diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 349f17930..b6b3ca91b 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ void GUI_App::init_app_config()
 {
 	// Profiles for the alpha are stored into the PrusaSlicer-alpha directory to not mix with the current release.
 //    SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY);
-	SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-alpha");
+//	SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-alpha");
+    SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-beta");
 //	SetAppDisplayName(SLIC3R_APP_NAME);
 
 	// Set the Slic3r data directory at the Slic3r XS module.
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index fdbc2523f..27900ee80 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 set(SLIC3R_APP_NAME "PrusaSlicer")
 set(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "PrusaSlicer")
-set(SLIC3R_VERSION "2.4.0-alpha3")
+set(SLIC3R_VERSION "2.4.0-beta1")
 set(SLIC3R_BUILD_ID "PrusaSlicer-${SLIC3R_VERSION}+UNKNOWN")
 set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION "2,4,0,0")
 set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION_DOTS "2.4.0.0")