diff --git a/cmd/dstask.go b/cmd/dstask.go
index 96e576e7..a773fd31 100644
--- a/cmd/dstask.go
+++ b/cmd/dstask.go
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-var (
-	// populated by linker flags, see do-release.sh
-	GIT_COMMIT = "Unknown"
-	VERSION = "Unknown"
-	BUILD_DATE = "Unknown"
-)
-
 func main() {
 	dstask.LoadConfigFromEnv()
 	context := dstask.LoadContext()
@@ -327,7 +320,12 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 	case dstask.CMD_VERSION:
-		fmt.Printf("Version: %s\nGit commit: %s\nBuild date: %s\n", VERSION, GIT_COMMIT, BUILD_DATE);
+		fmt.Printf(
+			"Version: %s\nGit commit: %s\nBuild date: %s\n",
+			dstask.VERSION,
+			dstask.GIT_COMMIT,
+			dstask.BUILD_DATE,
+		);
 
 	case dstask.CMD_COMPLETIONS:
 		// given the entire user's command line arguments as the arguments for
diff --git a/const.go b/const.go
index 1e92366b..c7734171 100644
--- a/const.go
+++ b/const.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ var (
 	CONTEXT_FILE = "~/.cache/dstask/context"
 	// for CI testing
 	FAKE_PTY = false
+	// populated by linker flags, see do-release.sh
+	GIT_COMMIT = "Unknown"
+	VERSION = "Unknown"
+	BUILD_DATE = "Unknown"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/do-release.sh b/do-release.sh
index 87a776ca..dfca8dc4 100755
--- a/do-release.sh
+++ b/do-release.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ BUILD_DATE=$(date)
 
 RELEASE_FILE=RELEASE.md
 
-LDFLAGS="-s -w -X  main.GIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT -X  main.VERSION=$VERSION -X \"main.BUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE\""
+LDFLAGS="-s -w \
+    -X  github.com/naggie/dstask.GIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT \
+    -X  github.com/naggie/dstask.VERSION=$VERSION \
+    -X \"github.com/naggie/dstask.BUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE\"\
+"
 
 # get release information