diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index f9ac9ea41..bae929df7 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test:
 
 deployment:
   release:
-    tag: /[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*/
+    tag: /v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*/
     commands:
       - bash ./scripts/deploy.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 51336b44d..fd681fc7f 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ docker login -e $DOCKER_EMAIL -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASS
 
 deploy_tag() {
   # Find our individual versions from the tags
-  if [ -n "$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | grep -E '.*\..*\..*')" ]
+  if [ -n "$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | grep -E 'v.*\..*\..*')" ]
   then
-    major=$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | cut -d. -f1)
-    minor=$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | cut -d. -f2)
-    patch=$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | cut -d. -f3)
+    major=$(echo ${CIRCLE_TAG//v} | cut -d. -f1)
+    minor=$(echo ${CIRCLE_TAG//v} | cut -d. -f2)
+    patch=$(echo ${CIRCLE_TAG//v} | cut -d. -f3)
 
     major_version_tag=$major
     minor_version_tag=$major.$minor