diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/MonitoringBackend.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/MonitoringBackend.php
index 54caa726f..f0ba11ed8 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/MonitoringBackend.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/MonitoringBackend.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class MonitoringBackend implements Selectable, Queryable, ConnectionInterface
      */
     public function getProgramVersion()
     {
-        return $this->select()->from('programstatus', array('program_version'))->fetchOne();
+        return preg_replace('/^[vr]/', '', $this->select()->from('programstatus', array('program_version'))->fetchOne());
     }
 
     /**