diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 41c1f182..a3625a1a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Fix Versioning and Add Channel
           command: yarn circle:script
-      # - run:
-      #     name: Set App Version
-      #     command: echo "export APP_VERSION=$(grep '"version":.*' package.json | cut -d '"' -f 4 | head -1)" >> $BASH_ENV
+      - run:
+          name: Set App Version
+          command: echo "export APP_VERSION=$(grep '"version":.*' package.json | cut -d '"' -f 4 | head -1)" >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Publish Release
           command: |
diff --git a/resources/circle.js b/resources/circle.js
index 4cbac3bf..199b32c6 100644
--- a/resources/circle.js
+++ b/resources/circle.js
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ pkg.publish = {
 
 const {exec} = require('child_process')
 
-exec(`export APP_VERSION=${pkg.version} && echo $APP_VERSION`, {env: {'APP_VERSION': pkg.version}}, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
+exec(`echo $APP_VERSION`, {env: {'APP_VERSION': pkg.version}}, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
 	console.log(stdout, stderr, error);
 });
 
 writeFile('package.json', JSON.stringify(pkg), err => {
 	// error checking
 	if (err) throw err;
-	console.log(`VERSION CHANGED TO ${pkg.version}`);
+	console.log(`VERSION CHANGED TO ${pkg.version}`, pkg);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js b/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
index 9cace20c..d1004e91 100644
--- a/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
+++ b/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
@@ -818,7 +818,13 @@ const app = new Vue({
                             CiderAudio.audioNodes.gainNode.gain.value = gain
                         } catch (e) { }
                     }
-                } catch (e) { ipcRenderer.send('SoundCheckTag', event, tag); } // brute force until it works
+                } catch (e) { 
+                    try { ipcRenderer.send('SoundCheckTag', event, tag); } 
+                    catch (e) { 
+                        try {ipcRenderer.send('SoundCheckTag', event, tag);} 
+                        catch (e) {console.log("[Cider][MaikiwiSoundCheck] Error [Gave up after 3 consecutive attempts]: " + e)}
+                    }
+                } // brute force until it works
             })
 
             ipcRenderer.on('play', function (_event, mode, id) {