diff --git a/src/effektManager.ts b/src/effektManager.ts
index 29f0f5f..fede667 100644
--- a/src/effektManager.ts
+++ b/src/effektManager.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ interface InstallationResult {
     success: boolean;
     executable?: string;
     message: string;
-    version?: string | null;
+    version?: string;
 }
 
 interface EffektExecutableInfo {
     path: string;
-    version: string | null;
+    version: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ export class EffektManager {
      *
      * @returns a version number like '0.2.2' or '0.25.2.13' or '0.99.99+nightly.rev.abcdef', etc.
      */
-    private async fetchEffektVersion(path: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    private async fetchEffektVersion(path: string): Promise<string> {
         /// Helper function to remove a generic prefix from a string
         const removePrefix = (value: string, prefix: string) =>
             value.startsWith(prefix) ? value.slice(prefix.length) : value;
 
         const versionOutput = await this.execCommand(`"${path}" --version`);
-        if (versionOutput.trim() === '') {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         // TODO: Handle outputs that don't start with the correct prefix?
         const version = removePrefix(versionOutput.trim(), "Effekt "); // NOTE: the space is important here
         return version;