diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e717c6e..e398931 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
 project (LUPPP)
 
-set (LUPPP_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (LUPPP_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set(LUPPP_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
+set(LUPPP_VERSION_MINOR "0")
+set(LUPPP_VERSION_PATCH "1")
 
+set(LUPPP_VERSION "${LUPPP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LUPPP_VERSION_MINOR}.${LUPPP_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test version" OFF)
 
@@ -17,4 +19,13 @@ option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test version" OFF)
 #set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 #set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
+#execute_process(COMMAND "date +\"%d-%m-%Y\"` `git log --pretty=format:\"%h\" | head -n1`"
+
+#execute_process(COMMAND "git log --pretty=format:\"%h\" | head -n1"
+
+execute_process(COMMAND git log --oneline -n1
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _output OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    file(WRITE src/version.hxx "#define GIT_VERSION \"${_output}\"")
+
+
 add_subdirectory (src)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5393333..b80034d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ENDIF(RELEASE_BUILD)
 FILE(GLOB sources *.cxx  avtk/*.cxx cjson/*.c controller/*.cxx dsp/*.cxx observer/*.cxx state/*.cxx tests/*.cxx)
 
 # Compile binary
-add_executable (luppp ${sources} )
+add_executable (luppp version.hxx ${sources} )
 
 
 # Linking
diff --git a/src/main.cxx b/src/main.cxx
index 9b2ba5b..6caaef9 100644
--- a/src/main.cxx
+++ b/src/main.cxx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void gui_static_loadSession_cb(void* inst)
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  LUPPP_NOTE("%s", GIT_VERSION );
+  LUPPP_NOTE("Git: %s", GIT_VERSION   );
   
   bool runTests;
   if ( runTests ){} // remove unused warning if not built with BUILD_TESTS
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c7c9156..0000000
--- a/version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# this file writes src/version.h from the git commit
-echo "
-#ifndef GIT_VERSION
-#define GIT_VERSION \"`date +\"%d-%m-%Y\"` `git log --pretty=format:"%h" | head -n1`\"
-#endif" > src/version.hxx