diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 270f7e7..ca17233 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 CC := gcc
 
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
+
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -O2 \
-	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libcjson ncurses)
+		  -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
+	      $(shell pkg-config --cflags libcjson ncurses)
 
 LDFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libcjson ncurses)
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2f5d6cc..94a5b2a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
             return 0;
 
         } else if (strcmp(arg, "--version") == 0) {
-            printf("NoteWrapper version 1.0\n");
+            printf("NoteWrapper %s\n", VERSION);
             return 0;
 
         } else {
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index f3d5bf0..e8b4704 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #include <errno.h> 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
+#ifndef VERSION
+#define VERSION "dev"
+#endif
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 256 //standard buffer size.
 // the three supported values are "daily" "weekly" and "monthly" (for months we use the avarage lenght of a month in a non leap year). All values were calculated on my loyal TI-30 ECO RS
 #define DAILY 86400