diff --git a/src/command/cut.js b/src/command/cut.js
index 75dafa9..6b9c4f3 100644
--- a/src/command/cut.js
+++ b/src/command/cut.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { simpleGit } from "simple-git";
 
 const code_churn = async (previous_version) => {
   previous_version = previous_version
-    ? "v" + previous_version
+    ? "v" + previous_version.version
     : "4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904"; // empty tree sha1
 
   return simpleGit().diff(["--shortstat", previous_version, "HEAD"]);
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ const handler = async (config) => {
     });
   }
 
-  next.version = semverInc(previous_version ?? "0.0.0", bumper);
+  next.version = semverInc(
+    previous_version ? previous_version.version : "0.0.0",
+    bumper
+  );
 
   if (config.dry) {
     config.consola.info("running in dry mode, not saving\n", next);