diff --git a/build/VStudio/installer/Product.wxs b/build/VStudio/installer/Product.wxs
index bb19c739..69fce747 100644
--- a/build/VStudio/installer/Product.wxs
+++ b/build/VStudio/installer/Product.wxs
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
             </Feature>
         </Feature>
 
-        <WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="wixbanner.bmp" />
+        <WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="wixbanner-$(var.MyDevStage).bmp" />
         <WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value="wixdialog.bmp" />
         <UI Id="FeatureTree">
             <UIRef Id="WixUI_FeatureTree" />
diff --git a/build/VStudio/installer/winfsp_msi.wixproj b/build/VStudio/installer/winfsp_msi.wixproj
index e179ef9d..ea4968a4 100644
--- a/build/VStudio/installer/winfsp_msi.wixproj
+++ b/build/VStudio/installer/winfsp_msi.wixproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
     <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)build\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
     <IntermediateOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)build\$(Name).build\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>Debug;MyProductName=$(MyProductName);MyDescription=$(MyDescription);MyCompanyName=$(MyCompanyName);MyCopyright=$(MyCopyright);MyVersion=$(MyVersion)</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>Debug;MyProductName=$(MyProductName);MyDescription=$(MyDescription);MyCompanyName=$(MyCompanyName);MyCopyright=$(MyCopyright);MyDevStage=$(MyDevStage);MyVersion=$(MyVersion)</DefineConstants>
     <SuppressAllWarnings>False</SuppressAllWarnings>
     <Pedantic>True</Pedantic>
     <SuppressPdbOutput>True</SuppressPdbOutput>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
     <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)build\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
     <IntermediateOutputPath>$(SolutionDir)build\$(Name).build\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>MyProductName=$(MyProductName);MyDescription=$(MyDescription);MyCompanyName=$(MyCompanyName);MyCopyright=$(MyCopyright);MyVersion=$(MyVersion)</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>MyProductName=$(MyProductName);MyDescription=$(MyDescription);MyCompanyName=$(MyCompanyName);MyCopyright=$(MyCopyright);MyDevStage=$(MyDevStage);MyVersion=$(MyVersion)</DefineConstants>
     <SuppressAllWarnings>False</SuppressAllWarnings>
     <Pedantic>True</Pedantic>
     <SuppressPdbOutput>True</SuppressPdbOutput>
diff --git a/build/VStudio/installer/wixbanner.bmp b/build/VStudio/installer/wixbanner-Beta.bmp
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VStudio/installer/wixbanner.bmp
rename to build/VStudio/installer/wixbanner-Beta.bmp
diff --git a/build/VStudio/version.properties b/build/VStudio/version.properties
index 6fbdcc18..1454c5b9 100644
--- a/build/VStudio/version.properties
+++ b/build/VStudio/version.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <MyDescription>Windows File System Proxy</MyDescription>
         <MyCompanyName>Navimatics Corporation</MyCompanyName>
         <MyCopyright>2015-2016 Bill Zissimopoulos</MyCopyright>
+        <MyDevStage>Beta</MyDevStage>
         <!-- build number: concat 2-digit year with 3-digit day of the year (16-bits until 2066) -->
         <MyBuildNumber>$([System.DateTime]::Now.ToString(`yy`))$([System.DateTime]::Now.DayOfYear.ToString(`000`))</MyBuildNumber>
         <MyVersion>0.17.$(MyBuildNumber)</MyVersion>