diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6a9c3e6..e605d77 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -19,19 +19,18 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     def versionFile = "src/main/resources/META-INF/ncore-product/${env.PRODUCT_GROUP}/version.properties"
-                    if (!fileExists(versionFile)) {
-                        error "Version file not found: ${versionFile}"
+                    if (!(versionFile.exists()))
+                    error "Version file not found: ${versionFile}"
+                    def versionText = ""
+                    readFile(file: versionFile).readLines().forEach {
+                    versionText += it.concat("\n");
                     }
-                    def versionText = readFile(file: versionFile)
-                    echo versionText
                     def matcher = versionText =~ /version=(.*)(-[A-z]*)?/
                     if (matcher) {
-                        env.VERSION = matcher[0][1]
-                        if (env.VERSION == null)
-                            error "Failed to extract version from ${versionFile}"
-                        echo "Extracted VERSION: ${env.VERSION}"
+                    env.VERSION = matcher[0][1]
+                    println "Extracted VERSION: ${env.VERSION}"
                     } else {
-                        error "Failed to extract version from ${versionFile}"
+                    error "Failed to extract version from ${versionFile}"
                     }
                 }
             }