diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index d112697..aaa6011 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@
         "ecmaFeatures": {
             "jsx": true
         }
-    }
+	},
+	"globals": {
+		"VERSION": true 
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/manifest.json b/src/manifest.json
index de63979..599efdc 100644
--- a/src/manifest.json
+++ b/src/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"manifest_version": 2,
 	"name": "Startpage",
-	"version": "0.2.0",
+	"version": "$VERSION",
 	"description": "Startpage",
 	"developer": {
 		"name": "Djeeberjr"
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index aeb2aeb..210184d 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
+const Webpack = require("webpack");
+
 const path = require("path");
 
 const DEVELOPMENT = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 
+const version = require('child_process')
+	.execSync("git describe --abbrev=0")
+	.toString()
+	.replace("v", "")
+	.trim();
+
 module.exports = {
 	context: path.join(__dirname, "src"),
 	resolve: {
@@ -64,10 +72,16 @@ module.exports = {
 		}),
 		new MiniCssExtractPlugin(),
 		new CopyWebpackPlugin([
-            {
-				from : "manifest.json",
-				to: ".."
+			{
+				from: "manifest.json",
+				to: "..",
+				transform(content) {
+					return content.toString().replace("$VERSION", version);
+				}
 			}
-        ])
+		]),
+		new Webpack.DefinePlugin({
+			VERSION: JSON.stringify(version),
+		})
 	]
 };