diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2b633b..4c43d8d 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 TARGET=dwelling-files
 
-SYSCTL=${shell which systemctl}
 SYSDDIR_=${shell pkg-config systemd --variable=systemdsystemunitdir}
 SYSDDIR=${SYSDDIR_:/%=%}
 DESTDIR=/
 
-LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w" -tags osusergo,netgo
+LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=22.31.0" -tags osusergo,netgo
 
 all: ${TARGET}
 
diff --git a/cmd/dwelling-files/main.go b/cmd/dwelling-files/main.go
index d281881..dddd0e6 100644
--- a/cmd/dwelling-files/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dwelling-files/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
+var version string
+
 var listenAddress *string = flag.String("listen", "/var/run/dwelling-files/f.sock", "listen address (ip:port|unix_path)")
 var directoryPath *string = flag.String("path", "/srv/ftp", "path to file share")
 var disableFileHandler *bool = flag.Bool("no-file-handling", false, "disable file handling if it is handled by something else (e.g. NGiNX)")
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 
 	if *showVersion {
-		fmt.Println("dwelling-files ver. 22.27.0\nCopyright (c) 2022 Alexander \"Arav\" Andreev <me@arav.top>")
+		fmt.Println("dwelling-files ver.", version, "\nCopyright (c) 2022 Alexander \"Arav\" Andreev <me@arav.top>")
 		return
 	}