diff --git a/ConformU/ConformU.csproj b/ConformU/ConformU.csproj
index 7266f15..a089a56 100644
--- a/ConformU/ConformU.csproj
+++ b/ConformU/ConformU.csproj
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 		<ProductMinor>1</ProductMinor>
 		<ProductPatch>0</ProductPatch>
 
-		<!-- Set the pre-release string without a leading minus e.g. rc.1 -->
-		<ProductPreRelease>rc.1</ProductPreRelease>
+		<!-- Set the pre-release string without a leading minus e.g. rc.1 or leave empty for a production release -->
+		<ProductPreRelease></ProductPreRelease>
 
 		<!--Create a dynamic revision number based on time of build