diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_image_for_main_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_image_for_main_builds.yml
index 943407cca..0b3964c41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_image_for_main_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_image_for_main_builds.yml
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ jobs:
             type=ref,event=branch,suffix=-latest
             type=ref,event=branch,suffix=-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
 
-      - name: Write app verison info
+      - name: Write app version info
         working-directory: spiffworkflow-frontend
-        run: |
-          touch app_version.json
-          echo '${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}' > app_version.json
+        run: echo $DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON | jq '.labels' > app_version.json
       - name: Build and push Frontend Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4.0.0
         with:
@@ -110,11 +108,9 @@ jobs:
             type=ref,event=branch,suffix=-latest
             type=ref,event=branch,suffix=-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
 
-      - name: Write app verison info
+      - name: Write app version info
         working-directory: spiffworkflow-backend
-        run: |
-          touch app_version.json
-          echo $DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON | jq '.labels' > app_version.json
+        run: echo $DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON | jq '.labels' > app_version.json
       - name: Build and push Backend Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
index 99226ad2c..2da5adaa1 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/__init__.py
@@ -188,11 +188,13 @@ def create_app() -> flask.app.Flask:
 def _setup_prometheus_metrics(app: flask.app.Flask, connexion_app: connexion.apps.flask_app.FlaskApp) -> None:
     metrics = ConnexionPrometheusMetrics(connexion_app)
     app.config["PROMETHEUS_METRICS"] = metrics
-    app_version_data = {}
     if os.path.isfile("app_version.json"):
+        app_version_data = {}
         with open("app_version.json", 'r') as f:
             app_version_data = json.load(f)
-        metrics.info('app_version_info', 'Application Version Info', **app_version_data)
+        # prometheus does not allow periods in key names
+        app_version_data_normalized = {k.replace('.', '_') : v for k, v in app_version_data.items()}
+        metrics.info('app_version_info', 'Application Version Info', **app_version_data_normalized)
 
 
 def get_hacked_up_app_for_script() -> flask.app.Flask: