diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
index efba4b254..ca125577f 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function pad(numbers, maxLength, fillString) {
   );
 }
 
-function buildClientVersion() {
+const CLIENT_VERSION = (() => {
   const date = new Date();
   const versionPrefix = pad(
     [date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth() + 1, date.getDate()],
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function buildClientVersion() {
   } catch (e) {
     return `${version}_unknown-hash`;
   }
-}
+})();
 
 /** Enable for font awesome v6 */
 /*
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default {
       apply: "build",
 
       closeBundle() {
-        const version = buildClientVersion();
+        const version = CLIENT_VERSION;
         const versionJson = JSON.stringify({ version });
         const versionPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "dist/version.json");
         writeFileSync(versionPath, versionJson);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export default {
           org: "monkeytype",
           project: "frontend",
           release: {
-            name: buildClientVersion(),
+            name: CLIENT_VERSION,
             setCommits: {
               commit: "HEAD",
               previousCommit: "HEAD^",
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export default {
       process.env.BACKEND_URL || "https://api.monkeytype.com"
     ),
     IS_DEVELOPMENT: JSON.stringify(false),
-    CLIENT_VERSION: JSON.stringify(buildClientVersion()),
+    CLIENT_VERSION: JSON.stringify(CLIENT_VERSION),
     RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY: JSON.stringify(process.env.RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY),
     QUICK_LOGIN_EMAIL: undefined,
     QUICK_LOGIN_PASSWORD: undefined,