diff --git a/.azure.yml b/.azure.yml
index dbe65e63..024397fb 100644
--- a/.azure.yml
+++ b/.azure.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@ jobs:
   - checkout: self # represents the repo where the initial Pipelines YAML file was found
     submodules: recursive # set to 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
 
-  # read channel tag in version.json
-  - task: oneLuckiDevJson2Variable@1
-    inputs:
-      jsonFile: 'version.json'
-      shouldPrefixVariables: true
-      variablePrefix: 'json'
+  # read version file
+  - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=semVer]$(grep -oE 'alpha|beta' version)"
+    workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
     displayName: 'Read and generate pipeline variables'
 
   # build process
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       PLATFORM: $(platform)
 
   # copy files
-  - bash: 'cp -v deploy/Hyperion.NG-* $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
+  - bash: 'cp -v deploy/Hyperion-* $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) 2>/dev/null || :'
     workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
     displayName: 'Collecting deployable artifacts'
@@ -67,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
 
   # set release to pre-release
   - bash: echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=preRelease;]true'
-    condition: and(succeeded(), contains(variables['json.channel'], 'beta'), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
-    displayName: 'Mark beta as pre-release'
+    condition: and(succeeded(), or(contains(variables['semVer'], 'alpha'), contains(variables['semVer'], 'beta')), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
+    displayName: 'Mark alpha or beta as pre-release'
 
   # create or update github release
   - task: GithubRelease@0
@@ -99,12 +96,9 @@ jobs:
   - checkout: self # represents the repo where the initial Pipelines YAML file was found
     submodules: recursive # set to 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
 
-  # read channel tag in version.json
-  - task: oneLuckiDevJson2Variable@1
-    inputs:
-      jsonFile: 'version.json'
-      shouldPrefixVariables: true
-      variablePrefix: 'json'
+  # read version file
+  - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=semVer]$(grep -oE 'alpha|beta' version)"
+    workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
     displayName: 'Read and generate pipeline variables'
 
   # install dependencies
@@ -118,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       PLATFORM: 'osx'
 
   # copy files
-  - bash: 'cp -v build/Hyperion.NG-* $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
+  - bash: 'cp -v build/Hyperion-* $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) 2>/dev/null || :'
     workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
     displayName: 'Collecting deployable artifacts'
@@ -133,8 +127,8 @@ jobs:
 
   # set release to pre-release
   - bash: echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=preRelease;]true'
-    condition: and(succeeded(), contains(variables['json.channel'], 'beta'), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
-    displayName: 'Mark beta as pre-release'
+    condition: and(succeeded(), or(contains(variables['semVer'], 'alpha'), contains(variables['semVer'], 'beta')), ne(variables['system.pullrequest.isfork'], true), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))
+    displayName: 'Mark alpha or beta as pre-release'
 
   # create or update github release
   - task: GithubRelease@0
diff --git a/.ci/ci_build.sh b/.ci/ci_build.sh
index 45fd8ead..a5a0bbeb 100755
--- a/.ci/ci_build.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci_build.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [[ "$CI_NAME" == 'osx' || "$CI_NAME" == 'darwin' ]]; then
 	mkdir build || exit 1
 	cd build
 	cmake -DPLATFORM=${PLATFORM} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local ../ || exit 2
-	make -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) package || exit 3
+	make -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) || exit 3 # Notes: The package creation is currently not supported because of strange errors.
 	cd ${CI_BUILD_DIR} && source /${CI_BUILD_DIR}/test/testrunner.sh || exit 4
 	exit 0;
 	exit 1 || { echo "---> Hyperion compilation failed! Abort"; exit 5; }
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ elif [[ "$CI_NAME" == 'linux' ]]; then
 		-v "${CI_BUILD_DIR}/deploy:/deploy" \
 		-v "${CI_BUILD_DIR}:/source:ro" \
 		hyperionproject/hyperion-ci:$DOCKER_TAG \
-		/bin/bash -c "mkdir hyperion.ng && cp -r source/. /hyperion.ng &&
-		cd /hyperion.ng && mkdir build && cd build &&
+		/bin/bash -c "mkdir hyperion && cp -r source/. /hyperion &&
+		cd /hyperion && mkdir build && cd build &&
 		cmake -DPLATFORM=${PLATFORM} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DDOCKER_PLATFORM=${DOCKER_TAG} ../ || exit 2 &&
 		make -j $(nproc) package || exit 3 &&
-		cp /hyperion.ng/build/bin/h* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
-		cp /hyperion.ng/build/Hyperion.NG-* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
-		cd /hyperion.ng && source /hyperion.ng/test/testrunner.sh || exit 4 &&
+		cp /hyperion/build/bin/h* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
+		cp /hyperion/build/Hyperion-* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
+		cd /hyperion && source /hyperion/test/testrunner.sh || exit 4 &&
 		exit 0;
 		exit 1 " || { echo "---> Hyperion compilation failed! Abort"; exit 5; }
 
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 496779ea..e3c4bd47 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 
+message( STATUS "CMake Version: ${CMAKE_VERSION}" )
+
 PROJECT(hyperion)
 
+# Parse semantic version of version file
+include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.cmake)
+file (STRINGS "version" HYPERION_VERSION)
+SetVersionNumber(HYPERION ${HYPERION_VERSION})
+
 # Instruct CMake to run moc automatically when needed.
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 # auto prepare .qrc files
@@ -21,42 +28,6 @@ endif(CCACHE_FOUND)
 set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.5)
 find_package( PythonInterp 3.5 REQUIRED )
 
-# Read version from version.json
-EXECUTE_PROCESS (
-	COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} test/jsonchecks/version.py version.json
-	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-	RESULT_VARIABLE error_code
-	OUTPUT_VARIABLE RETURN_VERSION
-)
-
-SET( VERSION_REGEX "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?" )
-if ( ${RETURN_VERSION} MATCHES ${VERSION_REGEX} )
-	STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+|-([A-Za-z0-9_]+)" VERSION_PARTS ${RETURN_VERSION} )
-	LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 0 VERSION_MAJOR )
-	LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 1 VERSION_MINOR )
-	LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 2 VERSION_PATCH )
-else ( ${RETURN_VERSION} MATCHES ${VERSION_REGEX} )
-	message( FATAL_ERROR "Failed to parse version.json string properly. ${error_code}" )
-endif()
-
-SET( HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR ${VERSION_MAJOR} )
-SET( HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR ${VERSION_MINOR} )
-SET( HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH} )
-
-# Read channel from version.json
-EXECUTE_PROCESS (
-	COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} test/jsonchecks/version.py version.json "channel"
-	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-	RESULT_VARIABLE error_code
-	OUTPUT_VARIABLE RETURN_CHANNEL
-)
-
-if ( error_code )
-	message( FATAL_ERROR "Failed to parse version.json string properly. ${error_code}" )
-endif()
-
-SET ( HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL ${RETURN_CHANNEL} )
-
 # Set build variables
 SET ( DEFAULT_AMLOGIC    OFF )
 SET ( DEFAULT_DISPMANX   OFF )
@@ -285,11 +256,15 @@ endif()
 # Use GNU gold linker if available
 include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/LDGold.cmake)
 
-# setup -rpath to search for shared libs in BINARY/../libs folder
+# Don't create new dynamic tags (RUNPATH)
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--disable-new-dtags")
+
+# setup -rpath to search for shared libs in BINARY/../lib folder
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	SET(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH  FALSE)
 	SET(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
-	SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../lib")
+	SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH}:$ORIGIN/../lib")
+	SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 endif ()
 
 # add QT5 dependency
@@ -369,4 +344,3 @@ add_custom_target(uninstall COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_D
 
 # enable make package - no code after this line !
 include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/packages.cmake)
-
diff --git a/HyperionConfig.h.in b/HyperionConfig.h.in
index 1fb0e3eb..6b3804ae 100644
--- a/HyperionConfig.h.in
+++ b/HyperionConfig.h.in
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@
 #define HYPERION_BUILD_ID "${HYPERION_BUILD_ID}"
 #define HYPERION_GIT_REMOTE "${HYPERION_GIT_REMOTE}"
 
-#define HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR   "${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}"
-#define HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR   "${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}"
-#define HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH   "${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}"
-#define HYPERION_VERSION         "${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}"
-#define HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL "${HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL}"
+#define HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR "${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+#define HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR "${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}"
+#define HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH "${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}"
+#define HYPERION_VERSION "${HYPERION_VERSION}"
 
 #define HYPERION_JSON_VERSION "1.0.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9637846d..67a38bd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-![Hyperion.NG](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/master/assets/webconfig/img/hyperion/hyperionlogo.png)
+![Hyperion](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/master/assets/webconfig/img/hyperion/hyperionlogo.png)
 
 [![Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/librariesio/github/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng.svg)](https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/tree/master/dependencies/external)
 [![Azure-Pipeline](https://dev.azure.com/Hyperion-Project/Hyperion.NG/_apis/build/status/Hyperion.NG?branchName=master)](https://dev.azure.com/Hyperion-Project/Hyperion.NG/_build/latest?definitionId=7&branchName=master)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## About Hyperion
 
-[Hyperion.NG](https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng) is an opensource [Bias or Ambient Lighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_lighting) implementation which you might know from TV manufacturers. It supports many LED devices and video grabbers. The project is still in a beta development stage (no stable release available).
+[Hyperion](https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng) is an opensource [Bias or Ambient Lighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_lighting) implementation which you might know from TV manufacturers. It supports many LED devices and video grabbers. The project is still in a beta development stage (no stable release available).
 
 ![Screenshot](doc/screenshot.png)
 
diff --git a/bin/create_all_releases.sh b/bin/create_all_releases.sh
index f384780f..778e108f 100755
--- a/bin/create_all_releases.sh
+++ b/bin/create_all_releases.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ make_release()
 	make -j $(nproc)  || exit 1
 	#strip bin/*
 	make package -j $(nproc)
-	mv Hyperion.NG-* ../deploy/${RELEASE}
+	mv Hyperion-* ../deploy/${RELEASE}
 	cd ..
 	bin/create_release.sh . ${RELEASE}
 }
diff --git a/bin/create_release.sh b/bin/create_release.sh
index 8de2675c..6436572e 100755
--- a/bin/create_release.sh
+++ b/bin/create_release.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if ! [ -d "$builddir" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 	
-outfile="$repodir/deploy/hyperion.ng_$buildid.tar.gz"
+outfile="$repodir/deploy/hyperion_$buildid.tar.gz"
 echo create $outfile
 
 tar --create --gzip --absolute-names --show-transformed-names --ignore-failed-read\
diff --git a/bin/scripts/docker-compile.sh b/bin/scripts/docker-compile.sh
index 96211580..06904548 100644
--- a/bin/scripts/docker-compile.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/docker-compile.sh
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ mkdir $SCRIPT_PATH/deploy >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # get Hyperion source, cleanup previous folder
 echo "---> Downloading Hyperion source code from ${GIT_REPO_URL}"
-sudo rm -fr $SCRIPT_PATH/hyperion.ng >/dev/null 2>&1
-git clone --recursive --depth 1 -q $GIT_REPO_URL $SCRIPT_PATH/hyperion.ng || { echo "---> Failed to download Hyperion source code! Abort"; exit 1; }
+sudo rm -fr $SCRIPT_PATH/hyperion >/dev/null 2>&1
+git clone --recursive --depth 1 -q $GIT_REPO_URL $SCRIPT_PATH/hyperion || { echo "---> Failed to download Hyperion source code! Abort"; exit 1; }
 
 # start compilation
 # Remove container after stop
@@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ git clone --recursive --depth 1 -q $GIT_REPO_URL $SCRIPT_PATH/hyperion.ng || { e
 echo "---> Startup docker..."
 $DOCKER run --rm \
 	-v "${SCRIPT_PATH}/deploy:/deploy" \
-	-v "${SCRIPT_PATH}/hyperion.ng:/source:ro" \
+	-v "${SCRIPT_PATH}/hyperion:/source:ro" \
 	hyperionproject/hyperion-ci:$BUILD_TARGET \
-	/bin/bash -c "mkdir hyperion.ng && cp -r /source/. /hyperion.ng &&
-	cd /hyperion.ng && mkdir build && cd build &&
+	/bin/bash -c "mkdir hyperion && cp -r /source/. /hyperion &&
+	cd /hyperion && mkdir build && cd build &&
 	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} .. || exit 2 &&
 	make -j $(nproc) ${PACKAGES} || exit 3 &&
 	echo '---> Copy binaries and packages to host folder: ${SCRIPT_PATH}/deploy' &&
-	cp -v /hyperion.ng/build/bin/h* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
-	cp -v /hyperion.ng/build/Hyperion.NG-* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
+	cp -v /hyperion/build/bin/h* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
+	cp -v /hyperion/build/Hyperion-* /deploy/ 2>/dev/null || : &&
 	exit 0;
 	exit 1 " || { echo "---> Hyperion compilation failed! Abort"; exit 4; }
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindGitVersion.cmake b/cmake/FindGitVersion.cmake
index 24ba3175..b959bbf2 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGitVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGitVersion.cmake
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ execute_process( COMMAND sh -c "git remote --verbose | grep origin | grep fetch
 STRING ( STRIP "${BUILD_ID}" BUILD_ID )
 STRING ( STRIP "${VERSION_ID}" VERSION_ID )
 STRING ( STRIP "${GIT_REMOTE_PATH}" GIT_REMOTE_PATH )
-SET ( HYPERION_BUILD_ID "${VERSION_ID} (${BUILD_ID})" )
-SET ( HYPERION_GIT_REMOTE "${GIT_REMOTE_PATH}" )
-SET ( HYPERION_VERSION "${HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL} ${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}" )
+SET ( HYPERION_BUILD_ID "${VERSION_ID} (${BUILD_ID}) Git Remote: ${GIT_REMOTE_PATH}" )
 message ( STATUS "Current Version: ${HYPERION_VERSION}" )
 message ( STATUS " - Build: ${HYPERION_BUILD_ID}" )
diff --git a/cmake/packages.cmake b/cmake/packages.cmake
index a9b9ba9b..c065f828 100644
--- a/cmake/packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/packages.cmake
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ ENDIF()
 # Apply to all packages, some of these can be overwritten with generator specific content
 # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/module/CPack.html
 
-SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "Hyperion.NG" )
+SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "Hyperion" )
 SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Hyperion is an open source ambient light implementation" )
 SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md" )
 
-if ( NOT DEFINED DOCKER_PLATFORM )
-	SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "Hyperion.NG-${HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
-else()
-	SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "Hyperion.NG-${HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_MINOR}.${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-${DOCKER_PLATFORM}")
-endif()
+IF ( NOT DEFINED DOCKER_PLATFORM )
+	SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "Hyperion-${HYPERION_VERSION}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+ELSE()
+	SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "Hyperion-${HYPERION_VERSION}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}-${DOCKER_PLATFORM}")
+ENDIF()
 
 SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "packages@hyperion-project.org")
 SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "hyperiond;Hyperion" )
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@ SET ( CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${HYPERION_VERSION_PATCH}")
 SET ( CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" )
 SET ( CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINKS "hyperiond;Hyperion" )
 
-
 # Specific CPack Package Generators
 # https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators
 # .deb files for apt
 
 SET ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/debian/preinst;${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/debian/postinst;${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/debian/prerm" )
-SET ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5network5 (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.5.0), libqt5serialport5 (>= 5.5.0), libqt5sql5 (>= 5.5.0), libqt5sql5-sqlite (>= 5.5.0), libavahi-core7 (>= 0.6.31), libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 (>= 0.6.31), libusb-1.0-0, libpython3.5, libc6" )
 SET ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "Miscellaneous" )
 
 # .rpm for rpm
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ SET ( CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "Miscellaneous" )
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE 1)
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "MIT")
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_GROUP "Applications")
-SET ( CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "qt5-qtbase >= 5.5.0, qt5-qtbase-gui >= 5.5.0, qt5-qtserialport >= 5.5.0, avahi-libs >= 0.6.31, avahi-compat-libdns_sd >= 0.6.31, libusbx, python35 >= 3.5.0")
 # Notes: This is a dependency list for Fedora 27, different .rpm OSes use different names for their deps
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_PRE_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/rpm/preinst" )
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/rpm/postinst" )
@@ -82,9 +79,16 @@ SET ( CPACK_NSIS_URL_INFO_ABOUT "https://www.hyperion-project.org")
 
 # define the install components
 SET ( CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL "${PLATFORM}" )
+
+SET ( CPACK_COMPONENT_${PLATFORM}_ARCHIVE_FILE "${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}" )
 SET ( CPACK_ARCHIVE_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON )
+
+SET ( CPACK_DEBIAN_${PLATFORM}_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.deb" )
 SET ( CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON )
+
+SET ( CPACK_RPM_${PLATFORM}_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}.rpm" )
 SET ( CPACK_RPM_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON )
+
 SET ( CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON )
 
 # no code after following line!
diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1945d6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+function(SetVersionNumber PREFIX VERSION_STRING)
+
+  STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+|-([A-Za-z0-9_]+)" VERSION_PARTS ${VERSION_STRING} )
+  LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 0 VERSION_MAJOR )
+  LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 1 VERSION_MINOR )
+  LIST( GET VERSION_PARTS 2 VERSION_PATCH )
+
+  set(${PREFIX}_VERSION_MAJOR ${VERSION_MAJOR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${PREFIX}_VERSION_MINOR ${VERSION_MINOR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${PREFIX}_VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+  #if(NOT VERSION_PRE MATCHES "stable")
+  #  set(${PREFIX}_VERSION_PRE   ${VERSION_PRE}   PARENT_SCOPE)
+  #  set( VERSION_PRE_FULL "-${VERSION_PRE}")
+  #endif()
+endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libsrc/api/JsonAPI.cpp b/libsrc/api/JsonAPI.cpp
index 14ee36a7..0ab8e360 100644
--- a/libsrc/api/JsonAPI.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/api/JsonAPI.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ void JsonAPI::handleSysInfoCommand(const QJsonObject&, const QString& command, c
 	QJsonObject hyperion;
 	hyperion["jsonrpc_version" ] = QString(HYPERION_JSON_VERSION);
 	hyperion["version"         ] = QString(HYPERION_VERSION);
-	hyperion["channel"         ] = QString(HYPERION_VERSION_CHANNEL);
 	hyperion["build"           ] = QString(HYPERION_BUILD_ID);
 	hyperion["gitremote"       ] = QString(HYPERION_GIT_REMOTE);
 	hyperion["time"            ] = QString(__DATE__ " " __TIME__);
diff --git a/libsrc/python/PythonInit.cpp b/libsrc/python/PythonInit.cpp
index 48c734b2..7bad37ab 100644
--- a/libsrc/python/PythonInit.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/python/PythonInit.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include <python/PythonInit.h>
 #include <python/PythonUtils.h>
 
+// qt include
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
+
 // modules to init
 #include <effectengine/EffectModule.h>
 
@@ -16,6 +20,15 @@ PythonInit::PythonInit()
 	// register modules
 	EffectModule::registerHyperionExtensionModule();
 
+	// set Python module path when exists
+	const wchar_t *pythonPath = Py_DecodeLocale((QDir::cleanPath(qApp->applicationDirPath() + "/../lib/python")).toLatin1().data(), nullptr);
+	if(QDir(QString::fromWCharArray(pythonPath)).exists())
+	{
+		Py_NoSiteFlag++;
+		Py_SetPath(pythonPath);
+	}
+	delete pythonPath;
+
 	// init Python
 	Debug(Logger::getInstance("DAEMON"), "Initializing Python interpreter");
 	Py_InitializeEx(0);
diff --git a/resources/CMakeLists.txt b/resources/CMakeLists.txt
index c24e105a..affe720b 100644
--- a/resources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ FILE ( GLOB Hyperion_RESFILES "${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/icons/*" "${CURRENT_SOURCE_
 # fill resources.qrc with RESFILES
 FOREACH( f ${Hyperion_RESFILES} )
 	get_filename_component(fname ${f} NAME)
-    SET(HYPERION_RES "${HYPERION_RES}\n\t\t<file alias=\"${fname}\">${f}</file>")
+	SET(HYPERION_RES "${HYPERION_RES}\n\t\t<file alias=\"${fname}\">${f}</file>")
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 # prep file
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
index 8667ac30..1c7bcb94 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,178 @@ find_package(PythonLibs 3.4 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}/..)
 
+macro(InstallDependencies TARGET INSTALL_COMPONENT)
+	set(TARGET_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${TARGET})
+	set(SYSTEM_LIBS_SKIP
+		"libavahi-client"
+		"libavahi-common"
+		"libbsd"
+		"libc"
+		"libdbus-1"
+		"libdl"
+		"libexpat"
+		"libfontconfig"
+		"libfreetype"
+		"libgcc_s"
+		"libgcrypt"
+		"libGL"
+		"libGLdispatch"
+		"libglib-2"
+		"libGLX"
+		"libgpg-error"
+		"liblz4"
+		"liblzma"
+		"libm"
+		"libpthread"
+		"librt"
+		"libstdc++"
+		"libsystemd"
+		"libudev"
+		"libusb-1"
+		"libutil"
+		"libX11"
+		"libXau"
+		"libxcb"
+		"libXdmcp"
+		"libXext"
+		"libXrender"
+		"libz"
+	    )
+
+	if(EXISTS ${TARGET_FILE})
+		include(GetPrerequisites)
+
+		if (APPLE)
+			set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR /usr/local/opt/openssl)
+		endif(APPLE)
+		find_package(OpenSSL 1.0.0 REQUIRED)
+
+		# Extract dependencies ignoring the system ones
+		get_prerequisites(${TARGET_FILE} DEPENDENCIES 0 1 "" "")
+
+		# Append symlink and non-symlink dependencies to the list
+		set(PREREQUISITE_LIBS "")
+		foreach(DEPENDENCY ${DEPENDENCIES})
+			get_filename_component(resolved ${DEPENDENCY} NAME_WE)
+			list(FIND SYSTEM_LIBS_SKIP ${resolved} _index)
+			if (${_index} GREATER -1)
+				continue() # Skip system libraries
+			else()
+				gp_resolve_item("${TARGET_FILE}" "${DEPENDENCY}" "" "" resolved_file)
+				get_filename_component(resolved_file ${resolved_file} ABSOLUTE)
+				gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${resolved_file})
+				get_filename_component(file_canonical ${resolved_file} REALPATH)
+				gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${file_canonical})
+			endif()
+		endforeach()
+
+		# Append the OpenSSL library to the list
+		if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+			foreach(openssl_lib ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+				get_prerequisites(${openssl_lib} openssl_deps 0 1 "" "")
+
+				foreach(openssl_dep ${openssl_deps})
+					get_filename_component(resolved ${openssl_dep} NAME_WE)
+					list(FIND SYSTEM_LIBS_SKIP ${resolved} _index)
+					if (${_index} GREATER -1)
+						continue() # Skip system libraries
+					else()
+						gp_resolve_item("${openssl_lib}" "${openssl_dep}" "" "" resolved_file)
+						get_filename_component(resolved_file ${resolved_file} ABSOLUTE)
+						gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${resolved_file})
+						get_filename_component(file_canonical ${resolved_file} REALPATH)
+						gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${file_canonical})
+					endif()
+				endforeach()
+
+				gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${openssl_lib})
+			endforeach()
+		endif(OPENSSL_FOUND)
+
+		# Detect the Qt5 plugin directory, source: https://github.com/lxde/lxqt-qtplugin/blob/master/src/CMakeLists.txt
+		get_target_property(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE ${Qt5Core_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+		execute_process(
+			COMMAND ${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} -query QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS
+			OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT_PLUGINS_DIR
+			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+		)
+
+		# Copy Qt plugins to 'share/hyperion/lib'
+		if(QT_PLUGINS_DIR)
+			foreach(PLUGIN "platforms" "sqldrivers" "imageformats")
+				if(EXISTS ${QT_PLUGINS_DIR}/${PLUGIN})
+					file(GLOB files "${QT_PLUGINS_DIR}/${PLUGIN}/*")
+					foreach(file ${files})
+						get_prerequisites(${file} PLUGINS 0 1 "" "")
+
+						foreach(DEPENDENCY ${PLUGINS})
+							get_filename_component(resolved ${DEPENDENCY} NAME_WE)
+							list(FIND SYSTEM_LIBS_SKIP ${resolved} _index)
+							if (${_index} GREATER -1)
+								continue() # Skip system libraries
+							else()
+								gp_resolve_item("${file}" "${DEPENDENCY}" "" "" resolved_file)
+								get_filename_component(resolved_file ${resolved_file} ABSOLUTE)
+								gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${resolved_file})
+								get_filename_component(file_canonical ${resolved_file} REALPATH)
+								gp_append_unique(PREREQUISITE_LIBS ${file_canonical})
+							endif()
+						endforeach()
+
+						install(
+							FILES ${file}
+							DESTINATION "share/hyperion/lib/${PLUGIN}"
+							COMPONENT "${INSTALL_COMPONENT}"
+						)
+					endforeach()
+				endif()
+			endforeach()
+		endif()
+
+		# Create a qt.conf file in 'share/hyperion/bin' to override hard-coded search paths in Qt plugins
+		file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/qt.conf" "[Paths]\nPlugins=../lib/\n")
+		install(
+			FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/qt.conf"
+			DESTINATION "share/hyperion/bin"
+			COMPONENT "${INSTALL_COMPONENT}"
+		)
+
+		# Copy dependencies to 'share/hyperion/lib'
+		foreach(PREREQUISITE_LIB ${PREREQUISITE_LIBS})
+			install(
+				FILES ${PREREQUISITE_LIB}
+				DESTINATION "share/hyperion/lib"
+				COMPONENT "${INSTALL_COMPONENT}"
+			)
+		endforeach()
+
+		# Detect the Python modules directory
+		execute_process(
+			COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(standard_lib=True))"
+			OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_MODULES_DIR
+			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+		)
+
+		# Copy Python modules to 'share/hyperion/lib/python'
+		if (PYTHON_MODULES_DIR)
+			install(
+				DIRECTORY ${PYTHON_MODULES_DIR}/
+				DESTINATION "share/hyperion/lib/python"
+				COMPONENT "${INSTALL_COMPONENT}"
+			)
+		endif()
+	else()
+		# Run CMake after target was built to run get_prerequisites on ${TARGET_FILE}
+		add_custom_command(
+			TARGET ${TARGET} POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+			ARGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+			VERBATIM
+		)
+	endif()
+endmacro()
+
 add_executable(hyperiond
 	hyperiond.h
 	systray.h
@@ -83,3 +255,6 @@ if(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/symlink_hyperiond DESTINATION "bin" RENAME hyperiond COMPONENT "${PLATFORM}" )
 	install(CODE "FILE (REMOVE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/symlink_hyperiond )" COMPONENT "${PLATFORM}" )
 endif(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
+
+# Copy dependencies
+InstallDependencies("hyperiond" ${PLATFORM})
diff --git a/src/hyperiond/main.cpp b/src/hyperiond/main.cpp
index dd89ae43..17df633a 100644
--- a/src/hyperiond/main.cpp
+++ b/src/hyperiond/main.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ QCoreApplication* createApplication(int &argc, char *argv[])
 	if (isGuiApp)
 	{
 		QApplication* app = new QApplication(argc, argv);
+		// add optional library path
+		app->addLibraryPath(QApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../lib");
 		app->setApplicationDisplayName("Hyperion");
 		app->setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/hyperion-icon-32px.png"));
 		return app;
@@ -198,6 +200,9 @@ QCoreApplication* createApplication(int &argc, char *argv[])
 	QCoreApplication* app = new QCoreApplication(argc, argv);
 	app->setApplicationName("Hyperion");
 	app->setApplicationVersion(HYPERION_VERSION);
+	// add optional library path
+	app->addLibraryPath(QApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../lib");
+
 	return app;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/jsonchecks/version.py b/test/jsonchecks/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 06f6e2a7..00000000
--- a/test/jsonchecks/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import json, sys
-
-retval   = 0
-
-with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
-	if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-		data = json.load(f)
-		sys.stdout.write(data['versionnr'])
-		sys.exit(0)
-	else:
-		data = json.load(f)
-		sys.stdout.write(data['channel'])
-		sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68e06170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0-alpha.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d84a7b78..00000000
--- a/version.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"versionnr": "1.0.0",
-	"versiondesc": "Hyperion.NG introduces the succesor of Hyperion 1.0 with plenty new features to discover with a entire code rework and a highly extended JSON RPC!",
-	"versionchangelog": "https://www.hyperion-project.org/blog/id0",
-	"channel": "Beta"
-}