diff --git a/api/lightning/node.py b/api/lightning/node.py
index 9ed84b70..acd97155 100644
--- a/api/lightning/node.py
+++ b/api/lightning/node.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class LNNode:
         try:
             request = verrpc.VersionRequest()
             response = cls.verrpcstub.GetVersion(request)
-            return response.version
+            return "v" + response.version
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             return None