diff --git a/bin/load-world.sh b/bin/load-world.sh
index b2fcb2e9dd55ea247182d3bd85525c2f4c5c615c..1ca37795724e641a59b9471247e78a696947fafe 100755
--- a/bin/load-world.sh
+++ b/bin/load-world.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ NO_PCL_FEATURE=
 # Default version is the date with the git hash.
 GIT_HASH="`(cd src; git describe --dirty 2>/dev/null)`"
 
-# If the git hash looks like a snapshot tag, don't add the date.
+# If the git hash looks like a snapshot tag or release, don't add the date.
+VERSION="`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`${GIT_HASH:+ $GIT_HASH}"
 if expr "X${GIT_HASH}" : '^Xsnapshot-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]' > /dev/null; then
     VERSION="${GIT_HASH}"
-else
-    VERSION="`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`${GIT_HASH:+ $GIT_HASH}"
+fi
+
+if expr "X${GIT_HASH}" : '^X[0-9][0-9][a-f]' > /dev/null; then
+    VERSION="${GIT_HASH}"
 fi
 echo $VERSION