diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm.yaml b/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
index 27f73fc31e..b2fa32c3c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
       - run: |
           npm install -g
+          export RELEASE_VERSION=$(node index.js get-latest)
           npm run prepare
           devspace --version
           npm uninstall -g devspace
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
       - run: |
           npm install -g
+          $releaseVersion = node index.js get-latest
+          $env:RELEASE_VERSION = $releaseVersion
           npm run prepare
           devspace --version
           npm uninstall -g devspace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 9981a63cb0..f9f5ea75d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 12
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - id: get_version
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed -nE 's!refs/tags/!!p')
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::$RELEASE_VERSION"
       - name: Cache node modules
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
       - name: Build UI
         env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.release_version }}
           NPM_CONFIG_GLOBALCONFIG: "dist/npm/config/npmrc"
           NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_DEVSPACE_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
           CI: "false"
@@ -57,6 +62,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
           go-version: 1.17
+      - id: get_version
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed -nE 's!refs/tags/!!p')
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::$RELEASE_VERSION"
       - name: install-go-bindata
         run: go get -u github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata/...
         env:
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compile binaries
         run: ./hack/build-all.bash
         env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.release_version }}
           GOPATH: /Users/runner/work/devspace/go
           ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ secrets.ENCRYPTION_KEY }}
           ANALYTICS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANALYTICS_TOKEN }}
@@ -92,12 +102,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 12
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - id: get_version
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed -nE 's!refs/tags/!!p')
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::$RELEASE_VERSION"
       - run: |
           npm ci
           export NPM_TAG=$(node index.js get-tag)
           npm publish --tag $NPM_TAG
         working-directory: ./dist/npm
         env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.release_version }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_TOKEN }}
   publish-next-image:
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
@@ -133,4 +148,4 @@ jobs:
           repository: devspacesh/devspace
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-          build_args: RELEASE_VERSION=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.release_version }}
+          build_args: RELEASE_VERSION=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.release_version }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/npm/bin/devspace b/dist/npm/bin/devspace
index 01896cc826..0b21f29a4e 100644
--- a/dist/npm/bin/devspace
+++ b/dist/npm/bin/devspace
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ if [ ! -f "$BINARY" ] || [ "$STAT" -lt 10000 ]; then
 
     echo "Running: node $BASEDIR/$INDEX_FILE finish-install $BINDIR"
     /usr/bin/env node "$BASEDIR/$INDEX_FILE" finish-install $BINDIR;
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
     CMD_BIN=$(command -v cmd.exe)
 
diff --git a/dist/npm/index.js b/dist/npm/index.js
index aa854bee00..fd1b3f1b69 100644
--- a/dist/npm/index.js
+++ b/dist/npm/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const findProcess = require('find-process');
 
 const downloadPathTemplate =
-  "https://github.com/loft-sh/devspace/releases/download/v{{version}}/devspace-{{platform}}-{{arch}}";
+    "https://github.com/loft-sh/devspace/releases/download/{{version}}/devspace-{{platform}}-{{arch}}";
 const ARCH_MAPPING = {
   ia32: "386",
   x64: "amd64",
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ const PLATFORM_MAPPING = {
 };
 
 if (
-  !(process.platform in PLATFORM_MAPPING) ||
-  !(process.arch in ARCH_MAPPING)
+    !(process.platform in PLATFORM_MAPPING) ||
+    !(process.arch in ARCH_MAPPING)
 ) {
   console.error(
-    "Installation is not supported for this platform (" +
+      "Installation is not supported for this platform (" +
       process.platform +
       ") or architecture (" +
       process.arch +
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ const getLatestVersion = function(callback, includePreReleases) {
   const releasesURL = "https://github.com/loft-sh/devspace/releases";
 
   request({ uri: releasesURL, headers: requestHeaders }, function(
-    err,
-    res,
-    releasePage
+      err,
+      res,
+      releasePage
   ) {
     if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
       console.error(
-        "Error requesting URL " +
+          "Error requesting URL " +
           releasesURL +
           " (Status Code: " +
           res.statusCode +
@@ -81,16 +81,16 @@ const getLatestVersion = function(callback, includePreReleases) {
       console.error(err);
       process.exit(1);
     }
-    let versionRegex = 
-    /^.*?\/loft-sh\/devspace\/releases\/download\/v([^\/-]*)\/devspace-.*$/s;
+    let versionRegex =
+        /^.*?\/loft-sh\/devspace\/releases\/download\/([^\/-]*)\/devspace-.*$/s;
 
     if (includePreReleases) {
-      versionRegex = 
-      /^.*?\/loft-sh\/devspace\/releases\/download\/v([^\/]*)\/devspace-.*$/s;
+      versionRegex =
+          /^.*?\/loft-sh\/devspace\/releases\/download\/([^\/]*)\/devspace-.*$/s;
     }
-    
+
     const latestVersion = releasePage.replace(versionRegex,
-      "$1"
+        "$1"
     );
 
     if (releasePage !== latestVersion && latestVersion) {
@@ -103,27 +103,31 @@ const getLatestVersion = function(callback, includePreReleases) {
 };
 
 if (action === "update-version") {
-  getLatestVersion(function(latestVersion) {
-    packageJson.version = latestVersion;
+  packageJson.version = "" + process.env.RELEASE_VERSION;
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 4));
+  fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 4));
+  process.exit(0);
+  return;
+}
 
+if (action === "get-latest") {
+  getLatestVersion(function(latestVersion) {
+    process.stdout.write(latestVersion);
     process.exit(0);
-  }, true);
+  });
   return;
 }
 
 if (action === "get-tag") {
-  getLatestVersion(function(latestVersion) {
-    let tagRegex = /^.*-([a-z]*)(\.)?([0-9]*)?$/i
-    let tag = "latest"
-    
-    if (latestVersion.match(tagRegex)) {
-      tag = latestVersion.replace(tagRegex, "$1")
-    }
-    process.stdout.write(tag);
-    process.exit(0);
-  }, true);
+  let latestVersion = "" + process.env.RELEASE_VERSION;
+  let tagRegex = /^.*-([a-z]*)(\.)?([0-9]*)?$/i
+  let tag = "latest"
+
+  if (latestVersion.match(tagRegex)) {
+    tag = latestVersion.replace(tagRegex, "$1")
+  }
+  process.stdout.write(tag);
+  process.exit(0);
   return;
 }
 
@@ -134,15 +138,15 @@ if (action === "get-tag") {
  */
 function rimraf(dir_path) {
   if (fs.existsSync(dir_path)) {
-      fs.readdirSync(dir_path).forEach(function(entry) {
-          let entry_path = path.join(dir_path, entry);
-          if (fs.lstatSync(entry_path).isDirectory()) {
-              rimraf(entry_path);
-          } else {
-              fs.unlinkSync(entry_path);
-          }
-      });
-      fs.rmdirSync(dir_path);
+    fs.readdirSync(dir_path).forEach(function(entry) {
+      let entry_path = path.join(dir_path, entry);
+      if (fs.lstatSync(entry_path).isDirectory()) {
+        rimraf(entry_path);
+      } else {
+        fs.unlinkSync(entry_path);
+      }
+    });
+    fs.rmdirSync(dir_path);
   }
 }
 
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
   if (process.argv.length > 3 && fs.existsSync(normalizePath(process.argv[3]))) {
     globalDir = normalizePath(process.argv[3]);
     dotBinDir = normalizePath(path.join(globalDir, "..", "..", ".bin"));
-    
+
     if (fs.existsSync(normalizePath(path.join(dotBinDir, "devspace")))) {
       globalDir = normalizePath(dotBinDir);
     }
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
       }
     }
   } catch(e) {}
-  
+
   if (globalDir === null) {
     if (platform === PLATFORM_MAPPING.win32) {
       console.error("Error finding binary installation directory");
@@ -218,11 +222,11 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
     }
     globalDir = fallbackGlobalDir;
   }
-  
+
   try {
     fs.mkdirSync(globalDir, { recursive: true });
   } catch(e) {}
-  
+
   let binaryPath = path.join(globalDir, binaryName);
   if (process.argv.length > 3 && fs.existsSync(normalizePath(process.argv[3]))) {
     let binaryDir = normalizePath(process.argv[3]);
@@ -247,14 +251,14 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
           fs.unlinkSync(binaryPath.replace(/\.exe$/i, ""));
         } catch (e) {}
       }
-      
+
       // Remove bin/devspace.ps1 file because it can cause issues
       try {
         fs.unlinkSync(binaryPath.replace(/\.exe$/i, ".ps1"));
       } catch (e) {}
     }
   }
-  
+
   if (action === "install") {
     removeScripts(false);
 
@@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
     try {
       fs.unlinkSync(binaryPath.replace(/\.exe$/i, ".cmd"));
     } catch (e) {}
-    
+
     removeScripts(true);
 
     if (askRemoveGlobalFolder && process.stdout.isTTY) {
@@ -299,19 +303,19 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
       };
 
       inquirer
-        .prompt([
-          {
-            type: "list",
-            name: "checkRemoveGlobalFolder",
-            message: "Do you want to remove the global DevSpace config folder ~/.devspace?",
-            choices: ["no", "yes"],
-          },
-        ])
-        .then(answers => {
-          if (answers.checkRemoveGlobalFolder === "yes") {
-            removeGlobalFolder();
-          }
-        });
+          .prompt([
+            {
+              type: "list",
+              name: "checkRemoveGlobalFolder",
+              message: "Do you want to remove the global DevSpace config folder ~/.devspace?",
+              choices: ["no", "yes"],
+            },
+          ])
+          .then(answers => {
+            if (answers.checkRemoveGlobalFolder === "yes") {
+              removeGlobalFolder();
+            }
+          });
     } else {
       console.warn("DevSpace will not remove the global ~/.devspace folder without asking. This uninstall call is being executed in a non-interactive environment.")
     }
@@ -319,24 +323,24 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
     if (action === "finish-install") {
       cleanPathVar = process.env.PATH.replace(/(^|;)[a-z]:/gi, path.delimiter).replace(/(\\)+/g, '/');
       cleanGlobalDir = globalDir.replace(/(^|;)[a-z]:/gi, '').replace(/(\\)+/g, '/').trimRight("/");
-    
+
       if (cleanPathVar.split(path.delimiter).indexOf(cleanGlobalDir) === -1 && cleanPathVar.split(path.delimiter).indexOf(cleanGlobalDir + "/") === -1) {
         console.error("\n\n################################################\nWARNING: npm binary directory NOT in $PATH environment variable: " + globalDir + "\n################################################\n\n");
-    
+
         if (globalInstall) {
           process.exit(4)
         }
       }
 
-      const showRootError = function() {
+      const showRootError = function(version) {
         console.error("\n############################################");
         console.error(
-          "Failed to download DevSpace CLI due to permission issues!\n"
+            "Failed to download DevSpace CLI due to permission issues!\n"
         );
         console.error("There are two options to fix this:");
-        console.error("1. Do not run 'npm install' as root (recommended)");
+        console.error("1. Run this command once: 'sudo devspace'");
         console.error(
-          "2. Run this command: npm install --unsafe-perm=true -g devspace"
+            "2. Run this command: 'sudo npm uninstall -g devspace && npm install --unsafe-perm=true -g devspace@"+version+"'"
         );
         console.error("   You may need to run this command using sudo.");
         console.error("############################################\n");
@@ -345,9 +349,9 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
 
       const downloadRelease = function(version) {
         let downloadPath = downloadPathTemplate
-          .replace("{{version}}", version)
-          .replace("{{platform}}", platform)
-          .replace("{{arch}}", arch);
+            .replace("{{version}}", version)
+            .replace("{{platform}}", platform)
+            .replace("{{arch}}", arch);
 
         if (platform === PLATFORM_MAPPING.win32) {
           downloadPath += ".exe";
@@ -356,85 +360,85 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
         console.log("Download DevSpace CLI release: " + downloadPath + "\n");
 
         const spinner = new Spinner(
-          "%s Downloading DevSpace CLI... (this may take a minute)"
+            "%s Downloading DevSpace CLI... (this may take a minute)"
         );
         spinner.setSpinnerString("|/-\\");
         spinner.start();
 
         let writeStream = fs
-          .createWriteStream(binaryPath + downloadExtension)
-          .on("error", function(err) {
-            spinner.stop(true);
-            console.error("Unable to write stream: " + err)
-            showRootError();
-          });
+            .createWriteStream(binaryPath + downloadExtension)
+            .on("error", function(err) {
+              spinner.stop(true);
+              console.error("Unable to write stream: " + err)
+              showRootError(version);
+            });
 
         request({ uri: downloadPath, headers: requestHeaders, encoding: null })
-          .on("error", function() {
-            spinner.stop(true);
-            console.error("Error requesting URL: " + downloadPath);
-            process.exit(6);
-          })
-          .on("response", function(res) {
-            if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
-              writeStream.end();
+            .on("error", function() {
               spinner.stop(true);
-
-              if (res.statusCode === 404) {
-                console.error("Release version " + version + " not found.\n");
-
-                getLatestVersion(function(latestVersion) {
-                  if (latestVersion !== version) {
-                    console.log(
-                      "Downloading latest stable release instead. Latest version is: " +
-                        latestVersion +
-                        "\n"
-                    );
-
-                    downloadRelease(latestVersion);
-                  }
-                });
+              console.error("Error requesting URL: " + downloadPath);
+              process.exit(6);
+            })
+            .on("response", function(res) {
+              if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+                writeStream.end();
+                spinner.stop(true);
+
+                if (res.statusCode === 404) {
+                  console.error("Release version " + version + " not found.\n");
+
+                  getLatestVersion(function(latestVersion) {
+                    if (latestVersion !== version) {
+                      console.log(
+                          "Downloading latest stable release instead. Latest version is: " +
+                          latestVersion +
+                          "\n"
+                      );
+
+                      downloadRelease(latestVersion);
+                    }
+                  });
+                } else {
+                  console.error(
+                      "Error requesting URL " +
+                      downloadPath +
+                      " (Status Code: " +
+                      res.statusCode +
+                      ")"
+                  );
+                  console.error(err);
+                  process.exit(7);
+                }
               } else {
-                console.error(
-                  "Error requesting URL " +
-                    downloadPath +
-                    " (Status Code: " +
-                    res.statusCode +
-                    ")"
-                );
-                console.error(err);
-                process.exit(7);
+                try {
+                  res.pipe(writeStream);
+                } catch (e) {
+                  console.error("Unable to write stream: " + e)
+                  showRootError(version);
+                }
               }
-            } else {
+            })
+            .on("end", function() {
+              writeStream.end();
+              spinner.stop(true);
+
               try {
-                res.pipe(writeStream);
+                fs.chmodSync(binaryPath + downloadExtension, "0755");
               } catch (e) {
-                console.error("Unable to write stream: " + e)
-                showRootError();
+                console.error("Unable to chmod: " + e)
+                showRootError(version);
               }
-            }
-          })
-          .on("end", function() {
-            writeStream.end();
-            spinner.stop(true);
-
-            try {
-              fs.chmodSync(binaryPath + downloadExtension, "0755");
-            } catch (e) {
-              console.error("Unable to chmod: " + e)
-              showRootError();
-            }
 
-            try {
-              fs.renameSync(binaryPath + downloadExtension, binaryPath);
-            } catch (e) {
-              console.log(e);
-              console.error("\nRenaming release binary failed. Please copy file manually:\n from: " + binaryPath + downloadExtension + "\n to: " + binaryPath + "\n");
-              process.exit(8);
-            }
+              try {
+                fs.renameSync(binaryPath + downloadExtension, binaryPath);
+              } catch (e) {
+                console.log(e);
+                console.error("\nRenaming release binary failed. Please copy file manually:\n from: " + binaryPath + downloadExtension + "\n to: " + binaryPath + "\n");
+                process.exit(8);
+              }
 
-            removeScripts(true);
-          });
+              removeScripts(true);
+            });
       };
 
       downloadRelease(version);
@@ -444,24 +448,24 @@ let continueProcess = function(askRemoveGlobalFolder) {
 
 if (process.ppid > 1) {
   findProcess('pid', process.ppid)
-    .then(function (list) {
-      if (list.length === 1 && list[0].ppid > 1) {
-        findProcess('pid', list[0].ppid)
-          .then(function (list) {
-            if (list.length === 1 && /((npm-cli.js("|')\s+up(date)?)|(yarn.js("|')\s+(global\s+)?upgrade))\s+.*((\/)|(\\)|(\s))devspace((\/)|(\\)|(\s)|$)/.test(list[0].cmd)) {
-              continueProcess(false);
-            } else {
-              continueProcess(true);
-            }
-          }, function () {
-            continueProcess(true);
-          })
-      } else {
+      .then(function (list) {
+        if (list.length === 1 && list[0].ppid > 1) {
+          findProcess('pid', list[0].ppid)
+              .then(function (list) {
+                if (list.length === 1 && /((npm-cli.js("|')\s+up(date)?)|(yarn.js("|')\s+(global\s+)?upgrade))\s+.*((\/)|(\\)|(\s))devspace((\/)|(\\)|(\s)|$)/.test(list[0].cmd)) {
+                  continueProcess(false);
+                } else {
+                  continueProcess(true);
+                }
+              }, function () {
+                continueProcess(true);
+              })
+        } else {
+          continueProcess(true);
+        }
+      }, function () {
         continueProcess(true);
-      }
-    }, function () {
-      continueProcess(true);
-    })
+      })
 } else {
   continueProcess(true);
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/build-all.bash b/hack/build-all.bash
index d6f79bafec..b550189a52 100755
--- a/hack/build-all.bash
+++ b/hack/build-all.bash
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor
 # go mod vendor
 
 DEVSPACE_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
 COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
 BUILD_PLATFORM=$(uname -a | awk '{print tolower($1);}')
diff --git a/hack/build-ui.bash b/hack/build-ui.bash
index c2d7572582..b833c204cf 100755
--- a/hack/build-ui.bash
+++ b/hack/build-ui.bash
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -e
 
 DEVSPACE_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
 
 # Install dependencies
 cd ui && npm install && npm run build