diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6487276..5d20ff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ IF (${VERSION}.x STREQUAL ".x")
    MESSAGE("Extracting git software version")
    execute_process(COMMAND bash "-c" "git rev-list --branches HEAD | wc -l | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '\n'" OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_VERSION)
    SET(MINOR_VERSION 3)
-   SET(BUILD_NUMBER ${GIT_VERSION})
-   SET(VERSION ${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${BUILD_NUMBER}) 
+   math(EXPR VERSION-BASE ${GIT_VERSION}/255)
+   math(EXPR VERSION-REMAINDER ${GIT_VERSION}%255)
+   message("git build version: ${GIT_VERSION}") 
+   message("version base: ${VERSION-BASE}") 
+   message("version remainder: ${VERSION-REMAINDER}") 
+   # SET(BUILD_NUMBER ${GIT_VERSION})
+   SET(BUILD_NUMBER ${VERSION-BASE}) 
+   SET(VERSION ${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${BUILD_NUMBER}-${VERSION-REMAINDER}) 
 ENDIF()
 MESSAGE("Software Version: ${VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/src/filesink.cpp b/src/filesink.cpp
index bfe8d5c..fed5fdc 100644
--- a/src/filesink.cpp
+++ b/src/filesink.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ namespace g3 {
 
    FileSink::~FileSink() {
       std::string exit_msg {"g3log g3FileSink shutdown at: "};
-      exit_msg.append(localtime_formatted(systemtime_now(), internal::time_formatted)).append({"\n"});
+      exit_msg.append(localtime_formatted(systemtime_now(), internal::time_formatted)).append("\n");
       filestream() << exit_msg << std::flush;
 
-      exit_msg.append({"Log file at: ["}).append(_log_file_with_path).append({"]\n"});
+      exit_msg.append("Log file at: [").append(_log_file_with_path).append("]\n");
       std::cerr << exit_msg << std::flush;
    }
 
diff --git a/src/logcapture.cpp b/src/logcapture.cpp
index c5dc433..44220dd 100644
--- a/src/logcapture.cpp
+++ b/src/logcapture.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ LogCapture::LogCapture(const char *file, const int line, const char *function, c
    : _file(file), _line(line), _function(function), _level(level), _expression(expression), _fatal_signal(fatal_signal) {
 
    if (g3::internal::wasFatal(level)) {
-      _stack_trace = {"\n*******\tSTACKDUMP *******\n"};
+      _stack_trace = std::string{"\n*******\tSTACKDUMP *******\n"};
       _stack_trace.append(g3::internal::stackdump(dump));
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/logworker.cpp b/src/logworker.cpp
index 3f469d4..b6497af 100644
--- a/src/logworker.cpp
+++ b/src/logworker.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace g3 {
 
       if (_sinks.empty()) {
          std::string err_msg {"g3logworker has no sinks. Message: ["};
-         err_msg.append(uniqueMsg.get()->toString()).append({"]\n"});
+         err_msg.append(uniqueMsg.get()->toString()).append("]\n");
          std::cerr << err_msg;
       }
    }