diff --git a/packages/create-app/package.json b/packages/create-app/package.json
index c3c9984..5239b21 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@electron-esbuild/create-app",
-  "version": "2.0.2",
+  "version": "2.0.3",
   "keywords": [
     "electron",
     "react",
diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/index.mts b/packages/create-app/src/index.mts
index e9dc7f4..5c0e2ca 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/index.mts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/index.mts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ const getVersion = async (): Promise<string> => {
 }
 
 const _argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))
-const _version = await getVersion()
 
 if (_argv.help) {
   console.log(
@@ -53,6 +52,8 @@ ${cyan('--help')}                 show this help
 }
 
 if (_argv.version) {
+  const _version = await getVersion()
+
   console.log(_version)
 
   process.exit(0)