diff --git a/apps/interpreter/package.json b/apps/interpreter/package.json
index 6bfb831d9..d080675dd 100644
--- a/apps/interpreter/package.json
+++ b/apps/interpreter/package.json
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
     "access": "public",
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org"
   },
-  "version": "will be overridden by the root version, the presence of this version field is required by the interpreter"
+  "version": "$REPLACE_WITH_PROGRAM_VERSION_IN_PREPUBLISH_STEP"
 }
diff --git a/apps/interpreter/project.json b/apps/interpreter/project.json
index 404aa1a43..bd1c2c6d8 100644
--- a/apps/interpreter/project.json
+++ b/apps/interpreter/project.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
       "options": {
         "commands": [
           "node tools/scripts/interpreter/prepend-shebang.mjs interpreter main.js",
-          "node tools/scripts/add-package-json-version.mjs interpreter"
+          "node tools/scripts/add-package-json-version.mjs interpreter",
+          "node tools/scripts/interpreter/rewrite-version-mainjs.mjs interpreter"
         ]
       }
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9c0f5dc2..4bb146ebf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jayvee",
-  "version": "0.0.14",
+  "version": "0.0.15",
   "scripts": {
     "nx": "nx",
     "format": "nx format:write",
diff --git a/tools/scripts/interpreter/rewrite-version-mainjs.mjs b/tools/scripts/interpreter/rewrite-version-mainjs.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6462115f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/interpreter/rewrite-version-mainjs.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import {readFileSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs';
+import {
+    parsePackageJson, getOutputPath
+} from '../shared-util.mjs';
+import { workspaceRoot } from "@nrwl/devkit";
+
+// Executing this script: node path/to/rewrite-version-mainjs.mjs {projectName}
+const [, , projectName] = process.argv;
+
+process.chdir(workspaceRoot);
+const rootPackageJson = parsePackageJson();
+
+process.chdir(getOutputPath(projectName));
+
+const mainJs = readFileSync(`main.js`).toString();
+const modifiedMainJs = mainJs.replace('$REPLACE_WITH_PROGRAM_VERSION_IN_PREPUBLISH_STEP', rootPackageJson.version);
+writeFileSync(`main.js`, modifiedMainJs);