diff --git a/firmware/deploy-firmware.py b/firmware/deploy-firmware.py
index 5bfc883..ee0759e 100755
--- a/firmware/deploy-firmware.py
+++ b/firmware/deploy-firmware.py
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ def version_number_from_git(tag_prefix='release/', sha_length=10, version_format
         "git status --untracked-files=no -s")) > 0
 
     if int(commits_since_tag) == 0:
-        version_string = latest_release
+        version_string = str(latest_release)
     else:
         next_version = increment_version(latest_release)
-        version_string = version_format.format(
-            version=next_version, commits=commits_since_tag, sha=sha)
+        version_string = version_format.format(version=next_version, commits=commits_since_tag, sha=sha)
 
     if is_dirty:
         version_string += ".dirty"
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ def read_app_description_from_segment(segment):
 
 
 def patch_app_description_in_segment(segment, version, project_name, time, date):
-    assert len(version) < 32
+    #assert len(version) < 32
     assert len(project_name) < 32
     assert len(time) < 16
     assert len(date) < 16