diff --git a/app/main.cpp b/app/main.cpp
index d4d9a43b6..123e43408 100644
--- a/app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/main.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static int runQtApplication(int argc, char* argv[], qtwebapp::LoggerWithFile *lo
 */
 	QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName("f4exb");
 	QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("SDRangel");
+	QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion("3.8.4");
 
 #if 1
 	qApp->setStyle(QStyleFactory::create("fusion"));
diff --git a/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.cpp b/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
index 1c6f87bbd..7c9a40aa8 100644
--- a/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget* parent) :
 	ui(new Ui::AboutDialog)
 {
 	ui->setupUi(this);
+	ui->version->setText(QString("Version %1 - Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB.").arg(qApp->applicationVersion()));
 }
 
 AboutDialog::~AboutDialog()
diff --git a/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.ui b/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.ui
index 8905c1907..02cc36352 100644
--- a/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.ui
+++ b/sdrgui/gui/aboutdialog.ui
@@ -82,9 +82,16 @@
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="version">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Version 3.8.4 - Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Code at &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to the original developers:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The osmocom developer team - especially horizon, Hoernchen &amp;amp; tnt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christian Daniel from maintech GmbH.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Greb (hexameron) for the contributions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/hexameron/rtl-sdrangelove&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;RTL-SDRangelove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The following rules apply to the SDRangel main application and libsdrbase:&lt;br/&gt;This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the license of installed plugins, look into the plugin list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+      <string>Here goes the version and copyright</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="info">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Code at &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to the original developers:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The osmocom developer team - especially horizon, Hoernchen &amp;amp; tnt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christian Daniel from maintech GmbH.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Greb (hexameron) for the contributions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/hexameron/rtl-sdrangelove&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;RTL-SDRangelove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The following rules apply to the SDRangel main application and libsdrbase:&lt;br/&gt;This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the license of installed plugins, look into the plugin list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
      </property>
      <property name="wordWrap">
       <bool>true</bool>
diff --git a/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp b/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
index fcbaffdf3..435879b12 100644
--- a/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ void MainWindow::createStatusBar()
 {
     QString qtVersionStr = QString("Qt %1 ").arg(QT_VERSION_STR);
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050400
-    m_showSystemWidget = new QLabel("SDRangel v3.8.4 " + qtVersionStr + QSysInfo::prettyProductName(), this);
+    m_showSystemWidget = new QLabel("SDRangel v" + qApp->applicationVersion() + " " + qtVersionStr + QSysInfo::prettyProductName(), this);
 #else
-    m_showSystemWidget = new QLabel("SDRangel v3.8.4 " + qtVersionStr, this);
+    m_showSystemWidget = new QLabel("SDRangel v" + qApp->applicationVersion() + " " + qtVersionStr, this);
 #endif
     statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(m_showSystemWidget);