
+  return trim(file($GAME_ROOT . get_version_file())[0]);
 }
 
 function game_version()
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ function game_patch_code()
   return $code;
 }
 
+function get_version_file()
+{
+  return '/' . getor('VERSION_FILE', "VERSION");
+}
+
 function get_inc_game_version()     
 {     
   $string = game_version();     
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ function get_version_file_lifetime()
 {
   global $GAME_ROOT;
   
-  exec("git log --follow --format=%ad --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' " . $GAME_ROOT . getor('VERSION_FILE', "/VERSION") , $out, $ret);
+  exec("git log --follow --format=%ad --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' " . $GAME_ROOT . get_version_file() , $out, $ret);
   if($ret != 0)
     throw new Exception("git error");
   $minutes = (time() - strtotime($out[0])) / 60;