diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9a2389..3d7be86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 mlmym
+VERSION
 *.toml
 *.txt
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1bd6c58..9b9ab73 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY go.* ./
 RUN go mod download
 COPY . ./
+RUN git describe --tag > VERSION
 RUN go build -v -o mlmym
 
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ RUN set -x && apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -
 COPY --from=builder /app/mlmym /app/mlmym
 COPY --from=builder /app/templates /app/templates
 COPY --from=builder /app/public /app/public
+COPY --from=builder /app/VERSION /app/VERSION
 CMD ["./mlmym", "--addr", "0.0.0.0:8080"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ac9db1..701866f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-.PHONY: dev reload serve style
+.PHONY: dev reload serve VERSION
 
-all: 
-	$(MAKE) -j3 --no-print-directory dev
+all: mlmym
 
-dev: reload serve style
+mlmym:
+	go build -v -o mlmym
+
+dev:
+	$(MAKE) -j2 --no-print-directory reload serve
 
 reload:
-	#websocketd --port=8080 watchexec -w public echo reload &>/dev/null
-	websocketd --loglevel=fatal --port=8009 watchexec --no-vcs-ignore -e html,css,js -d 500 -w public 'echo "$$WATCHEXEC_WRITTEN_PATH"'
+	websocketd --loglevel=fatal --port=8009 watchexec -e html,css,js -d 500 'echo "$$WATCHEXEC_WRITTEN_PATH"'
 
-serve:
-	#python  -m http.server --directory ./public 8081 &>/dev/null
-	DEBUG=true watchexec -e go -r "go run . --addr 0.0.0.0:8008 -w"
+VERSION:
+	git describe --tag > $@
 
-style:
-	npm run watchcss > /dev/null 2>&1
+serve: VERSION
+	DEBUG=true watchexec --no-vcs-ignore -e go -r "go run . --addr 0.0.0.0:8008 -w"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a7aee4f..b38cc10 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/extension"
 )
 
+var version string
 var watch = flag.Bool("w", false, "watch for file changes")
 var addr = flag.String("addr", ":80", "http service address")
 var md goldmark.Markdown
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ func init() {
 	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") != "" {
 		test()
 	}
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile("VERSION"); err == nil {
+		version = string(data)
+	}
 }
 func test() {
 	links := [][]string{
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 4cef8b7..d3f0be1 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ form.create input[type=file], form.create select {
   font-size: 13px;
   margin: 10px;
 }
+.preferences div:last-child label {
+  text-align: left;
+}
 .preferences label{
   display: inline-block;
   width: 130px;
diff --git a/routes.go b/routes.go
index eea125b..fbe20f4 100644
--- a/routes.go
+++ b/routes.go
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ func RegReplace(input string, match string, replace string) string {
 
 func Initialize(Host string, r *http.Request) (State, error) {
 	state := State{
-		Host:   Host,
-		Page:   1,
-		Status: http.StatusOK,
+		Host:    Host,
+		Page:    1,
+		Status:  http.StatusOK,
+		Version: version,
 	}
 	lemmyDomain := os.Getenv("LEMMY_DOMAIN")
 	if lemmyDomain != "" {
diff --git a/state.go b/state.go
index 630a9e1..0b8a6bc 100644
--- a/state.go
+++ b/state.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type Session struct {
 }
 
 type State struct {
+	Version           string
 	Client            *lemmy.Client
 	HTTPClient        *http.Client
 	Session           *Session
diff --git a/templates/settings.html b/templates/settings.html
index 655b61b..151e208 100644
--- a/templates/settings.html
+++ b/templates/settings.html
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <input type="checkbox" name="hideInstanceNames" {{ if .HideInstanceNames }}checked{{end}}>
       </div>
       <div>
-        <label></label>
+        <label>mlmym: {{ .Version }}</label>
         <input type="submit" value="save">
         {{ if .XHR }}<input id="closesettings" type="submit" value="close">{{ end }}
       </div>