diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 746f32e5b92ac56d2bcbbf358088f35ed0ea917a..4f52fe0c47529d7aeb29b87a7b97809247599312 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
-PROJECT(MOOSE)
 
 project(moose)
 
diff --git a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
index 269e28e5658347987d455beb4cc070a5cb64ff17..084f8f91c527bb3edd0494cdccfc86048bb2147d 100755
--- a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo "Building MOOSE"
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DWITH_BOOST=@WITH_BOOST@ \
         -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@ \
-        -DMOOSE_VERSION=@_MOOSE_VERSION_@ \
+        -DVERSION_MOOSE=@MOOSE_VERSION@ \
         @CMAKE_PYMOOSE_ARGS@ \
         @PYMOOSE_SOURCE_DIR@ 
     $MAKE
diff --git a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 8737681d2a56b3d7eb57a3537f985075dda561b5..84c80e4722426f96871d16fc20f683bfa95b3941 100644
--- a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endif()
 # If from command line, version info is not passed, use the git to generate a
 # version file. If GIT fails, use the previous known version.
 if(NOT VERSION_MOOSE)
-    set(VERSION_MOOSE "3.2.0rc1-${GIT_HEAD}")
+    set(VERSION_MOOSE "3.2.0-${GIT_HEAD}")
 endif( )
 add_definitions( -DMOOSE_VERSION="${VERSION_MOOSE}")
 message( STATUS "MOOSE Version ${VERSION_MOOSE}" )