diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ee76535..13ec7ea 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 all: help
 
 help:
-	@echo "Please use: 'make init', 'make debug', 'make build', 'make release', or 'make clean'"
+	@echo "Please use: 'make init', 'make debug', 'make build', or 'make clean'"
 	@echo "Note: parallel builds (via 'make -jN' where N is some number of how many jobs to generate)"
 	@echo "This is supported via recursive build shell calls. Not actually passing -j to make so should work even on a pure POSIX system."
 
 init:
 	@mkdir -p output source_code includes config
-	@touch config/version source_code/main.c
-	@echo "_00.000.00.0000" > config/version
+	@touch source_code/main.c
 	@printf '%s\n' \
 		'# POSIX Virtual Environment for C Build System.' \
 		'# Usage: . config/activate' \
@@ -24,7 +23,8 @@ init:
 		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_LIBS="$$LIBS"' \
 		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_CFLAGS="$$CFLAGS"' \
 		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_DEBUG_FLAGS="$$DEBUG_FLAGS"' \
-		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_RELEASE_FLAGS="$$RELEASE_FLAGS"' \
+		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_BUILD_FLAGS="$$BUILD_FLAGS"' \
+		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_VERSION="$$VERSION"' \
 		'_OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1="$$PS1"' \
 		'' \
 		'# Base configuration variables (Updated by "env_set VARIABLE value")' \
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ init:
 		'export LIBS=""' \
 		'export CFLAGS=""' \
 		'export DEBUG_FLAGS=""' \
-		'export RELEASE_FLAGS=""' \
+		'export BUILD_FLAGS=""' \
+		'export VERSION=""' \
 		'export C_VENV_ACTIVE="true"' \
 		'' \
 		'# Prepend (directory_name_env) to the shell prompt' \
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ init:
 		'# Function to dynamically set variables in the terminal AND save them to this file.' \
 		'env_set() {' \
 		'    if [ -z "$$1" ]; then' \
-		'        echo "Usage: env_set <CC|LIBS|CFLAGS|DEBUG_FLAGS|RELEASE_FLAGS> [value]"' \
+		'        echo "Usage: env_set <CC|LIBS|CFLAGS|DEBUG_FLAGS|BUILD_FLAGS|VERSION> [value]"' \
 		'        return 1' \
 		'    fi' \
 		'    ' \
@@ -87,10 +88,16 @@ init:
 		'        unset DEBUG_FLAGS' \
 		'    fi' \
 		'' \
-		'    if [ -n "$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_RELEASE_FLAGS" ]; then' \
-		'        export RELEASE_FLAGS="$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_RELEASE_FLAGS"' \
+		'    if [ -n "$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_BUILD_FLAGS" ]; then' \
+		'        export BUILD_FLAGS="$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_BUILD_FLAGS"' \
 		'    else' \
-		'        unset RELEASE_FLAGS' \
+		'        unset BUILD_FLAGS' \
+		'    fi' \
+		'' \
+		'    if [ -n "$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_VERSION" ]; then' \
+		'        export VERSION="$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_VERSION"' \
+		'    else' \
+		'        unset VERSION' \
 		'    fi' \
 		'' \
 		'    if [ -n "$$_OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1" ]; then' \
@@ -101,7 +108,8 @@ init:
 		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_LIBS' \
 		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_CFLAGS' \
 		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_DEBUG_FLAGS' \
-		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_RELEASE_FLAGS' \
+		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_BUILD_FLAGS' \
+		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_VERSION' \
 		'    unset _OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1' \
 		'    unset C_VENV_ACTIVE' \
 		'    unset ENV_NAME' \
@@ -124,8 +132,7 @@ debug:
 	fi
 	@mkdir -p config output/obj_debug
 	@PROJ_NAME=$$(basename "$$(pwd)"); \
-	VERS=$$(cat config/version 2>/dev/null || echo "_00.000.00.0000"); \
-	OUT="output/$${PROJ_NAME}$${VERS}"; \
+	OUT="output/$${PROJ_NAME}$${VERSION}"; \
 	MK="config/debug.mk"; \
 	ACTIVE_CC=$${CC:-c99}; \
 	ACTIVE_LIBS=$${LIBS:-}; \
@@ -153,13 +160,12 @@ build:
 	fi
 	@mkdir -p config output/obj_release
 	@PROJ_NAME=$$(basename "$$(pwd)"); \
-	VERS=$$(cat config/version 2>/dev/null || echo "_00.000.00.0000"); \
-	OUT="output/$${PROJ_NAME}$${VERS}"; \
+	OUT="output/$${PROJ_NAME}$${VERSION}"; \
 	MK="config/build.mk"; \
 	ACTIVE_CC=$${CC:-c99}; \
 	ACTIVE_LIBS=$${LIBS:-}; \
 	ACTIVE_CFLAGS=$${CFLAGS:-}; \
-	ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS=$${RELEASE_FLAGS:-}; \
+	ACTIVE_BUILD_FLAGS=$${BUILD_FLAGS:-}; \
 	echo ".POSIX:" > $$MK; \
 	OBJS=""; \
 	SRCS=$$(find source_code -type f -name '*.c' 2>/dev/null); \
@@ -168,40 +174,8 @@ build:
 		OBJS="$$OBJS $$OBJ"; \
 		echo "$$OBJ: $$SRC" >> $$MK; \
 		echo "	@mkdir -p $$(dirname $$OBJ)" >> $$MK; \
-		echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS -I includes -c $$SRC -o $$OBJ $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
+		echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_BUILD_FLAGS -I includes -c $$SRC -o $$OBJ $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
 	done; \
 	echo "$$OUT: $$OBJS" >> $$MK; \
-	echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS -o $$OUT $$OBJS $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
-	$(MAKE) -f $$MK "$$OUT"
-
-release:
-	@if [ -z "$$C_VENV_ACTIVE" ]; then \
-		echo "Error: Virtual environment not active."; \
-		echo "Please run: '. config/activate' (or 'source config/activate') before building."; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-	@mkdir -p config output/obj_release
-	@DATE_STR=$$(date +_%y.%j.%H.%M%S); \
-	echo "$$DATE_STR" > config/version; \
-	echo "Project version updated to: $$DATE_STR"
-	@PROJ_NAME=$$(basename "$$(pwd)"); \
-	VERS=$$(cat config/version 2>/dev/null); \
-	OUT="output/$${PROJ_NAME}$${VERS}"; \
-	MK="config/release.mk"; \
-	ACTIVE_CC=$${CC:-c99}; \
-	ACTIVE_LIBS=$${LIBS:-}; \
-	ACTIVE_CFLAGS=$${CFLAGS:-}; \
-	ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS=$${RELEASE_FLAGS:-}; \
-	echo ".POSIX:" > $$MK; \
-	OBJS=""; \
-	SRCS=$$(find source_code -type f -name '*.c' 2>/dev/null); \
-	for SRC in $$SRCS; do \
-		OBJ="output/obj_release/$${SRC}.o"; \
-		OBJS="$$OBJS $$OBJ"; \
-		echo "$$OBJ: $$SRC" >> $$MK; \
-		echo "	@mkdir -p $$(dirname $$OBJ)" >> $$MK; \
-		echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS -I includes -c $$SRC -o $$OBJ $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
-	done; \
-	echo "$$OUT: $$OBJS" >> $$MK; \
-	echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_RELEASE_FLAGS -o $$OUT $$OBJS $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
+	echo "	$$ACTIVE_CC $$ACTIVE_CFLAGS $$ACTIVE_BUILD_FLAGS -o $$OUT $$OBJS $$ACTIVE_LIBS" >> $$MK; \
 	$(MAKE) -f $$MK "$$OUT"