diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e695948fab4701a42b663e6b3d0c6f4ace213bb5..8dd44d9a40c73e67e29ce1f966a37b5288dd2d21 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-build:gen_version
+build: lib/sasacore/sasaVersion.ml
 	dune build  @install
 
 install:
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ test-doc:
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.cmxs sasa *.cmi *.o *.cmx *.pdf
+	rm -f lib/sasacore/sasaVersion.ml
 	dune clean
 	cd test; make clean
 
--include Makefile.local
 -include Makefile.version
+-include Makefile.local
diff --git a/Makefile.version b/Makefile.version
index 50094420dcfcb193f4637a96e189e9d7a6b7c0c2..52d180b22338c5804066c860a18335d925d381da 100644
--- a/Makefile.version
+++ b/Makefile.version
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags)
 del_version:
 	rm -f lib/sasacore/sasaVersion.ml
 
+uv:gen_version
 gen_version: del_version lib/sasacore/sasaVersion.ml 
 
 lib/sasacore/sasaVersion.ml: