diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml b/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
index 081943a..dc837f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
        nmake /F Makefile.msvc64
        c:\msys64\usr\bin\zip 3proxy-%RELEASE%-x64.zip bin64/3proxy.exe bin64/*.dll bin64/mycrypt.exe %COMMONFILES%
        nmake /F Makefile.msvc64 clean
-       echo 1
\ No newline at end of file
+       echo 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile.msvc64 b/Makefile.msvc64
index e618c5d..7e7ce3d 100644
--- a/Makefile.msvc64
+++ b/Makefile.msvc64
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ MAKEFILE = Makefile.msvc64
 BUILDDIR = ../bin64/
 CC = cl
 !IFDEF RELEASE
-VERSION=/D VERSION=\"3proxy-$RELEASE\"
+VERSION=/D VERSION=\"3proxy-$(RELEASE)\"
 !ENDIF
 !IFDEF NOW
-BUILDDATE=/D BUILDDATE=\"$NOW\"
+BUILDDATE=/D BUILDDATE=\"$(NOW)\"
 !ENDIF
 CFLAGS = /nologo /MT /W3 /Ox /EHs- /GS /GA /GF /D "MSVC"  /D "WITH_SSL" /D "WITH_WSAPOLL" /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "_WIN32" /D "PRINTF_INT64_MODIFIER=\"I64\"" /Fp"proxy.pch" /FD /c $(VERSION) $(BUILDDATE)
 COUT = /Fo