diff --git a/public/red/main.js b/public/red/main.js
index 43dd9e030..5414b3a8c 100644
--- a/public/red/main.js
+++ b/public/red/main.js
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ var RED = function() {
     function loadSettings() {
         $.get('settings', function(data) {
             RED.settings = data;
+            console.log("Node-RED: "+data.version);
             loadNodes();
         });
     }
diff --git a/red/red.js b/red/red.js
index 266965ed0..d20a528c3 100644
--- a/red/red.js
+++ b/red/red.js
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ var RED = {
 
     init: function(httpServer,userSettings) {
         settings = userSettings;
+        
+        var p = require(path.join(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME,"package.json"));
+        if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME,".git"))) {
+            settings.version = p.version+".git";
+        } else {
+            settings.version = p.version;
+        }
+        
+        
         server.init(httpServer,settings);
         library.init();
         return server.app;
     },
     
-    version: function() {
-        var p = require(path.join(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME,"package.json"));
-        if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME,".git"))) {
-            return p.version+".git";
-        } else {
-            return p.version;
-        }
-    },
-
     start: server.start,
     stop: server.stop,
     nodes: nodes,
diff --git a/red/server.js b/red/server.js
index 3ea8627bc..03b7805bb 100644
--- a/red/server.js
+++ b/red/server.js
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ function start() {
     
     storage.init(settings).then(function() {
         console.log("\nWelcome to Node-RED\n===================\n");
-        util.log("[red] Version: "+RED.version());
+        if (settings.version) {
+            util.log("[red] Version: "+settings.version);
+        }
         util.log("[red] Loading palette nodes");
         redNodes.init(settings,storage);
         redNodes.load().then(function(nodeErrors) {
diff --git a/red/ui.js b/red/ui.js
index d35f03368..1879f5102 100644
--- a/red/ui.js
+++ b/red/ui.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ function setupUI(settings) {
     
     app.get("/settings", function(req,res) {
         var safeSettings = {
-            httpNodeRoot: settings.httpNodeRoot
+            httpNodeRoot: settings.httpNodeRoot,
+            version: settings.version
         };
         res.json(safeSettings);
     });