diff --git a/circle/make_draft.sh b/circle/make_draft.sh
index 435a6358..f65c9e59 100755
--- a/circle/make_draft.sh
+++ b/circle/make_draft.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -ex
 wget -q https://github.com/aktau/github-release/releases/download/v0.6.2/linux-amd64-github-release.tar.bz2
 tar jxvf linux-amd64-github-release.tar.bz2
 GITHUB_RELEASE=`pwd`/bin/linux/amd64/github-release
+RELEASE_TAG=${CIRCLE_TAG#v}
 
 upload()
 {
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ make_zip()
 {
   OLDDIR=`pwd`
   ARCH=$1
-  cp -r release/mattermost-desktop-$ARCH /tmp/mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH
+  cp -r release/mattermost-desktop-$ARCH /tmp/mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH
   cd /tmp
-  zip -9 -r mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH.zip mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH
+  zip -9 -r mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH.zip mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH
   cd $OLDDIR
 }
 
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ make_tar_gz()
 {
   OLDDIR=`pwd`
   ARCH=$1
-  cp -r release/mattermost-desktop-$ARCH /tmp/mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH
+  cp -r release/mattermost-desktop-$ARCH /tmp/mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH
   cd /tmp
-  tar zcvf mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH.tar.gz mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH
+  tar zcvf mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH.tar.gz mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH
   cd $OLDDIR
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ deploy()
     "tar.gz" ) make_tar_gz $ARCH ;;
     "*" ) echo "Invalid ARCHIVE_FORMAT: $ARCHIVE_FORMAT" && exit 1 ;;
   esac
-  FILE=mattermost-desktop-$CIRCLE_TAG-$ARCH.$ARCHIVE_FORMAT
+  FILE=mattermost-desktop-$RELEASE_TAG-$ARCH.$ARCHIVE_FORMAT
   upload "$FILE" /tmp/$FILE
 }