diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
index b22f9ba..81ed944 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/_core/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from couchpotato.environment import Env
 from flask import request
 from uuid import uuid4
 import os
+import platform
 import time
 import traceback
 import webbrowser
@@ -32,12 +33,16 @@ class Core(Plugin):
         addApiView('app.available', self.available, docs = {
             'desc': 'Check if app available.'
         })
+        addApiView('app.version', self.versionView, docs = {
+            'desc': 'Get version.'
+        })
 
         addEvent('app.crappy_shutdown', self.crappyShutdown)
         addEvent('app.crappy_restart', self.crappyRestart)
         addEvent('app.load', self.launchBrowser, priority = 1)
         addEvent('app.base_url', self.createBaseUrl)
         addEvent('app.api_url', self.createApiUrl)
+        addEvent('app.version', self.version)
 
         addEvent('setting.save.core.password', self.md5Password)
         addEvent('setting.save.core.api_key', self.checkApikey)
@@ -161,3 +166,17 @@ class Core(Plugin):
 
     def createApiUrl(self):
         return '%s/%s' % (self.createBaseUrl(), Env.setting('api_key'))
+
+    def version(self):
+        ver = fireEvent('updater.info', single = True)
+
+        if os.name == 'nt': platf = 'windows'
+        elif 'Darwin' in platform.platform(): platf = 'osx'
+        else: platf = 'linux'
+
+        return '%s - %s-%s - v2' % (platf, ver.get('version')['type'], ver.get('version')['hash'])
+
+    def versionView(self):
+        return jsonified({
+            'version': self.version()
+        })
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
index 9721012..fdd306c 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Updater(Plugin):
 
         fireEvent('schedule.interval', 'updater.check', self.check, hours = 6)
         addEvent('app.load', self.check)
+        addEvent('updater.info', self.info)
 
         addApiView('updater.info', self.getInfo, docs = {
             'desc': 'Get updater information',
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ class Updater(Plugin):
                 if self.conf('notification'):
                     fireEvent('updater.available', message = 'A new update is available', data = self.updater.getVersion())
 
+    def info(self):
+        return self.updater.info()
+
     def getInfo(self):
         return jsonified(self.updater.info())
 
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ class GitUpdater(BaseUpdater):
                 self.version = {
                     'hash': output.hash[:8],
                     'date': output.getDate(),
+                    'type': 'git',
                 }
             except Exception, e:
                 log.error('Failed using GIT updater, running from source, you need to have GIT installed. %s' % e)
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ class SourceUpdater(BaseUpdater):
             return {
                 'hash': commit['sha'],
                 'date':  int(time.mktime(parse(commit['commit']['committer']['date']).timetuple())),
+                'type': 'source',
             }
         except:
             log.error('Failed getting latest request from github: %s' % traceback.format_exc())