diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 641b485f..7d102537 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "kiwix-js-electron",
   "productName": "Kiwix JS Electron",
-  "version": "1.9.4-E",
+  "version": "1.9.3-E",
   "description": "Kiwix JS packaged for the Electron framework",
   "main": "main.js",
   "build": {
@@ -104,4 +104,5 @@
     "electron-context-menu": "^3.1.1",
     "electron-updater": "^4.6.5"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
diff --git a/service-worker.js b/service-worker.js
index c60a0008..681aa01b 100644
--- a/service-worker.js
+++ b/service-worker.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * download and install a new copy; we have to hard code this here because it is needed before any other file
  * is cached in APP_CACHE
  */
-const appVersion = '1.9.4';
+const appVersion = '1.9.3';
 
 /**
  * The name of the Cache API cache in which assets defined in regexpCachedContentTypes will be stored
diff --git a/www/js/init.js b/www/js/init.js
index 4fdbacc5..8b4e6317 100644
--- a/www/js/init.js
+++ b/www/js/init.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var params = {};
  */
 var appstate = {};
 /******** UPDATE VERSION IN service-worker.js TO MATCH VERSION AND CHECK PWASERVER BELOW!!!!!!! *******/
-params['appVersion'] = "1.9.4"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
+params['appVersion'] = "1.9.3"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
 /******* UPDATE THIS ^^^^^^ IN service worker AND PWA-SERVER BELOW !! ********************/
 params['packagedFile'] = getSetting('packagedFile') || "wikipedia_en_climate_change_mini_2022-02.zim"; //For packaged Kiwix JS (e.g. with Wikivoyage file), set this to the filename (for split files, give the first chunk *.zimaa) and place file(s) in default storage
 params['archivePath'] = "archives"; //The directory containing the packaged archive(s) (relative to app's root directory)